Entrepreneurs come from all walks of life in Arizona, and all ages, too. AZ Inno and the Business Journal are gearing up to highlight some of Arizona's youngest, fast-rising entrepreneurs who will be part of the the AZ Inno Under 25 class of 2024.
This year, the AZ Inno community will get to meet four of them in person – and network with other members of the startup community – when we host a panel discussion that will focus on their startup stories, looking at their early wins and lessons learned along the way, at a panel discussion event to be held at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19 at Venture Café Phoenix, inside the 850 PBC building at 850 N 5th St.
Admission to the panel discussion is free of charge. Attendees are welcome to come early that day, because other events of interest to the startup community will begin in the early afternoon. Be sure to arrive by 5:30 p.m. if it's your first visit to Venture Café for a brief introductory tour ahead of the AZ Inno panel discussion.
Here are the four entrepreneurs who will take part in the panel discussion:
• Sam Bregman, founder and CEO of Melts, which created a dissolvable electrolyte strip aimed at elite athletes
• Fatimah Amer, CEO of SPARKHope, a nonprofit that addresses food insecurity and health equity in Arizona
• Lucas Patten, founder and CEO of Powder Pal, which developed a device to dispense accurate portions of protein powder and other supplements
• Tristan Tierce, founder of Allergy Voyage, a dining resource for people with allergies to view restaurant menus and ingredients.
These four startup founders and the other members of the Class of 2024 AZ Inno Under 25 entrepreneurs will be highlighted in a multi-page feature in the Sept. 20 weekly print and digital edition of the Phoenix Business Journal, as well as online on the AZ Inno website.
Take a look back to read about the eight members of last year's Class of 2023 AZ Inno honorees. AZ Inno is part of American Inno, the only national publication that highlights startups and innovation with reporters on the ground across more than 40 U.S. cities.
