Recently when assembling a list of speakers for brown bag sessions for Gangplank Academy, I asked people to name successful companies that were started in Arizona and are still going strong.
- Deru
- Mighty Interactive
- Limelight
- Go Daddy
- Lumension Security
- Microchip
- Intertel
- iCrossing
- Saleslogix/ACT
- Lifelock
- First Solar
- Calence
- Stirling Energy
- JDA Software
- Insight
This was the immediate feedback from Twitter. So, what is missing from the list? Who else started something here in Metro Phoenix and has been a success and stayed here. Limited to technology type entities.
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Peachtree – accounting software
Apriva – wireless POS devices and encryption
Continental Promotions Group – sweepstakes fulfillment
Ensynch (now One Neck) – outsourced managed hosting
Cyclone Commerce (now Axway) – ecommerce
Buildproof – online escrow service for contractors
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Derek- i can hook you up with a person from each of those if you’re rounding up speakers. lemmeknow
sean