Weekly Roundup – 5/20 to 5/26
May 20, 2012 in Community, Gangplank Tucson by Aaron Eden
May 20, 2012 in Community, Gangplank Tucson by Aaron Eden
May 20, 2012 in Community, Gangplank Tucson, Startups by Aaron Eden
On Saturday 5/12/12 we kicked off the Lean Launchpad class with five passionate teams, a few observers, and a handful of seasoned, local mentors. Â These teams will spend the next twelve weeks learning how to apply customer development and lean startup principles in a hands-on environment. This first week was spent primarily on getting to know each-other, identify ground rules and make sure teams knew what to expect from the class.
During the class on 5/19, teams got practice interviewing customers by designing a dream vacation for their partner in the class. We then moved into initial pitches which we’ve linked to below. Everyone then provided feedback about the initial pitches and we got ready for next week where we will be conducting initial experiments.
The teams participating are listed here and you can view their initial pitches by clicking their business name:
We also have some incredible mentors helping to ensure the teams are successful:
May 20, 2012 in Bioindustry, Economic Development, News, Technology by Dr. Patrick Marcus
Medical-device start-ups can apply for as much as $300,000 in seed funding and space at Bioinspire, an incubator opening next month in Peoria.
The city is partnering with BioAccel, a Phoenix non-profit that helps commercialize life-science technologies, in the effort to help local entrepreneurs and attract new ones.
BioAccel announced details on the seed funding, called the New Venture Development Program, Thursday at a conference in Phoenix hosted by AZBio, the statewide industry association.
About $1.2 million is available to qualifying companies on a competitive basis. Applications are due July 6.
May 19, 2012 in Community, Technology, Tucson by fastgunn
The Xerocraft workshop is part of a growing international movement of community-owned workshops known as hackerspaces. The idea is to connect veteran or would-be inventors, tinkerers and DIYers. The website hackerspaces.org shows that similar workshops have popped up in every corner of the globe, from Phoenix to Uganda.
May 18, 2012 in Uncategorized by Dr. Patrick Marcus
Six start-up companies have won the Arizona Commerce Authority’s Spring 2012 Arizona Innovation Challenge. The ACA awarded prizes between $100,000 and $250,000 to companies at a luncheon ceremony in downtown Phoenix. The winning companies were selected from a pool of more than 300 applicants. After a four month evaluation and review process, which included in-person pitches, a panel of expert evaluators selected the winners.
“The ACA and the state of Arizona have made an investment in these six promising startups. These companies are the best of the best and represent the impressive innovative talent Arizona possesses. We expect these companies to live up to the challenge, and we look forward to seeing their future success,” said ACA President and CEO Don Cardon.
Congrats to Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals (Tucson) and Hj3 Composite Technologies (Tucson)
May 17, 2012 in Articles, AZ Tech Council, Community, News Releases, Tucson by Dr. Patrick Marcus
“Underscoring the success of a collaborative celebration of both the achievements and promise of Arizona’s world-class science and engineering community, the Arizona Technology Council Foundation, Arizona State University and Arizona Science Center revealed today that over 200,000 citizens participated in the state’s first Arizona SciTech Festival. The Festival was organized as a series of events held over six weeks centered during February, 2012 to coincide with Arizona’s centennial.”
May 16, 2012 in Aerospace, Local Companies, News Releases, Raytheon Missile Systems, Technology, Tucson, Tucson Tech by Bob Hagen
Raytheon Awarded $313.8 Million for Standard Missile-6 All-up Rounds
TUCSON, Ariz., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $313.8 million contract for low-rate initial production of Standard Missile-6 all-up rounds.
SM-6 leverages the legacy Standard Missile airframe and propulsion elements, while incorporating the advanced signal processing and guidance control capabilities of Raytheon’s Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile.
Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz.; Camden, Ark.; Andover, Mass.; Huntsville, Ala.; Dallas, Texas; Hanahan, S.C.; Anniston, Ala.; San Jose, Calif.; and Middletown, Ohio, and is expected to completed by March 2015.
May 16, 2012 in Arizona Innovation Challenge, Bioindustry, Composites, Economic Development, Funded Companies, Local Companies, News Releases, Startups, Technology, Tucson, Tucson Tech by Bob Hagen
BUSINESS
6 startups get state innovation grants
by Robert Anglen – May. 15, 2012 04:30 PM
The Republic | azcentral.com
Six Arizona startup companies that promise to develop everything from new cancer therapies to radio communications used by first responders will share a $1.5 million state award.
The Arizona Commerce Authority announced on Tuesday the winners of the spring 2012 Arizona Innovation Challenge, in which more than 300 companies competed for prizes of up to $250,000.
The awards cap a four-month judging process by a panel of experts that evaluated proposals and personal pitches from company representatives and selected winners based partly on the technology’s potential and the company’s ability to generate jobs.
May 15, 2012 in Bioindustry, Events, Tucson, Tucson Tech, U of A, Uncategorized, University Medical Center by Dr. Patrick Marcus
May 11th, 2012 7am-9am Lodge on the Desert
Telepathology and the Globalization of Health Care: Inventing and Commercializing a Disruptive IT Technology
By “the father of telepathology,” Dr Ron Weinstein, Professor of Pathology, U of Arizona College of Medicine
Cost: Before May 6, 2012 $20 for BIOSA members $25 for non-members After May 6, 2012 $25 for BIOSA members $30 for non-members
RSVP: Mike@biosaz.org
May 14, 2012 in AZCI, Bioindustry, C-Path, Desert Angels, Economic Development, Funded Companies, Local Companies, Technology, Tucson, Tucson Tech, U of A by fastgunn
Southern Arizona is quickly becoming known for its advancements in the field of biosciences.
From headquartering a leading personal health medicine factory to creating the first globally approved full synthetic heart, it is making big strides towards being an integral part of the industry.
via Arizona Public Media | Science + Nature | Biosciences Growing Quickly in AZ.
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