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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 cherish as a city – dark skies, less traffic, less pollution – and at […]
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 stepping out into unknown territory and exploring. […]
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 discussion that will take place at 6 pm […]
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 of internet services in cities across the […]
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 important role in launching this dream, serving […]
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 – 24. The Shark Tank-style event will include workshops at […]
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 manufacturing space, from 1,800 to 7,200 square feet. “Not […]
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, originally designed to assist entire countries in accelerating digital economies, provides a suite […]
The Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NACET) is cultivating impressive businesses. As proof, two NACET clients are making gains in the Venture Madness Tournament, which culminates in a live demonstration. The event began in January and pitted 64 promising startup companies against one another in bracket-style, head-to-head competition. NACET-client AniCell BioTech, located in […]
A good friend and mentor reminds me regularly that luck is where preparation meets opportunity. Luck is one of those things that successful people all seem to have, or that disappointed people say the other guy has. The truth is that luck isn’t the important part. Luck is the outcome, not the cause. It is […]
