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5 growth areas for Phoenix and the engineers who are making it happen

March 26, 2018

As human knowledge doubles every 13 months, change happens faster and faster. Greater Phoenix is uniquely positioned to seize upon discoveries that are happening at Arizona State University, especially at

Peoria partners with ASU to boost small businesses, start-ups

March 26, 2018

Ji Mi Choi, ASU’s associate vice president of Knowledge Enterprise Development, said that taking one idea and commercializing it successfully is only one part of entrepreneurship. “The idea is that

Ahwatukee teacher helping teens help businesses

March 19, 2018

An Ahwatukee teacher is helping Tempe High School business and engineering classes assist East Valley businesses incorporate augmented and virtual reality after winning a $20,000 Verizon Innovative Learning Grant. As

Photo of a cat lounging at La Gattara Cat Lounge.

ASU program is cat’s meow for small business

March 19, 2018

La Gattara is a cat cafe located in Tempe, AZ. Owned by Venture Devil, Melissa Pruitt. Arizona Microcredit Initiative (AMI), a nonprofit organization whose members are all ASU undergraduates, strives

Gemneo Bioscience, Vapometry Biolabs receive entrepreneurship award from Flinn Foundation

March 15, 2018

Two Venture Devils, Gemneo and Vapometry Biolabs, named as Arizona bioscience startup firms that will participate in the Flinn Foundation’s 2018 Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program.

Local entrepreneur starts grant to give back to other startups

March 5, 2018

Tisha Marie Pelletier, a serial entrepreneur, is hoping to give another startup a shot with the help of her Startup Business Grant. Tisha Marie Pelletier is familiar with how difficult it

ASU to lead MedTech workforce development with investment from Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority

February 28, 2018

The Arizona State University Foundation will accept a $2 million grant from the Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority (MCIDA) to fund a new workforce development project to accelerate innovation and

Chase kicks off 4th annual Phoenix Startup Week with $1.1 million in grants to help underserved entrepreneurs

February 21, 2018

The Prepped program, through ASU’s Entrepreneurship + Innovation, received grant funding for community efforts that work with new and existing underserved mobile food entrepreneurs. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)

The Gatorade Effect: Arizona universities investing millions to land the next great innovation, spinout

February 19, 2018

https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2018/02/16/the-gatorade-effect-arizona-universities-investing.html That culture of invention is alive and well at Arizona’s three public universities — Arizona State University, University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University.

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