Meet the Partners
Our partners understand that there are many facets of starting and/or running a business. They share their expertise and insights by personally answering your questions. We invite you to visit their websites to find out more about their offerings.
Arizona Center for Innovation | University of Arizona
The Arizona Center for Innovation (AzCI) is a business incubator designed to meet the needs of developing technology companies, particularly in the areas of: aerospace, advanced composites and materials, information technology, environmental technology, life sciences and optics/photonics. The Center provides a structured program of business development that includes access to first-class facilities plus coaching, networking and other services. Each company receives assistance in preparing a business plan, developing products and services, securing financing, and executing a marketing program.
A Tucson based non-profit organization of accredited investors who seek opportunities to invest in regional startup or early stage no tech, low tech, or high tech companies. The organization itself serves only as a forum for its members who individually invest from their personal funds.
Offering legal services to the Tucson entrepreneurs for over ?? years.
McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship | University of Arizona
The McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, established in 1984, is one of the first university-based centers for entrepreneurship. The Center is one of the few to consistently maintain top tier ranking status. The Center houses the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program, open to graduate and undergraduate students from across the university, a variety of elective and stand alone courses, robust research agenda, and a rich community service mandate. The Center is committed to enabling and advancing entrepreneurial goals of all university populations, and to advancing the understanding of the influence and role of entrepreneurship in both the business and academic communities.
Tech News Frontiers, LLC produces the TechNewsArizona.com (TNAZ) web site that focuses on information for Arizona science, technology & engineering communities, and the general business community which supports these engines of the West's future. TNAZ aspires to full range in publication, providing in-depth coverage of those issues and events important to TNAZ audiences, and importantly, to be one of your trusted sources.
Office of Technology Transfer | University of Arizona
The Office of Technology Transfer mission is to protect, manage, and transfer University of Arizona-owned intellectual property to benefit society, to expand public-private relationships, and to further the University of Arizona’s mission.
Small Business Development Center | Pima Community College
Pima College's Small Business Development Center provides high-impact consulting and training to companies with one to 200 employees in any type of business. The center is part of a national network of approximately 1,100 SBDCs. The Small Business Administration (SBA) administers the program. SBDCs work with community organizations and local, state and federal agencies to create a broad network of resources at the community level.
The Southern Arizona Tech Council (SATC) is a non-profit organization formed in August 2000 whose mission is to promote/implement high-tech business development and competitiveness in Tucson, Pima County and Southern Arizona. With more than 1,000 high-tech industry cluster companies employing in excess of 30,000 people and generating annual revenues greater than $6.0 billion, Southern Arizona is a regional leader in the knowledge-based economy. It's also widely known as a great place for high-tech workers to live.
Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities
Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc. (TREO) was formed in 2005 to serve as the lead economic development agency for the greater Tucson area and its surrounding community partners. TREO strengthens the Tucson region by providing a comprehensive menu of solutions and effective regionally-based economic development leadership with vision and coordination. TREO offers an integrated approach of programs and services to support the creation of new businesses, the expansion of existing businesses within the region, and the attraction of companies that offer high impact jobs and share the community’s values.