November 2022

Cover Story

Innovating the Restaurant Market: Inside the Industry with Some of Our Leading Restaurateurs

“Greater Phoenix is such an amazing incubator for up-and-coming restaurant concepts and has become a dining destination attracting visitors from across the nation and all parts of the world,” says Joey Maggiore, co-founder of The Maggiore Group. … [More]

Features

Attract Executive Talent in a Post-Pandemic Recruitment World

Much talk of labor challenges, employee turnover and the Great Resignation this past year has focused on rank-and-file workers and mid-level talent. But CEOs and other top executives have not been immune to these forces. The Great Resignation … [More]

A Successful International Marketing Strategy Can Make a World of Difference

I get it: Expanding internationally can seem daunting. But it doesn’t have to be. In a world more connected than ever, technology and infrastructure make international growth incredibly accessible for organizations. By having the right outlook … [More]

How Employers Can Rehabilitate a Toxic Workplace

A McKinsey study from July found that toxic workplace behavior is the strongest predictor of employee burnout and intent to resign, with more than 60% of negative workplace outcomes resulting from toxic workplace behavior. In fact, according to a … [More]

Equality Health Foundation Focuses on Forging Connections

Convene, collaborate and build. These are the three principles that guide Equality Health Foundation’s social impact work. The organization’s bold goal to advance access to health and well-being in diverse and under-resourced communities has elevated … [More]

Empowering Positive Leadership throughout the Organization

“Empowerment should be a part of every leader’s toolkit. It strengthens everyone in the organization, it keeps the company on the path to success, and it builds one of the most important elements on any team – trust.” —Colin Powell, from It Worked … [More]

Roundtable

Using Popularity to Get More Sales

Scarcity is not just an economic principle. It is a psychological principle and one that subconsciously drives many decisions. Scarcity has such a … [More]

Economy

Finance & Accounting: Strategies to Recession-Proof One’s Business

Despite some positive signs in the Arizona labor market, growth may slow in the next couple of years. Unemployment is low, prices on housing and … [More]

Legal

Legal Challenges in These Arizona Boom Times

Over the last 40 years, Arizona has grown rapidly and has become increasingly attractive for businesses and individuals. While this growth has been … [More]

From the Top

Christine Ehrich Revolutionizes the Autism Evaluation Process in Arizona

For years, many Arizona families have struggled to get professional autism evaluations. A lack of psychologists and an overburdened system have created waitlists of a year or longer — far too long for … [More]

Startups

Garden Party Girls Makes Events ‘Instagram-able’

Sydney Crimmins founded Scottsdale-based Garden Party Girls a year ago as an event design company that specializes in commercial floral installations and “Instagram-able” spaces for advertising and … [More]

Peerlogic: Filling Dentists’ Revenue Generation Need

Ryan and Kristen Miller created Peerlogic to help dental practices generate more revenue through voice-based conversational intelligence. “By providing feedback on the revenue activities of both … [More]

Nonprofit

Fundraising for Our Most Complex Social Issues

Inspiring donors and raising philanthropic support for society’s most complex issues — those where tangible outcomes and positive impact may not be realized for years — is a challenge facing … [More]

Healthcare

KWC Partners with VA for Veterans’ Mental Health

Ketamine Wellness Centers, the largest ketamine therapy provider in the U.S. and a subsidiary of Delic Holdings, recently entered into a partnership with the Veterans Administration in Arizona. Veterans suffering from treatment-resistant depression, … [More]

Technology

Overcoming AI Biases through Art

Many of us have seen the breakthroughs in AI-generated art. From a simple text prompt, AI engines like MidJourney, Stable Diffusion and DALL-E can generate entire scenes and videos. Soon, we’ll likely have entire procedurally generated 3D metaverses. … [More]

CRE

FnB Amenities in Multifamily and Senior Living Communities

Community amenities are impacted any time we have a social or cultural change, such as new technology or a shift in health and wellness. The goal of community amenities is to connect residents to the property in a way that feels personal and unique. … [More]

Major Expansion Underway at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

A new 30,000-square-foot terminal is part of a $25 million construction project that has begun at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, with McCarthy Building Companies as the project’s general contractor. The project, being partially funded by a federal … [More]

Infill Industrial Breaks Ground in Tempe

An infill, redevelopment project that will revitalize the 17.97-acre parcel that was the former global headquarters for Insight Enterprises, Sight Logistics Park broke ground last month along the high-visibility I-10 corridor in Tempe. Calling it … [More]

By the Numbers

Women’s Pay Today: 3 New Stats to Know

While recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows women’s labor participation is on the rise, the gender wage gap continues to be a top … [More]

Briefs

The Do’s and Don’ts of Shipping and Returning

Managing shipping and returns is an essential aspect of running an e-commerce business. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as just putting the product in a box and adding a label. There are many elements that go into shipping a product, from having … [More]

Early Warning: Local Fintech Competes Nationally

Early Warning Services, LLC was founded in the 1990s, but little was known about the banking risk and fraud mitigation company. That is, until five years ago when the Scottsdale-based company launched its Zelle® brand, doubling its staff since that … [More]

Recycling Programs in the Cannabis Industry

Each year, Americans throw away 1,200 pounds of organic waste while recycling only 67.2 million tons of 267.8 million tons of recyclable material, according to RTS. Given state-by-state packaging requirements in the cannabis industry, it’s no secret … [More]