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Biden’s QSBS tax plan would have unintended consequences for startups
Buried deep in President Joe Biden’s 2021 tax plan are new amendments to the United States’ Qualified Small Business Sto...
The return of neighborhood retail and other surprising real estate trends
remote work and on-demand delivery normal far faster than anyone expected. Today, as the world beings to emerge from the p...
10 proptech investors see better era for residential and retail after pandemic
the internet a lifeline for shopping, earning a living and maintaining personal relationships. Now, as lockdowns start to ...
Stark raises $1.5M for a toolkit that helps developers and others create more inclusive design
Diversity and inclusion are slowly, slowly moving away from being an afterthought (or worse, a no-thought) in the tech w...
Enso Security raises $6M for its application security management platform
Enso Security, a Tel Aviv-based startup that is building a new application security platform, today announced that it ha...
Walmart launches its own voice assistant, ‘Ask Sam,’ initially for employee use
Walmart is expanding its use of voice technology. The company announced today its taking its employee assistance voice t...
Six things venture capitalists are looking for in your pitch
capitalists at every available chance, which is why most of them quickly develop the skills required to identify whether s...
Thanks to COVID-19, everybody wants Density’s technology tracking building occupancy and use
Before the COVID-19 epidemic, Density was being used by companies like TechCrunch’s parent company, Verizon, to see how ...
Using population health analysis to improve patient care brings Sema4 a $1.1 billion valuation
Sema4, the Stamford, Conn.-based digital healthcare company now worth just over $1 billion, takes its name from the system...
Instrumental raises $20M to scale its AI-powered manufacturing tech
This morning Instrumental, a startup that uses vision-powered AI to detect manufacturing anomalies, announced that it has ...
UArizona Reports Record Number of Startups for Fiscal Year 2020
Based on the innovations of world-class entrepreneurial researchers, the University of Arizona launched 19 startups in f...
COVID-19 shows we need Universal Basic Internet now
There’s a lot of chatter around what kind of stimulus is needed to save the economy and ensure financially vulnerable Am...
Starship Technologies has launched a robot food delivery service in Tempe, Arizona, as part of the autonomous delivery sta...
Making news: Esperança, Extreme Aerial, StartupAZ Foundation
Esperança, a Phoenix-based nonprofit whose mission is to improve health and restore hope both locally and globally,...
Nikola merges with VectoIQ is a deal worth $3.3 billion
Nikola, an Arizona-based startup developing futuristic semi-trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells and batteries, is listin...
Arizona startup Emagine Solutions Technology gets FDA clearance
Emagine Solutions Technology, an award-winning medical software device company located in Tucson, announced that it h...
Nikola teases an electric pickup with 600 miles of range
Nikola Corporation, an Arizona-based startup that’s working on zero-emission big rigs , just announced that it&rsquo...
Chandler Innovations teaches tech companies how to attract investors
Chandler Innovations, the city’s business incubation, and entrepreneurial development program is offering its P...
U.S. Chamber pushes for 500,000 new startups in 2020
The CEO of the largest business advocacy group in America, the United States Chamber of Commerce, outlined a plan to spur ...
Report: UA's tech-transfer arm had $586 million economic impact over 3 years
Updated 12 hrs ago Juan Carlos Lopez-Tonazzi, left, and Dan McFatter, engineers at FreeFall Aerospace, work on a new space...
Making news: ASU ScaleU, Harkins, Wilde Wealth Management
SU ScaleU, a leading global higher education technology accelerator at Arizona State University, has recently invested in ...
Monopoly game leads ASU students to create hot start-up HAT-TAC
HAT-TAC is one of Arizona State University’s Venture Devils program top start-ups, ranking in top 100 out of ASU&rsq...
Work collaboration startup Notion Labs cozies up to Silicon Valley’s top accelerators
Startups building work software for other startups have been a huge focus of investment in Silicon Valley as eager VCs hop...
Arizona ranks as No. 5 best state to launch a startup
Calling all entrepreneurs! Forming the next big startup is anything but an easy task, but what if you could make your chan...
Equity crowdfunding introduced in Tucson to fund early-stage businesses
Tucson nonprofit Community Investment Corporation recently announced it has teamed up with Startup Tucson and San Francisc...
How to give your Arizona startup a boost
Whenever you start a business, the odds are stacked against you. Most businesses will ultimately fail, even when their own...
Tucson-based startup develops ultrasound system for mobile devices
Diagnostic ultrasound, also known as sonography, is an important method of medical imaging. Ultrasound is most commonly us...
Center for Innovation helps build startups in Southern Arizona
For 16 years, University of Arizona’s technology business incubator, the Arizona Center for Innovation, has been res...
Arizona startups post strong VC investments in Q2
Arizona venture capitalists posted another strong quarter in Q2 of this year, again exemplifying why the state is becoming...
Phoenix overtakes NYC in Top 10 best cities for start-ups
Each year, start-ups create most of the new jobs in the country, having a direct impact on the economies of the cities the...
Zenkit redesigns its project management app, adds public API and more
There’s no darth of Trello-style project management services, but while the core of Zenkit is exactly that, it’s also fa...
eFounders backs Yousign to build a European eSignature company
French startup Yousign is partnering with startup studio eFounders. While eFounders usually builds software-as-a-service...
How to Use an ICO to Fund Your Small Business
Raising capital for a new business is no small task. Entrepreneurs are faced with several options, including self-financ...
A Guide to Getting Your Loan Approved
No startup or small business can succeed without sufficient amount of resources. Whether starting out or expanding, at a...
If you own a business with an e-commerce platform or are considering starting one to further share your product or servi...
Tips for Growing Your Business Internationally
Looking to take your business to the next level? From developing a strategy to your long-term goal, here are some tip...
Everything You Need to Know about Database Marketing
Database marketing is becoming more and more popular in today’s business world, and for good reason. According to Forbes...
How to Build Your Startup’s Social Media: In-Depth Guide
Marketing your startup is no easy task. Between every channel and platform, there’s a lot to consider. However, social m...
How This CEO Pivoted From Near Closure To The Creation Of Bacon, The 'Uber Of Hourly Jobs'
Recently I had the chance to spend time with Hunter Sebresos, the CEO of Bacon, Inc . Bacon is a Provo, Utah-based company...
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How to Start a Startup is a series of video lectures, initially given at Stanford in Fall 2014.
This is meant for people new to the world of startups. Most of this will not be new to people who have read a lot of what YC partners have written—the goal is to get it into one place.
ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION lists a suggestion of the sequence and type of steps that might be needed to start a business in Arizona. Your particular business, tax, or legal needs may require that you take different action or do things in a different o
The SBA offers a variety of online courses to help you start and run your business.
The Arizona Entrepreneur's Edge is your one-stop resource guide to starting, operating and growing a business. This guide provides general information for new business owners and serves as a reference and directory for established businesses of all sizes.
We have over 60 mentors, each with extensive business experience, ready to help you start up a business, grow your business, or work through difficult business management issues. We have experts in all functional areas and many different businesses.
The Maricopa SBDC plays a vital role in Arizona’s economic development by assisting entrepreneurs in every stage of the business life cycle.
AWEEc provides at no cost – education and resources, workshops, one-on-one counseling, mentoring, online resources, Engilish and Spanish
We support ecosystem builders in schools and communities to create a robust pipeline of impact-driven entrepreneurs. Our programs surround adult and youth entrepreneurs with the access to resources, mentors, business fundamentals, capital sources, and com