Business owners searching for solutions for cyber security, data storage, data backup and those computer problems that appear unexpectedly have found support from Team LogicIT. Super Tree Service’s owner Larry Phillips is all too familiar with computer issues that can pop up and has found a solution. “Rob Fallows of Team LogicIT has been a great resource for my computer dilemmas,” he said. “Anytime we have problems with our computers, we check in with him and they get it repaired or corrected … [Read more...] about Solving Other People’s Problems
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Innovate Waste: The Carbon Neutrality Challenge
The Fourth Annual Innovate Waste: The Carbon Neutrality Challenge once again invites entrepreneurs to compete for up to $30,000 in awards and cash to build their business concept that advances carbon neutrality. If you have been thinking of ways to optimize stewardship of the environment and the natural world and your idea has merit, marketability and viability, then consider participating in this year’s challenge. The challenge has been growing, with more entrepreneurs pitching ideas each … [Read more...] about Innovate Waste: The Carbon Neutrality Challenge
Moonshot Expanding Reach, Offerings
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 continued support. Judging by the start-up founders in our program to date, and the fact that more than 80% of the office and manufacturing space at the NACET campus is filled, I’d say Flagstaff and … [Read more...] about Moonshot Expanding Reach, Offerings
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 two new small business assistance programs from the City of Flagstaff. The programs are the Innovate Waste/Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Challenge and the Business Retention and Expansion … [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 cherish as a city – dark skies, less traffic, less pollution – and at the same time, offering the higher paying jobs,” said Scott Hathcock, president and CEO of Moonshot at the Northern Arizona Center … [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 stepping out into unknown territory and exploring. In honor of the courage these endeavors take, and the benefits they create, we recognize start-ups as a powerful force in the Flagstaff … [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 discussion that will take place at 6 pm on Thursday, March 21, at the Museum of Northern Arizona. There will also be a question and answer session and cocktail reception following the … [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 of internet services in cities across the nation, along with other factors to determine its list. City of Flagstaff officials are not surprised that Flagstaff scored high. John Stigmon, president … [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 important role in launching this dream, serving as a training ground for astronauts, including all the astronauts who landed on the moon who trained from 1963 to 1972 in Northern Arizona. Continuing in … [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 – 24. The Shark Tank-style event will include workshops at the NACET campus on Gemini Drive and a final competition at Lowell Observatory on Mars Hill. To be considered, potential contestants must … [Read more...] about Moonshot Hosts 2nd Annual Pioneer Pitch Contest Weekend