As always, let me start by thanking the City of Flagstaff, our local sponsors and our entrepreneur community for partnering with Moonshot and the campus of NACET over the past 22 years. Your commitment to bettering the lives of Northern Arizonans is greatly appreciated and we are humbled by your … [Read more...] about Moonshot Expanding Reach, Offerings
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Growing Businesses in Flagstaff
The Flagstaff City Council adopted a few new programs to help the businesses in Flagstaff during the summer of 2020. This is a celebration of two of the programs and the two Flagstaff businesses on their way to growing in Flagstaff, making the world a better place with a little encouragement from … [Read more...] about Growing Businesses in Flagstaff
Efforts Continue to Expand Flagstaff’s Tech Industry
Flagstaff’s technology infrastructure fuels entrepreneurial companies utilizing the mentorship offered by local think tanks eager to assist. “Building a larger technology sector in Flagstaff is ideal for our mountain town since it requires very little environmental impact on those things that we … [Read more...] about Efforts Continue to Expand Flagstaff’s Tech Industry
Exploring Opportunities, Events for Business Start-Ups
Start-ups are new businesses that come from a person’s idea, drive, inspiration and courage. They are an engine for individual success, and they create new jobs and new products and services that enrich daily life. Start-ups, in many ways, embody the pioneer spirit of America. They are about … [Read more...] about Exploring Opportunities, Events for Business Start-Ups
Free Moonshot Panel Features ‘Shark Tank’ Winners
Moonshot at NACET invites the public to an evening of insightful and down-to-earth advice from women entrepreneurs who began successful businesses, including two who won investment in their startups from the judges on the television show “Shark Tank.” Women Who Swim with Sharks is a free panel … [Read more...] about Free Moonshot Panel Features ‘Shark Tank’ Winners
Flagstaff Ranks High for Startups
How important is it for a city to have widespread access to fast internet service? Very important if you are trying to attract start-up business, says BroadbandNow, which ranks Flagstaff eighth in the nation for locations to create a new business. The company considered cost, speed and availability … [Read more...] about Flagstaff Ranks High for Startups
Moonshot Reaches Beyond Northern Arizona
The concept of a launchpad for a moonshot took hold of the nation’s consciousness in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy declared that the United States would focus its energy on sending American astronauts into space with the goal of successfully landing on the moon. Flagstaff played an … [Read more...] about Moonshot Reaches Beyond Northern Arizona
Moonshot Hosts 2nd Annual Pioneer Pitch Contest Weekend
Shark Tank-Style Competition Being Held February 22-24 Moonshot at NACET will host its second annual competition for innovators with “moonshot” ideas needing support - or businesses wanting to expand an existing innovative idea - during its second Pioneer Pitch event the weekend of Feb. 22 – … [Read more...] about Moonshot Hosts 2nd Annual Pioneer Pitch Contest Weekend
Symple Surgical Graduating from Moonshot at NACET with Honors
Symple Surgical, Inc. is graduating from the Moonshot at NACET entrepreneurial program and relocating to Flagstaff Airport Airpark. The medical device company, which has been a client of both the city’s business incubator and accelerator programs since 2015, will quadruple the size of its office and … [Read more...] about Symple Surgical Graduating from Moonshot at NACET with Honors
Amazon, NACET Collaboration Offering Businesses Digital Toolkit
Moonshot at NACET, the entrepreneur development program based at the Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to make Flagstaff the first U.S. city to offer the AWS “CloudStart” program to startup businesses. AWS CloudStart, … [Read more...] about Amazon, NACET Collaboration Offering Businesses Digital Toolkit
