The ideas behind the Lean Startup concept have been around in some fashion for almost as long as companies have existed. However, these ideas have only truly coalesced into a unified methodology over the past several years through efforts by m

Episode 6: All About Phoenix Startup Weekend with Zach Ferres

Nov 16th, 2015 1h 1m

Since 2007, groups of like-minded people from all sorts of backgrounds around the world have come together to participate in a phenomenon called Startup Weekend. These are weekend events that encourage people to pitch ideas and form teams to bu

Episode 5: Raising a New Venture Capital Fund in Arizona with MaryAnn Guerra

Nov 5th, 2015 1h 3m

A common issue raised by founders and other members of the Arizona startup community is the lack of venture capital as compared to other parts of the country. Our guest, MaryAnn Guerra from BioAccel (www.bioaccel.org), shares her opinion about

Episode 4: Debt Financing Perspectives with Miguel Jardine

Sep 28th, 2015 1h 3m

Managing cash flow is a classic challenge for small companies traversing the early stages of growth and filling customer orders. Our guest, Miguel Jardine, discusses some work he is spearheading on behalf of the Arizona Commerce Authority (www.

Episode 3: Student Entrepreneurship with Adeel Yang

Sep 15th, 2015 1h 3m

Today's guest is Adeel Yang, co-founder and president of Picmonic (www.picmonic.com). Picmonic is well-known among the Arizona startup community and has achieved lots of traction with fundraising and revenue in the past couple years.Adeel is

Episode 2: Education Technology in Arizona with Gregg Scoresby

Aug 26th, 2015 1h 3m

Our guest is Gregg Scoresby, founder and CEO of Campus Logic (www.campuslogic.com). Campus Logic is on a winning streak in Arizona's top-tier business competitions, recently winning Venture Madness 2015 and the Spring 2015 Arizona Innovation Ch

Episode 1: Valuation of Arizona-based startups with Jim Goulka

Aug 26th, 2015 1h 2m

Our guest is Jim Goulka, managing director of Arizona Tech Investors (www.arizonatechinvestors.com). ATI is among the most active angel investor groups in Arizona. Jim opens the curtain about how angel investors approach their investment decisi

Episode Zero: What is Startups A to Z?

Jul 29th, 2015 13m 22s

This "pre-episode" features your co-hosts Hilary Hirsch and Mark Sholin discussing the purpose and format for the Startups A to Z podcast. They also share a bit about their personal backgrounds and expectations for the show.

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