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Basic overview
Canyon Ventures at GCU is an innovative networking venue and workspace for entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses in the Opportunity Zone of West Phoenix, AZ. It provides an accelerator for startup businesses and job and growth opportunities for students from Grand Canyon University.
We got it done:
- Information Architecture
- Brand identity
- Website design & development
- User portal design & development
Opportunity
Since Canyon Ventures serves so many different audiences—entrepreneurs, students, the public, and its own internal ventures and workers—it needed a multifaceted site. We were tasked with building the digital space to support and complement Canyon Ventures' physical space.
Solution
We recognized that Canyon Ventures needed a sleek, functional website that looked and sounded like them — helpful, friendly, information-driven, professional. We worked with them to identify needed functionalities and build their brand identity. Ultimately, we designed and built a robust portal for their ventures and a homepage that could accommodate a wide range of traffic and use cases.
The start of many great adventures
With public-facing features like a seamless application process, accessible resources, and open job postings, plus an internal venture employee portal with intuitive, visual dashboards, the Canyon Ventures site is uniquely theirs.
As an agency founded and staffed by several GCU students, alumni, and professors, it was a delight to work with an organization that is doing good for the community so close to home.
Building a Business Accelerator
Canyon Ventures is a startup accelerator based out of Grand Canyon University in the Opportunity Zone of West Phoenix. The facility hosts a coworking space and business accelerator program for startups, offering resources for job development and growth opportunities.
How We Got it Done
- Information architecture
- Brand identity
- Website design and development
- User portal design and development
Scaling Startups and Student Opportunities
GCU Canyon Ventures needed a robust and multifaceted website to serve their various audiences: entrepreneurs, students, the public, and internal ventures and workers.
Little Taller took on the challenge of building a digital complement to the accelerator’s physical space. Feature requirements for the website included a custom user portal and public-facing assets like a membership application, job board, and resources for small businesses.
A Multifaceted Website for a Multigenerational Audience
Little Taller worked with the GCU team to build a sleek and functional website with content to satisfy their multigenerational audience base. Bold branding is reflected across the site while maintaining a helpful, friendly, and professional tone.
A custom-developed venture portal was added to streamline administrative tasks. Ventures can easily apply for program membership through the portal and the system will automatically vet the applicant based on pre-set requirements.
Ventures can also use the portal to post job openings and recruit students from relevant areas of study to apply for internships or open positions. Data aggregation and reporting capabilities help businesses track company growth and critical markers.
Custom Solutions for Growing Ventures
With public-facing features like a seamless application process, accessible resources, and open job postings, plus an internal employee portal with intuitive, visual dashboards, the Canyon Ventures site is uniquely theirs.
As an agency founded and staffed by several GCU students, alumni, and professors, Little Taller found extra delight in working with an organization doing good in the heart of our own community.