Alumni News
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2013
McGuire Program 2012 alumni to face ABC's Shark Tank May 3April 2013
2012 graduates Samantha Meis and Connor Riley will appear on the ABC show Shark Tank on May 3.
2012
Venture Team Update: Reko Global Water
eller buzz : November-December 2012
eller buzz : November-December 2012
Alumni Venture Team Profile: MojoTree FarmCalifornia CPA : May 10, 2012
Two years after being a finalist team in the annual McGuire Entrepreneurship Program year-end competition event, MojoTree Farm is going strong.
UA Gen Y, entrepreneurial CPA, and McGuire Center alum Joshua Cohen innovates client connectivity.
California CPA : May 10, 2012
California CPA : May 10, 2012
UA grads get in on tablet-friendly dining with JusTouch
tucsonnewsnow.com : Feb. 28, 2012
tucsonnewsnow.com : Feb. 28, 2012
2011
Recent graduates of the UA McGuire Entrepreneurship Program have launched Velocis, a company that promotes environmental sustainability and healthful living through use of custom-designed electric bicycles.
uanews.org : Dec. 20, 2011
uanews.org : Dec. 20, 2011
Venture Team Update: JusToucheller buzz : November 2011
JusTouch, one of the 2011 McGuire Entrepreneurship Program finalists, has joined the list of venture alumni to launch.
Venture Team Update: MSDxeller buzz : November 2011
MSDx, a venture that launched out of the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship in 2006, has released the first of a series of blood testing products that provide novel tools for studying disease processes.
Promising UA Technology Receives Innovation Awardeller buzz : October 2011
Research developed by University of Arizona faculty is among the inaugural class of 21 projects to garner funding from the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps (I-Corps), which aims to guide research with commercial potential out of university laboratories and into the marketplace.
Venture Team Update: Reko Global Water Funded through Chilean Government Granteller buzz : October 2011
Reko Global Water — part of the McGuire Center's venture class of 2010 — is among 154 startup companies funded by the Chilean government's Start-Up Chile program.
Education, entrepreneurship work side by side in graduate program: Martin Reed, who owns I Love Blue Sea, a sustainable seafood business launched in early 2010, is a graduate of the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship.
SeaFood Business : Oct 5, 2011
SeaFood Business : Oct 5, 2011
Venture Team Profile: Velociseller buzz : August-September 2011
Last fall, Velocis team members traveled to Las Vegas to attend America's largest bike trade show, Interbike, where they talked to hundreds of retailers and manufacturers to understand the electric bicycle industry.
Micky Thompson (MBA ’10) grew up on a tobacco and cattle farm in Tennessee, and expected to operate it himself one day. Instead, he became a technology entrepreneur.
arizona.edu : July 20, 2011
arizona.edu : July 20, 2011
McGuire Center alumnus selected for Arizona leadership academyMarch 2011
The Phoenix-based Arizona Center for Civic Leadership announced in March that Patrick Marcus is one of 25 fellows in the inaugural class of the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy.
Venture Team Updates: MSDx and TruckItNowMarch 2011
Over the past five years, the winning ventures in the McGuire Center's year-end showcase and competition have all gone on to launch. Two of those alumnus-launched ventures, MSDx, Inc. and TruckItNow, Inc., are the recipients of Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) grants.
San Diego Magazine's 50 People to Watch 2011: Derek Jaeger, Adam Koven & Nate Ransom
San Diego Magazine : January 2011
San Diego Magazine : January 2011
Venture team update: The Cravoryeller buzz : January 2011
Cookie Fusion was one of three finalists in the 2008 McGuire Entrepreneurship Program Year-End Showcase, and the team members have gone on to launch the venture, now called The Cravory, in San Diego.
2010
Venture Team Update: Ugallery.comOctober 2010
Back in 2006, UA students Alex Farkas, Stephen Tanenbaum, and Greg Rosborough connected in the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program around a fundamental problem of the art business: how can promising young artists connect with potential buyers?
McGuire Entrepreneurship at Work Venture Team Update: Ugallery.com
Eller Buzz : July-August 2010
Eller Buzz : July-August 2010
Growing Crops without Sun or Soil: Verdant Earth Technologies
Discovery News : June 18, 2010
Discovery News : June 18, 2010
An Easy Way to Buy Sustainable Seafood: I Love Blue Sea
Diner's Journal/NewYork Times : April 12, 2010
Diner's Journal/NewYork Times : April 12, 2010
Planting the First Seeds: Last Year's Winning Venture Team Launcheseller buzz : March 2010
After winning the 2009 Venture Competition Showcase with their venture Verdant Earth Technologies, Josh Hottenstein and Myles Lewis seized the opportunity to take the business from idea to reality — joining the Arizona Center for Innovation to refine the business concept and launching in July 2009.
2009
Need Funding? Better Get Creative: With Venture Capital Scarce, Entreperneurs Like Notehall.com Find Alternative Means
The Wall Street Journal : October 15, 2009
The Wall Street Journal : October 15, 2009
Notehall.com founders named finalists in BusinessWeek's America's Best Young Entrepreneurs contest
BusinessWeek : October 9, 2009
BusinessWeek : October 9, 2009
McGuire Alums Attract Media Spotlight with Notehall.com Ventureeller buzz : October 2009
Just three years ago, entrepreneurs Sean Conway (BSBA Marketing and Entrepreneurship '07) and Justin Miller began the idea of an online marketplace to help students succeed in their academic endeavors. Now Notehall.com has become a nationwide tool with national media coverage.
Recent McGuire Entrepreneurship Program Alums Start New Ventures
McGuire Center News : September 11, 2009
McGuire Center News : September 11, 2009
Outside magazine names TriSports.com one of America's best places to work in 2009The Eller Times : June 2009
TriSports.com — founded by McGuire Center alum Seton Claggett nine years ago — has been named a "Best Place to Work" by Outside magazine. Among 30 companies, TriSports.com was ranked 18th.
Alumni Update: DesignYourDorm.comThe Eller Times : April 2009
When it comes to moving into a dorm, there's a lot for incoming college freshmen to consider. To help them coordinate with new roommates and check things off the new-room list, McGuire alumni created DesignYourDorm.com.
Identifying a need and meeting it: McGuire Center grads launch AZ CarMartMarch 2009
McGuire Entrepreneurship Program alums Josh Berger and Travis Hannon launched their Tucson-based business in 2008.
McGuire Entrepreneurship alum opens Dickey's Barbecue Pit with family
McGuire Center News : January 2009
McGuire Center News : January 2009
Eller grads turn technology into free drinks
Arizona Daily Wildcat : January 26, 2009
Arizona Daily Wildcat : January 26, 2009
2008 and earlier
UA student hopes to grow his career, and lettuce, hydroponically
Arizona Daily Star : December 12, 2008
Arizona Daily Star : December 12, 2008
Entrepreneurship Grads Awarded $25K Facebook Grant
The Eller Times : November 2008
BarTab lets Facebook users send real drinks to of-age friends for $1. The launch of the new application follows a recent endorsement from Facebook, in which BarTab was selected from 600 competing companies to receive a $25,000 grant.
The Eller Times : November 2008
BarTab lets Facebook users send real drinks to of-age friends for $1. The launch of the new application follows a recent endorsement from Facebook, in which BarTab was selected from 600 competing companies to receive a $25,000 grant.
Venture Team Update: Green Giants Launch EvaluateIP
The Eller Times : November 2008
The dynamos behind Green Giants Consulting — Eller alums Justin Cummins, Andrew Nicholas, and Martin Reed — have branched just out with a second venture, EvaluateIP.
The Eller Times : November 2008
The dynamos behind Green Giants Consulting — Eller alums Justin Cummins, Andrew Nicholas, and Martin Reed — have branched just out with a second venture, EvaluateIP.
McGuire Alum Leverages Experience to Lead New Rural Entrepreneurship InitiativesThe Eller Times : July 2008
Bill Quiroga knows how tough it can be to launch and sustain new ventures. For the past 10 years, he's served as president and CEO of Native American Botanics, the company he developed in the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program.
New Venture Competition Winners Launch VentureSkillIT takes residency at the Arizona Center for Innovation and launches with new name of StudentExperts.com.
McGuire Entrepreneurship Team Beats the Pros: LenSense was the only university team named a finalist in Nokia mobile technology competition.
UANews : April 24, 2008
UANews : April 24, 2008
UA grads out to make solar affordable
Arizona Daily Star : August 10, 2007
Arizona Daily Star : August 10, 2007
Turning trash into energy — UA students envision their Waste2Energy will turn trash and sewage into usable products
Tucson Citizen : May 7, 2007
Tucson Citizen : May 7, 2007
Event highlights campus research: Graduate student honored for first time at fourth annual Innovation Day
Arizona Daily Wildcat : March 28, 2007
Arizona Daily Wildcat : March 28, 2007
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