The Sonoran Mixer blog was created to provide a place for Arizona business owners to connect with each other and share their knowledge. This blog is a community effort and anyone is welcome to submit content, participate in the discussion, or offer feedback. We offer articles on a wide variety of topics, from marketing and finance to on the street video interviews, all created by professionals within that field.

Both the Sonoran Mixer Blog and Sonoran Mixer News were created by Eric Green to help Arizona small business owners to find the resources they need to succeed. The Sonoran Mixer News website is a business networking calendar that lists business-to-business networking events within Arizona.

More about Eric Green: Networking master

Though I have been a commercial pilot since 1995, I also decided to start a home-based business in 2005. As a pilot, I have a lot of free time between trips and thought a small business was a great way to keep myself occupied. I began attending networking events to promote my business. While Phoenix is a great city for small business opportunities and networking, I discovered that finding events to attend was very time consuming. Most events are promoted via email or company and chamber of commerce sites. I missed a few key events over the years because I was not in the loop. I could not believe that a metro area as diverse as Phoenix did not have a single source that a small business owner could visit to find networking events. In early 2008, I decided to do something about it and started Sonoran Mixer News. I plan to make the Sonoran Mixer News website the top development tool for Southern Arizona small business owners.