It’s an idea so seemingly easy — a mail-order coffee service delivered to your door featuring coffees roasted from around the world. But try convincing a tank full of business sharks that it’s an idea worth the investment. The University of Arizona’s McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship’s Mistobox coffee delivery concept was given the chance on national…
One of Stephen Ost’s best ideas came when he was eating lunch alone. The then-freshman wanted to find a solution. He recalls thinking, “Why am I eating alone right now? There’s got to be someone who’s also free.” These days, he is now rarely alone. Ost and seven of his peers live in the…
The entrepreneurial spirit thrives in Arizona as new small businesses continue to emerge in an atmosphere that fosters their growth and development more than in any year since 2008. In 2011, Arizona had 506,365 small businesses employing 928,155 workers, which was more than two-fifths of the states’ private workforce, according to a Small Business Profile…
The sidewalks lining Calle Alvaro Obregón were packed with families – men, women and children craning their necks to watch red, white and green floats parade down the main street of Nogales, Sonora. A military procession followed vaqueros on horseback, children in school uniforms and girls in traditional Mexican dresses. The colors of Mexico hung…
NOGALES, SONORA — Abuelitas hold crying children and chicle vendors make the rounds while a man serenades the gathered crowd with his guitar. The line snaking down Calle Internacional continues to grow, heading out of sight, with families waiting half an hour – enough time for three song renditions – to cross the border into…
