August 2018
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Cover Story
The Job Market
“The Greater Phoenix Chamber’s economic development team talked to over 900 businesses last year with our partners and by far the biggest issue was … [More]
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Feature
Make Internal Comms Fun
Most employees dread the “Company Update.” Newsletters and messages often gather dust in staff members’ inbox — unopened and unloved.
When this … [More]
Tariffs: Up and Down the Arizona Craft Brewing Supply Chain
It may be stating the obvious to say that a tariff on any commodity will have a repercussion all along the supply chain it touches. Yes, that includes … [More]
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Roundtable
Tackle the Pain of Business Change
Forget what they say about love. It’s change that hurts.
Corporate leaders say it is the biggest challenge they’re facing today. Constant change … [More]
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Legal
Ethical Data Mining
A recent data breach involving Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, affected at least 87 million Facebook users. People’s data was … [More]
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From the Top
Jason R. Kaplan: Steering The Driver Provider’s Growth
Sometimes a business takes shape over time and the end result is very different from the initial model. In 1994, Jason Kaplan had just graduated from … [More]
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By the Numbers
Urban Infill Development Potential
Combining a new inventory focused on vacant parcels located in central business districts (CBDs) with in-depth research on CBD construction activity … [More]
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Startups
Serving Food Service
Opening a food station in Tempe’s Marina Heights complex, Foodworks brings to the metro Phoenix area its restaurant incubator concept.
A newly … [More]
Hospitality Newcomer Aims for Disruption
Armed with three decades in real estate, his most recent role sourcing hotels for investment coupled with extensive worldwide travel, Peter … [More]
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Healthcare
Can Teletherapy Help Your People and Your Bottom Line?
Mental health has been propelled into the national spotlight. As we overcome national tragedies and household names share their mental and emotional … [More]
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Well Well Well
Rent Your Genetic Code
Seeking to incentivize individuals to share their genetic code information, Nebula Genomics and Longenesis have joined in an exclusive collaboration. … [More]
Caregiving Service Benefits Employees, Employers
There’s a silent crisis affecting one of every five working adults across all genders, races and classes: the challenge of caring for an aging or sick … [More]
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Technology
Will Blockchain Uplevel the Arizona Real Estate Market?
Love it or hate it, blockchain is disrupting nearly every industry. And while most associate blockchain with Bitcoin or cryptocurrency, it really … [More]
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Tech Notes
Local Businesses Take to Podcasting
Podcasts have become a popular medium for businesses to connect with their customers and target market. Here’s a sampling from our local … [More]
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CRE
40 Years of Change – Where the Multihousing Industry Is Headed in the Valley
Starting out as a necessary form of housing in the Valley, the multihousing industry has evolved to be a go-to choice for residents, which has helped … [More]
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Get Real
Building Office in Perimeter Center, Scottsdale
A local partnership known as DBM Ventures has purchased 2.79 acres at 8399 E. Hartford Dr., within Perimeter Center in the dynamic Scottsdale Airpark … [More]
Independent Living Apartments Planned
The Wolff Company — a Scottsdale-based private equity firm and developer — has purchased property in Scottsdale, Arizona, with plans to develop a … [More]
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Briefs
Online Car Vending Is a Towering Concept
“Carvana’s mission is to change the way people buy cars. By removing the traditional dealership infrastructure and replacing it with technology and … [More]
Community-Minded Car Wash
Quick Quack Car Wash’s North Phoenix opening in June is the fourth of at least two dozen the company has planned in the Greater Phoenix area in the … [More]
Commercial Clients Served by Bank Opening
Sunwest Bank, which is no stranger to the Phoenix-Metro market, is opening a new location to service the commercial market as well as those seeking … [More]
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Bytes
Harassed? There’s an App for That
Now available in the Apple App Store and Google Play, the mobile app HarassmentLaw provides the answer to the question from the aggrieved employee or … [More]
Tradeable Private Investments
Funderbeam is an award-winning Fintech startup whose platform allows everybody to invest in private startups and their business plans. Its CEO Kaidi … [More]
Tick, Tock … Trade
Ticker Tocker is an integrated trading productivity platform to support both institutional and novice traders to quickly find, test, learn, share … [More]
