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Phoenix Business Journal’s Outstanding Women in Business award program has announced their 2017 award winners, and EO Arizona’s president-elect, Veronique James, is among the honorees. The program honors 30 women each year who have been influential in the business community. James is the CEO of the James Agency and will be honored, along with the other honorees, at a luncheon on

Darlene Richert, EOAZ member and owner of Avery Lane Fine Consignments, was recently featured in So Scottsdale Magazine. The February 2017 article was part of So Scottsdale’s “People to Watch in 2017” feature. Avery Lane offers one-of-a-kind consignment of art, furniture and home decor. Darlene spent many years working in private golf club development but decided to make a change by starting

Codeakid, owned by EO Arizona member David Dodge, has been chosen as a finalist in the Southwest Venture Madness Competition. The competition started in January with 64 companies. The contestants were whittled down to 34 competitors and finally to the final 16. Codeakid made the cut and will be competing against 15 other startups at the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale from March 8 -10.

For small businesses especially, the healthcare landscape is complex and confusing. As Redirect Health becomes the go-to resource for such businesses, the company is also gaining local and national recognition as a healthcare disrupter, unafraid of challenging the status quo that doesn’t typically look out for small businesses – which are largely the backbone of our economy. EO Arizona member

With his experience successfully running Company Nurse LLC for the past 20 years, EOAZ member Paul Binsfeld has recently started a new company, Enspiri Solutions LLC, offering software for triage management. Binsfeld saw a need for the software when customers of Company Nurse started asking to take triage services in-house. He decided to develop software he could license to companies that

Craig Primack, a physician at Scottsdale Weight Loss Center and EOAZ member, has been a member of the Obesity Medical Association for 10 years and currently serves as the society’s vice president. Primack recently received one of the Obesity Medical Association’s highest honors by being designated as a Fellow. Primack is dedicated to helping his patients become healthier through an evidence-based

Arizona Foothills Magazine recently published their Best of Our Valley list. Every year the magazine compiles the list by asking readers to vote for the best people and places in the Phoenix area. Congratulations to the following EOAZ members and Accelerators who made the Best of Our Valley list. Food & Restaurants Best Asian Cuisine – YC’s Mongolian Grill (Geoff

The Phoenix Business Journal recently published their Best Places to Work lists and included on the lists were seven EO Arizona member companies and two EO Accelerator member companies. Members on the micro (10-49 employees) category list included: LoudRumor (Mike Arce – Accelerator Member) #1 The James Agency (Veronique James – EO AZ Member) #2 Small Giants (Danielle Feroleto – Accelerator Member)

Jay Feitlinger, EOAZ member and CEO of marketing agency StringCan Interactive, recently had an article published on Convince & Convert about his experience making the marketing of his own company a priority. Feitlinger said, “As an agency owner I’ve struggled for years practicing what we preach to our clients for our own firm. We always were putting our client’s marketing

Inc. has posted their top 5000 fast-growing companies for 2016. Phoenix-based IMPACT Recruiting Group, led by EOAZ member J.T. Driscoll, came in at #85 making the business the second fastest growing company in Arizona. IMPACT Recruiting Group, which launched in 2012, specializes in information technology and payments industry recruiting. The organization had a three-year growth of 3,566% with 2015 revenue