SolutionsWide is a technology company and business incubator. With access to development and operational resources, as well as a foundation of entrepreneurial training, we are able to assess ideas and confirm the viability of business models. This includes formulation of business plans, developing minimal viable products, and start-up funding. By combining expertise with innovation we are able to formulate plans and strategies that are effective and efficient. To get more information on what our company is and how it works, check out our blog.
Our Vision
To become an institution for building the most elite business ventures and producing the highest-quality members and alumni.
Milestones
Brief History of Our Company
June,
2007
SolutionsWide is born as a marketing agency and web development shop.
February,
2008
Ventures are started by Khaled Azar to diversify revenue streams such as a security company (KnightPrivateSecurity.com) and OC Office Furniture (OCOfficeFurniture.com).
October,
2010
Michael Mendoza is brought on as a managing partner to start what is now Service Radius.
January,
2011
Khaled Azar sells his shares in the security company, and shuts down the furniture company to focus on agency work and the new home services call center with Michael.
April,
2011
SolutionsWide, Michael, and Khaled relocate to beautiful and sunny San Diego, California. Working out of their apartment, they spend long hours answering sales calls and building bootstrap business.
January,
2012
SolutionsWide stops all agency work, re-incorporates, and begins its makeover to become an incubator.
March,
2012
SolutionsWide launches eLocalBoost, a business directory submission service.
December,
2012
SolutionsWide moves to a larger work/live five story building in Little Italy, San Diego, CA to make room for the growing call center.
December,
2012
AppKnowledge was started by SolutionsWide, Michelle Tacawy, and other silent partners.
January,
2013
Amilli is laid as an idea by Brett Keeler to be SolutionsWide’s latest venture.
August,
2013
OH! Juice is founded by Khaled Azar, Michael Mendoza, and Hanna Gregor. The passion for raw cold pressed organic juice is alive and thriving in San Diego.
April,
2014
The call center, now called Service Radius, is hatched out into its own corporation and Joe Duffy is brought on as CEO.
August,
2014
Brax is co-founded by Khaled Azar and Mark Simon to disrupt the native ads industry.
October,
2014
Service Radius eliminates its dependency on SalesForce and builds its own internal custom order management system called Salerity.
February,
2015
OH! Juice is hatched from the SolutionsWide incubator, relying on little to no assistance, and is on its way to becoming self-sufficient.
March,
2015
Work and living are split when SolutionsWide moves to Suite 400 on Front St, still in Little Italy SD CA.
April,
2015
Plans to make Salerity an external software for Telecom retailers are plotted and another SolutionsWide venture is born.
May,
2015
AppKnowledge is sold to one of the silent partners and hatched from the SolutionsWide incubator.
July
2015
Amilli starts to scale, increasing revenue by 100%
August
2015
Salerity as a venture is temporarly paused to focus on other businesses.
September
2015
Brax (Brax.io) gets its first paying customers, 3 to be exact. This helps validate the model as it continues to find the perfect market product fit.
Jan
2018
Amilli starts to lose traction and Khaled begins to focus on Brax.io
July
2018
Khaled and Mike split the business with Khaled keeping SolutionsWide and Mike keeping Service Radis.
September
2018
Khaled moves Brax.io and SolutionsWide teams to be fully remote.
February
2019
Khaled joins MoneyTime.com as VP and phases out of Brax.io.
December
2019
Brax.io is sold for an undisclosed amount to Joe S.
January
2020
Moneytime.com is put on hold and Khaled is moved to COO oft he parent company Songo (aka Novelty Media).