When shopping for back-to-school supplies, more consumers are turning to online shopping instead of going to the mall. One entrepreneur is looking to encourage young students to become first-generation college graduates with an online shop, BlendedDesigns.com. Encouraging students with backpacks that say, “I can do anything,” founder and CEO Casey Kelley is on a mission […]
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Interface was founded in 1968, the same year Apollo Mission flew its first crew, the year the Boeing 747 made its maiden voyage, and the year oil sold for $3.50 per barrel. Founder Richard F. Caris located Interface headquarters at Scottsdale Airpark in 1972, where products are still manufactured and sold globally. Interface was first
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Every morning, as the sun rises above the mountains and the early morning city lights glitter with flashes of orange, we all wake up with a new chance—a fresh opportunity. Each sunrise in Phoenix, Arizona, is the start of a new day and a clean slate. The Greater Phoenix Chamber embraces the opportunities that our
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StartupAZ Foundation is driven to inspire connectivity and generosity among Arizona’s most innovative companies. StartupAZ’s inspiration is grounded in the desire to build our ecosystem on Arizona’s authentic spirit of generosity. Arizona’s startup ecosystem is a vibrant, blossoming seed-stage environment, marked with significant effort and investment. Additional significant outcomes are on the horizon. Some notable
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Most PR firms approach public relations and marketing from an academic approach, untested from real-world business practices. PRIME I PR’s Principals are successful entrepreneurs who have built companies and learned from decades of what really works in today’s ever-changing business landscape. That experience plays an integral role in how we partner with our clients –
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ELEVATOR PITCH At Civilized Coffee it is not just about sourcing and roasting great coffee—it is about creating a culture around the brand. Northeast Florida has a very strong environment and support system for Coffee and Tea. Their reason to take this small business global was to bring awareness to their Brand and to Jacksonville
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Office Evolution provides flexible shared workspace to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and startup companies. This is done by providing turnkey workspace solutions in the form of coworking, private offices, meeting space, and other business services. Office Evolution plays a key role in building Jacksonville’s entrepreneurial ecosystem through creating a collaborative community that allows for companies to
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Technology and innovation have always been in my blood. At 15, I rebuilt a ‘55 Chevy racecar before I even had a driver’s license. The day I turned 18, I bought my first motorcycle and I’m still an avid motorcyclist today. My love of cars and motorcycles spurred my early career as an automotive and
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Traveling to 35+ countries, both professionally and personally, has given me a very unique worldview. I love experiencing new cultures, and embracing diversity, which plays a big role in my career and has broadened my perspectives. In recent years I was fortunate to be asked to join five other leaders in a “quasi” combat training
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I moved to Arizona four decades ago because it seems to be a place where what you brought to the table and how hard you worked mattered more than in older, eastern cities. My career has proven that that judgement was a correct one. I have spent four decades supporting businessmen and women who have
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Innovation StoryPADT was founded by a group of aerospace engineers who worked together at Allied Signal (now Honeywell Aerospace). The group felt that the tools and skills they used to design, analyze, and prototype turbo-machinery could also be applied to other industries to create innovative products. In the summer of 1994, they joined forces to
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Digital Air Strike, the leading social media, AI-powered lead response, and consumer engagement technology company, considers innovation the heart of its success. The company creates new solutions and technology that help businesses better connect with consumers and generate revenue. Digital Air Strike’s relentless innovation is what differentiates it from competitors. The company’s proprietary and patented
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Established in 1997 as an event signage company focused solely on local golf tournaments, bluemedia now serves national agencies and firms such as GMR Marketing, IMG, Populous, MKTG and more, in addition to building lasting partnerships with the Miami Dolphins, the Kansas City Royals, and the Arizona Coyotes. Over the past 20 years, we’ve worked
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Craig Mandeville, CEO of Jacksonville, Florida-based healthcare technology provider Forcura founded his company for personal reasons, hoping to lessen the time his wife spent driving back and forth to her employer’s home healthcare agency. In her role at the time, Heather Mandeville helped patients who were leaving a hospital transition into a home health setting.
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When Darin Brannan co-founded hyper-growth startup ClearDATA in 2011, his mission was clear. He wanted to form a company that would make healthcare better, every single day. His vision to drive the mission was to modernize and protect Healthcare IT by building a state-of-the-art healthcare software platform and services to accelerate the use of public
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THE CHALLENGEAccording to a recent Johns Hopkins study, more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other sources have the number almost twice as high. In fact, medical errors are the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. One of the root causes of the problem is
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Everything is bigger and better in Texas (smile) and the same now holds true for the technology hub of Austin. It’s growing, expanding, and changing the landscape of innovation, serving as a catalyst of increasing value. According to the U.S. News & World Report, Austin is the number 1 place in the world to live.
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Imagine being 17 years old and coming to the United States of America – all the way from Greece – without anything but an idea and a few dollars. This traveler brought with him a big goal to change the world, one startup at a time. This new citizen transplanted his huge vision, to understand
WHO WE HELP Bold City Bots was founded in 2017 to provide solutions for small businesses in Jacksonville that struggle with or are too short-staffed to answer each email or message from their customers and prospective customers on platforms like Facebook Messenger, Instagram, or LinkedIn. 39% of people that message a company on social media
Music is a Passport, allowing travelers to walk into cultures, time periods, and gaining exposure to new ways of thinking. Avant ensures community members access to these windows of culture through diverse, dynamic and eclectic programming. By giving our community access, it encourages innovation by expanding minds, opening new horizons, and ensuring that our community
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“We live in an unprecedented era”, it is often said, so we need not worry about history. Innovation, we are told, is unleashed at such a fever pace that it sends our societies rushing into the unknown, into a world that bears no resemblance to the one where previous generations lived. Some see this as a good
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What is your vision for startup culture in Jacksonville? I believe Jax will become a first-tier city for entrepreneurs. We’re well on our way, there’s tremendous momentum and interest. We have all of the basics in place. We’ve been gifted a great natural environment that is a great place to live, and an economic environment
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Each year in November, teams come together to invest their time in themselves to better their companies. Emotional intelligence, public speaking and teamwork are all elements that go into creating a successful leader. When small businesses begin to tackle big issues, PS27 Ventures, a Jacksonville venture capital firm, works with founders to guide them towards
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The Female Founders Forum is an annual event, organized by PS27 Empowerment, to motivate and improve the skills of Female Founders, entrepreneurs, and intrepreneurs. The event brings successful women role models together with early-stage female founders. Each year the event takes place on International Women’s Day. During the event, women share secrets of success