About
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Canyon Ventures
Connecting startup entrepreneurs
Located on the Opportunity Zone of West Phoenix, Arizona, GCU’s Canyon Ventures is a startup business accelerator. Our unique program educates, mentors, and connects startup ventures with the right relationships and resources to flourish. Resources that include:
- Proprietary business accelerator program
- Onsite outsourced sales organization
- Onsite media production
- Onsite cyber-security services
- Onsite sales training program
- Onsite equity funding group
- Onsite app, web, and software development
We have the ultimate faith in our community and generously invest to bring energy and excitement into growing businesses.
Revenue
Accelerator
Outsourced Professional Sales Department for growing companies. Serving Startups to Fortune 1000 firms.
rEVENUE
aCADEMY
Profession sales training for startup ventures
Cyber cENTER
OF Excellence
Training the next generation of cybersecurity warriors
Canyon
Angels
Making available equity funding to qualified startups
Media
Production
In house video production
ACCELERATOR
PROGRAM
A proven business accelerator program
PRODUCT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
Little Taller, one of our very own homegrown, student-powered ventures, gives each of our local ventures a local resource for intentional design, strategic development, and creativity-driven marketing.
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Ventures
Startups shaping the future one incredible idea at a time
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Working Students
Providing professional employment opportunities for our GCU students and recent graduates
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Current Opportunities
Offering our GCU students profession jobs opportunities with our Canyon Venture startups
30
Ventures
Startups shaping the future one incredible idea at a time
99
Working Students
Providing professional employment opportunities for our GCU students and recent graduates
22
Current Opportunities
Offering our GCU students profession jobs opportunities with our Canyon Venture startups
IN the News
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meet the team
The friendly faces behind Canyon Ventures
Brian Mueller
President of Grand Canyon University
Robert Vera
MBA, Founding Director, GCU’s Canyon Ventures Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
PROFESSOR TIMOTHY KELLEY
Co-Founder Canyon Angels
Marquis Scott
Director of Strategic Employer Initiatives & Internships
Allison Mason
PHD, Acting Dean of Colangelo College of Business