Venture Cafe Phoenix an Extraordinary Podcast

Erik Schlesinger is the founder and CEO of Build Scale Prosper, where he works with business owners, operators, buyers, and investors to strengthen companies and prepare them for what comes next. His focus has increasingly turned toward a problem with m

Phoenix’s startup story is changing, and Greg Barr has been watching that shift from the front row. As a longtime Phoenix Business Journal journalist and community connector, he has seen the Valley move from asking what it could become to building the

Kyle Jardine came to Phoenix in 2019 knowing little about the city’s bioscience sector or entrepreneurial ecosystem. Today, as Regional Executive for Wexford Science + Technology, he helps develop the physical spaces, partnerships, and “knowledge co

At 19, Kentarou Siejak is already testing what can happen when students are given real responsibility instead of simulated experience. As president of Elevate at ASU, organizer of TEDx ASU, and a Venture Cafe Phoenix ambassador, he is building opportuni

Whitney Slightham didn’t set out to become a medical device founder. After more than 16 years working in science and technical communications, she moved to Flagstaff, built a practice serving life sciences companies, and became immersed in Arizona’s