Make no mistake, Matt Rider is a tree hugger. But he’s channeled that love into a business.

Simply Magnolias Productions, created by Valley mother and daughter Shelley Joy and Amanda Tellez, recently launched to develop events for women by helping them reconnect.

Prabhdeep Singh, a doctoral student in computer science at Arizona State University, is hoping to start his own software business. He has enough experience to know it’s not easy.

Arizona State University begins a $200,000 program today to match the school’s expertise with entrepreneurs in the Valley who need help finding venture capital for their fledging high-technology and life sciences businesses.

Just months after starting their new business, co-founders and Arizona State University students Jeremy Ellens and Dornubary Vizor have collected more than $10,000 in sales.

Charyle "Char" Calvert loves nature.

Like most businessmen, the founders of a new Web site spend their time schmoozing clients, reporting to investors and promoting their business. But unlike most guys in the biz, they still make time for skateboarding and playing Nintendo and Xbox video games.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A pair of Supreme Court rulings this week is stoking fears that the Internet is becoming an ever-more centralized platform for entrenched corporate interests - the antithesis of the digital commons envisioned by technophiles and civil libertarians.

Brian Hageman has devoted a good part of his life to building nuclear power plants. Now he is ready to commercialize a new type of engine that could drastically reduce the need for electricity — and save money in the process.

Brian Hageman has devoted a good part of his life to building nuclear power plants. Now he is ready to commercialize a new type of engine that could drastically reduce the need for electricity — and save money in the process.

February 14, 2005

The Valley’s Mom-e club is looking for the 4th annual Mom Entrepreneur of the Year. Moms can submit their own videos by 9 a.m. Thursday to be considered.

As a teenager, Scott Crouch looked out from the top of Camelback Mountain at the East Valley and saw mostly vast and empty cotton and alfalfa fields.

The southeast valley regional women council of REALTORS® has awarded Ahwatukee Foothills resident and local realtor Karen Kay the "Entrepreneur of the Year Award" for 2010. Karen Kay has been an Ahwatukee resident for the last 19 years and a local real state agent for the past 17 years.

A nonprofit is working to have more start-up businesses establish themselves in west Mesa, and it's starting a free 10-week program on Thursday to assist entrepreneurs.

A Denver-area entrepreneur and former Air Force officer who took his pilot training at Williams Air Force Base is looking at the east Mesa field as a possible location for his business, which is developing new aviation technologies.

Ann Siner describes the style of her Paradise Valley home as eclectic Southwest-Mexican, but says it won’t stay that way long. “I change my style like I change my clothes,” she says.

The 20-mile, $1.4 billion light rail line that is about to serve the Valley is more than a public transit system for real estate agents Don Mortensen, 31, and Bryan Watkins, 55.

The developers of Downtown Ocotillo are making another investment in the area.

Queen Creek is used to growing crops. But now, the town hopes to grow businesses organically.

When the temperature soars to a toasty 100-plus degrees this summer, golfers can cruise the fairways at a couple of local resorts in air-conditioned comfort.

Look out Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, here comes Corey Kossack!