The CO+HOOTS blog
Thought leadership, tips and tricks on business, technology, entrepreneurship, ecosystem building and acceleration, equity and inclusion.
5 reasons to go to CO+HOOTS Foundation’s Free Financial Advisement Days
If you've heard us shouting from the midtown rooftops about free financial advisement days at CO+HOOTS, it's not a rumor. The CO+HOOTS Foundation is incredibly excited to be partnering with BBVA Compass to help entrepreneurs better grasp financial opportunities and...
CO+HOOTS Member Profile: Iconico and its advocacy capacity
Luis Avila has never tried a McRib, but he doesn’t need barbecue sauce to make the meat of his accomplishments shine. With 15 years of experience as a community organizer, Avila already holds many titles — author, traveler, actor, former Spanish voice for the McRib —...
Meet Melissa Fraley, CO+HOOTS Community Manager
Melissa Fraley can swing dance like a champ and dreams of owning a big farm, but before she wins several lotteries and goes off to tame her future goats, we have her to thank for an organized, functional space and warm welcomes for all members of our mostly...
Best co-working spaces in the U.S. for 2017
by Marija Kovačević Phoenix, Arizona Co+Hoots The first, largest and premier co-working space in Phoenix, CoHoots houses 250 incredible entrepreneurs, small businesses and more. CoHoots is a member-sustained and community-supported co-working space designed with seven...
CO+HOOTS Member Profile: Hello Promo and its problem-solving productions
Hello Promo greets entrepreneurs with a promise that money and big city backgrounds aren’t prerequisites to successful startups. The journey toward Hello Promo began with a $200 investment from third generation Arizonan Jamie Moore, who committed her problem-solving...
CO+HOOTS Member Profile: Commun.ity and its neighborly interactions
It’s no mystery that a company called Commun.ity would be a major advocate of community-building. However, that’s all part of our member’s charming goal: open collaboration with no ifs, ands, buts or secrets about it. In a world of tech developers and social media...
Why Startup Weekend made us cry
by the CO+HOOTS Foundation This past weekend we had the opportunity to facilitate Startup Weekend Phoenix at Coplex, a local Startup Studio and home to a genuinely amazing team. You might remember that this past August we organized and facilitated our very own Youth...
Meet Ninja Interns Emily Liu and Alex Schmitt
Emily Liu once traveled 200 miles to try a coffee shop and wants to learn how to train a rat. Alex Schmitt learned how to ski before she can spell "ski" and is better than you could ever be at soccer. Yes, we only hire the best of the best. Learn more about Emily,...
CO+HOOTS Member Profile: Yellow Jacket Medical and its self-made success
With an unforgettable company name and his puggle sidekick Bandit by his side, Steven Ray Garcia is easily one of the self-made success stories that keep entrepreneurialism alive. Through his specialty distribution company, Yellow Jacket Medical, Steve has a mission...
CO+HOOTS Member Profile: The Good Vibe Media and its positive perspective
We all have important milestones in life. Birthdays, marriage, the magical night you attended Forever in CO+HOOTS — the list goes on. But when it comes to turning those beautiful milestones into lasting memories, there’s only one company to call: The Good Vibe Media....
CO+HOOTS Member Profile: 80/20 Records and its democracy of music
It only took two textbooks to start 80/20 Records: one on record label marketing and one about music law. Since its 2008 conception, everything else has been a trial-and-error progression. Let’s call it a science experiment about art — an experiment with CO+HOOTS’...
CO+HOOTS Member Profile: The Nerdery and its nerdy passions
By Emily Liu, CO+HOOTS Google the best place for nerds to gather and you’ll probably find a long list of results. You’ll scroll through listings of local video game stores, libraries and conventions. Maybe you’ll even find Steve Wozniak’s address. But here at...