Who do you know, or could it be you? #yesPHX https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7345609795409743872

Applications for the PHX FWD Mastermind Program are now open! These are stage-specific cohorts for founders, designed to help you move through the growth stages faster and build stronger, together. With the Masterminds, you'll get ✅ Accountability: Share your commitments and track progress ✅ Connection: A trusted circle of founders who understand your journey ✅ Problem-Solving: A sounding board for tough decisions ✅ Practical Advice: Real-world insights from founders who’ve been there ✅ Community: The chance to give and get support Each group is small, focused, and facilitated by a successful software founder, creating an environment where you can be candid, challenged, and inspired. Our coaches include: Clate Mask, Gregg Scoresby, Chris Ronzio, Nirit Rubenstein, Jamie Baxter, and Gabe Cooper. If you’re a growth-minded founder ready to level up, we’d love to see you apply. 👉 Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gAgq5DVW We can't wait to keep helping software companies win with these new Mastermind groups 🙌 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7345539595012345857

Jimmy Wales, Founder of @wikipedia is here to teach you everything you need to know about business. Exclusively available on augment.org. 🧑🏼‍💻 https://www.instagram.com/p/DLhxcbAI1OF

We’re honored to showcase Arizona’s crucial partnership with Mexico at the 66th Annual Arizona-Mexico (@AzMxCom) Summit. Arizona’s flourishing trade with Mexico supports: 📈$9 billion in exports from AZ companies 📈Over 110,000 Arizona jobs https://www.instagram.com/p/DLat-bbvQui

Does a traditional MBA still work for entrepreneurs? What’s your take on this?🧐😗 https://www.instagram.com/p/DLaPuGcIWn7

🚨 Nominations now open! The Council’s 2025 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards is on the calendar for November, and we’re pulling out all the stops to celebrate Arizona’s top tech trailblazers again this year. 🏆 Know an exceptional innovator or company? Nominate them today! 📅 Nomination Deadline: Friday, July 11 🔗 Link in Bio to Nominate Presented by the Arizona Technology Council in partnership with @azcommerce, this year’s gala will be an unforgettable evening of celebration, connection and inspiration. AZTechCouncil #GCOI2025 https://www.instagram.com/p/DLaBOHERqAO

The ACA is honored to host the AZ ITE & ITS Arizona luncheon! Thank you David Lucas and Sanjay Paul for leading a dynamic panel on next-gen transportation solutions and Arizona’s role pioneering the future of advanced mobility. https://www.instagram.com/p/DLYWzp_ALkh

⚡️Energized after attending the 2025 E-Mobility & Clean Energy Summit hosted by the Arizona Technology Council and Arizona Commerce Authority! 🌞🔋 The summit showcased Arizona’s leadership in clean energy, electrification, and sustainability — driven by collaboration between startups, industry, and public sector champions. 🚗⚡🌱 🔍 Key themes and takeaways: • 🔋 Scaling cleantech companies and attracting capital to Arizona • 🚛 Building the Southwest Clean Energy Corridor for transportation and grid infrastructure • 🔄 Driving circularity in EVs, solar, and batteries • 💡 Showcasing breakthrough innovation from Arizona’s growing cleantech ecosystem 📍 Featuring insight and innovation from companies like: Lucid Motors, First Solar, Arevon, WattEV, Inc., Beyond Silicon, Inc., PADT, Inc, Honeywell, EnKoat, Maskine, Swift Coat, Plug & Play, Electrify Arizona, Watergenics, RokPaper, and the Arizona Commerce Authority. 👏 Grateful to be part of this dynamic community shaping the future of clean energy. Let’s keep driving impact — together! 💥 Wrapped up the day networking at the yesPHX event before returning to Tucson. Steven Zylstra Eric Miller Peter Loya Giovanni Garcin OppsSpot, LLC #CleanEnergy #EMobility #Sustainability #EVInnovation #BatteryTech #CircularEconomy #ArizonaTech #ClimateSolutions #AZTechCouncil #ArizonaCommerceAuthority #EnergyTransition #OppsSpot 🚀 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7344137943311142912

✨ The 2025 yesPHX Summer Social at the W Hotel Scottsdale was a vibe. It’s always great to be in a room full of people building, connecting, and moving the Valley forward. A highlight of the night was running into Yen Lin Liao, who’s doing incredible work in business development at Morphos AI. Always inspiring to see folks pushing innovation in the AI space 🤖 Huge thanks to the yesPHX crew for creating such a welcoming space for meaningful connections. Already looking forward to the next one 🙌 #yesPHX #SummerSocial #Entrepreneurship #CommunityVibes #AIinAZ Eduardo Borquez Samantha Scholl Faustine Chan MA, MIM Alexia Morales Chris Kaufman https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7344137994531983363

yesPHX's summer social was firing on all cylinders. I got to catch up with so many friends, and I met so many new people. It was a bit loud, but we learned to lean in and talk louder. Sometimes a gathering to just socialize is what is needed. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7344136798966530050

#yesphx Summer Social 2025. What an amazing turnout on a hot Wednesday night! Also very cool to introduce the next generation into this great community (right Alexander Bellin ?) Not pictured Nicholas Chebat - fresh out of Harvard, ready help Phoenix rise! Nice to chat with Derek Lundsten Dan Tyre (oh baby!) Melissa Lamson Katie Sieker Nicole Zeno Jeff Booth (everyone’s favorite reasonable person) Kevin Mead Vincent Orleck Jasmine B. Kris Saunders Eric Miller Mark Sutter, CSL, MBA Tiffany Bisconer, CPA, MS, MAFM Michelle Tinsley and anyone else I missed - looking forward to catching up soon! https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7344022307595538433

You’ve probably been in a taxi where the driver’s using Waze to get around traffic. In 2013, @google bought Waze for $1.1 billion 💰 – the biggest acquisition of a consumer app at the time. Today, it’s used in 185+ countries by millions every day. 🌍 Tune on as @uri.levine , the founder of @waze , is here to share one of the biggest lessons he learned on that journey: making hard decision 🧠 This is the kind of insight you don’t get from books, only from someone who’s *actually built it*. https://www.instagram.com/p/DLXeuuxI3Yo

The ACA was excited to join a fireside chat with Jason Yu, CEO of Beyond Silicon, to highlight Arizona’s energy and e-mobility industry. Thank you @AZTechCouncil and @Thunderbird1946 for hosting. https://www.instagram.com/p/DLVxWGLu_Pn

FRIDAY! Vincent Serpico will be hosting an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session at the Center For Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI). This is a great opportunity to drop in and have all your burning questions about AI answered, as well as learn how it can bring value to your business. 📍 275 N GateWay Dr. (On GateWay Community College campus) 📅 Friday, June 27 🕛 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM https://www.instagram.com/p/DLVPu4WJetK

🧠 Hear from @ariel.renous , founder and CEO of @augment_org , the best MBA for entrepreneurs. After attending HEC Paris, one of the world’s top business schools, Ariel saw the cracks in traditional education. That insight sparked Augment, now backed by the founders of @youtube , @wikipedia , @eventbrite , and top executives from @google and @openai . If you’re a builder who wants to learn by doing, from people who’ve actually done it, Augment is exactly what you’re looking for. 🚀🎯 https://www.instagram.com/p/DLU_bEAID6l

We’re honored to host a reception welcoming more than 170 business delegates from Mexico, Arizona’s top trade partner with nearly $20 billion in combined trade! https://www.instagram.com/p/DLTnzOPt1wX

Reminder! No Thursday is Gathering this week, BUT, we're bringing your favorite meetups to the Center For Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI). This week the AI meetup will be at CEI with Alex Koupal and Wendy L. Jameson, MA. If you're implementing AI in your business, you don't want to miss this session. AI is moving faster than most organizations can keep up, and waiting for regulation won't save you from the real risks. Strategist Wendy Jameson breaks down the AI Governance Stack, a practical framework for aligning leaders, teams, and tools before something breaks. Perfect for founders, tech teams, public sector leaders, and anyone deploying AI without a roadmap!! 📍 275 N GateWay Dr 📅 June 26, 2025 🕛 5:00 - 6:00 PM https://www.instagram.com/p/DLSusFGPylf

Augment is the best business school for entrepreneurs, offering practical, real-world insights from world-class founders and executives behind @youtube , @shazam , @wikipedia , and more. 🧑🏼‍💻📚Watch a free class at Augment and level up your entrepreneurial game today! https://www.instagram.com/p/DLSWS4do4Ke

⏳ There’s still time to register! Join us tomorrow afternoon for our Virtual Tech Speaker Series on the emerging quantum computing market, and what global patent filings reveal about the race to lead it. 📅 Tuesday, June 24 🕞 3:30–5:00pm (AZ) @bannerwitcoff’s Michael Cuviello joins us to dive into where innovation is accelerating, who’s ahead and what it means for the future of tech. 🔗 Register now – link in bio! Thanks to @uatedu for sponsoring our VTSS! #QuantumComputing https://www.instagram.com/p/DLQMb2MvStu

“We’re seeing two kinds of leaders emerging. Those who are using AI to amplify their impact, and those who risk getting left behind.” 💡Listen to Zack Kass, former Head of GTM at @openai . He was the first business hire, joined when the company had fewer than 100 employees, and helped lead the team that brought @chatgpt to the world. 🌎 And the best part? Zack’s teaching you the real strategies you won’t find anywhere else — everything you need to lead in the new AI era. Available exclusively on Augment. 📚 https://www.instagram.com/p/DLP1iTBIuRd

APEX POWER CONVERSION CELEBRATES RIBBON CUTTING OF U.S. HEADQUARTERS IN MESA

“This facility is a step forward for clean energy, innovation and for the Valley.”- Jacob Marshall, President and Co-founder of Apex Power Corp. https://www.instagram.com/p/DLI5Bv-t-H4

Arizona is powering the digital economy, and data centers are leading the charge. As a growing hub for data center development, our state plays a critical role in keeping us all connected, secure, and ready for the future. 📰 Don’t miss these two great reads: 🖊️ Council CEO Steve Zylstra + Data Center Coalition president Josh Levi co-authored an op-ed in @azcentral highlighting the industry’s impact. 📈 In his latest @phxbizjournal column, Steve explores why data centers are vital to Arizona’s economic future. 🔗 Check out the full stories in our bio! #DataCenters #DigitalEconomy #TechInfrastructure #EnergyPolicy https://www.instagram.com/p/DLIeN7ovROA

Does organizational complexity benefit or hinder leadership and performance? 🎧 Tune in as Rend Stephan, Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), shares his expert perspective on this critical leadership challenge. https://www.instagram.com/p/DLIMqB8IFew

🎉 Congrats to Privv, a 2024 AIC Awardee, on being named the software category winner at the 4th annual AZ Inno Fire Awards! Congrats to all winners and thanks to @PhxBizJournal for hosting. #Phoenix #Business #PHXBusinessJournal #Privv #AIC #Innovation #Fireawards #Event #Economy #software https://www.instagram.com/p/DLF4sUkur6p