Tempe 01.25.2018

Emani Landry, Wes Raoofi, Rasheed Mitchell

Wes and I (Emani) are the founders of Mividz. After having some short lived success with a tv show on ABC 15 called Destination TV, someone we partnered with decided to go a different direction and we then decided to come up with our own tv show. We wanted something that represented more of ourselves. Read more>>

John Garberson

Story pretty much starts back in high school with my first concert I ever went to which is David Lee Roth, this tour at the time had the most lighting for a tour, so during the concert I was in awe of the production and really not the band, As I went to more and more concerts I kept looking at the gear and thinking how cool it would be to do thing like that. Read more>>

Angela Johnson

Angela Johnson is an award winning, eco-friendly clothing designer and champion for the Arizona fashion industry. She is best known for creating tailored ball gowns and other keepsake garments from “thrifted” and recycled T-shirts under Angela Johnson Design and for being the co-founder of AZ’s fashion incubator F.A.B.R.IC. Read more>>

Carol Hageman

Wildlife always fascinated me. I grew up playing outdoors and doing chores on the family farm in Vincennes, Indiana, an area rich in flora and fauna. Also as an adult in Henderson, Kentucky, I became interested in birds, for it was home to John James Audubon in his young career. Read more>>

Jacqueline Destremps

I started my journey as a business owner when I was 18, but it wasn’t until 2014 that I founded Another Hand Advantage. My main purpose behind starting Another Hand Advantage was to help small businesses and nonprofits with their website needs. Read more>>

Jarrett Dahlberg

Phoenix Hot Tubs and Swim Spas is the culmination of years of experience in the pool and spa industry. We have a 12k square foot showroom and display more swim spas and hot tubs than anyone in the valley. Our partnership with Master Spas and the Michael Phelps lineup of products is paramount to our success. Read more>>

Joshua Farley

My father was an electrician and I went to work with him one summer and never looked back! I was a natural. I started to make more money than my friends and was stuck. I did leave the company he worked for and found my own way. Read more>>

Christina MCarty

The owner of Massage Therapy Fusion, Christina has been licensed, insured, providing travel service and practicing Massage Therapy since 2007. Through much passion and persistence, she has grown her personal practice to full capacity making it difficult for new clients to schedule with her and within a timely fashion. Read more>>

Mickey Meulenbeek

What began as a community flea market 8 years ago in the dusty cowboy town of Cave Creek AZ has morphed into an outdoor old school antique, vintage and hand made flea market now in the lot of historic Big Surf Waterpark in Tempe AZ. Read more>>

Kate Engard

Medical School or Bust… I graduated just in time for the recession of 2008 which definitely was a “bust.” Med school wasn’t looking like an option anymore, so I turned to the next best thing I knew and loved – human performance. Read more>>

David Goodison, Dan Coker

In 1997 my business partner and I got together and realized there was a need in the auto industry for a diligent, professional sales and prospect follow up system. Dan handled the programming and I handled sales and marketing. In the basement of my house I developed the first training/marketing manual and had to put it together by hand. Read more>>

 

Cathy Wright

I held roles as economist, technical support representative, account manager, and sales executive before I made my move about 20 years ago into Product Management. I learned about how to be a product manager when I was part of Lotus Development Corporation (does anyone remember Lotus 1-2-3?), but I was motivated to being a great product manager because of my years working with customers. Read more>>

Casey Erickson, Josie Harding

Josie and Casey were both graduate students in Mesa and were covering random events when they realized there was a lack of follow up care and appropriate medical coverage for sporting events throughout the valley. Since August 2017 when the LLC was officially formed, AT Direct has more than 10 customers and has provided care for over 200,000 athletes. Read more>>

Nina Pastore

After working for a large chain for seven years and building their business by retaining staff and clients only to be transferred all over the valley to do it at another location, I decided it was time to do it on my own. I looked into a couple of places and ended up buying a 27 year old business in 2010 at the age of 26. Read more>>

Todd Batt

My story in the golf business world started at Shalimar Golf Course when I was about 10 year’s old. My Dad was a great player and I took to golf as a kid. I worked at the course for mostly the free and practice balls. While at Shalimar I made friends for life. We golfed all summer long everyday and goofed around together outside the course. Read more>>

Dallas Shewmaker

LowerGear Outdoors started as an online rental company in 2002 shipping camping and backpacking gear nationwide. LowerGear eventually moved into local retail with a shop specializing in backpacking gear and added Hobie kayaks shortly afterwards. Read more>>

Corey Deasy

Over the last few years, I have been focused on new, innovative forms of entertainment in the Pittsburgh area. I opened the first escape room in Pittsburgh in 2014, followed by the first axe throwing venue in September of 2017. After a 2017 trip to Phoenix, I absolutely fell in love with the region and immediately began looking for a space for competitive indoor axe throwing. Read more>>