Celebrating 40+ Years
Many corporate meeting planners who come to Phoenix seek more than great weather and world class resorts. They aim to give their attendees an event to maximize meeting objectives — an interactive experience that resonates throughout the conference and continues when teams return to work.
Venture Up began in Phoenix in 1983. We have a long track record delivering fun and meaningful experiences to bring out the best in work teams. We are in tune with employee engagement and many of our programs align with corporate social responsibility.
We also work with many Arizona-based firms, with a host of groups who have been with us for decades. Our repeat clients never worry about doing the same thing twice, as we have many versions of our most popular programs.
We grew as the Valley grew — from 1 million to over 4 million people. More than a quarter-million clients have been part of the Venture Up experience on five continents. But we never forget our roots. We owe much gratitude to Phoenix for helping make us the leading team building provider.
Phoenix Team Building Clients include Amkor, American Airlines, Alliant, American Express, Apollo Group, Arizona Federal Credit Union, APS, Avnet, B of A, Banner Health, Best Buy, Best Western, Boeing, Caliber, Charles Schwab, Coca Cola, Desert Schools, Dial, Discount Tire, FedEx, Fennimore Craig, GoDaddy, Honeywell, Humana, IBM, Infusionsoft, Integrity, Intel, IT Solutions, Insight, JDA, Jobing, JP Morgan Chase, Lewis & Roca, Lowes, Marriott, Medtronic, Medisys, Motorola, Pinnacle West. Ratheon, Shamrock, Southwest Airlines, SRP, Starwood, State Farm, Swift, U-haul, United Health Group, UPS, Vanguard, Verizon, Waste Management, Wells Fargo (partial list).
Strategic Games is a Dynamic team-building program that is filled with fast-paced problem-solving challenges that reinforce the core values of teams and strategic goals of your organization. Participants are intentionally mixed and remixed across activities, encouraging cross-department collaboration and exposes team members to new perspectives, strengths, and working styles. With every completed challenge, the bar is raised…
Game On corporate Olympics is a creative mix of team competition, problem-solving challenges and fun. It can also be run inside or outdoors.
“”Think Inside The Box?” That’s what Venture Up’s new, portable, conference room escape game is all about. Perfect for groups of 25 to 500. If you liked Escape Rooms, you’ll love “Escape The Case“.
Bike Building for Kids in Need is our most popular charity team building event. Teams warm up with quick Energizers, then assemble, decorate, and safety test brand-new bikes for underserved children ages 5 to 10. Each group receives a child’s name and creates a personalized bike and card, delivering a fast, meaningful, and highly rewarding team experience.
Venture Up’s Amazing Race is a fast-paced, city-based team building adventure where teams solve clues, complete challenges, and navigate local landmarks. Designed for all abilities, correctness matters more than speed! Each race features location-specific tasks, and bonus challenges. There’s no better way to experience a city than in this memorable, high-energy group event!
Technicolor Transport is a high-energy engineering challenge that pushes teams to design and build a working fluid-routing machine. Using colored fluids, pumps, tubing, valves and connectors, each group must create a system capable of directing any of four colors to twelve target points—then operate it using valves only, with no post-build adjustments. This 2- to 4-hour event blends creativity, problem-solving, coaching and precise communication, and can align with models like Lean Principles.
Venture Up’s Project 15 THE MAZE is designed for intact teams, virtual teams, or large corporate events in a general session. It’s a Strategic Game, based in sharing information and training around best practices, mitigating problems, achieving a unified goal across multiple areas.
Venture Up staff return calls immediately and deliver proposals in a few hours. We work on short notice, or plan months ahead. You can expect us to handle the details and stay in touch, so you have peace of mind and the freedom to tend to other matters of your team building event. Our aim is to exceed your expectations, and history shows we can.
About 80 percent of our team building business involves corporate clients, who prove that word of mouth is the greatest advertising. We also work with many government and non-profit groups; school districts, charities, and federal agencies, such as the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and U.S. Special Forces.
Many of our team building clients are also winners of the J. D. Power & Associates Award — and J. D. Power & Associates itself is on our client list. Venture Up also has a long-standing track record working 
with Fortune 100 firms, and with people of all shapes, sizes, physical abilities and cultural backgrounds. Team Building groups range in sizes range from 8 to 1,000 or more. US Duns # 148821721
A high percentage of our team building business is generated from repeat clients and referrals. We are driven towards innovation. We’re constantly developing new activities and sequences to meet the ever-changing needs of our clients. Today, team building activities are not a luxury, but essential in maintaining effective teamwork and building a strong corporate culture.
Team Building Sites – Resorts & Hotels in the Phoenix area
We set up team buildiing events indoors or outdoors at conference hotels, meeting halls, city parks, warehouses and corporate offices. Some of the larger resorts in the Phoenix Scottsdale area include;
The Canyon Suites at The Phoenician
Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa
The Phoenician, A Luxury Collection Resort
Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North
Royal Palms Resort and Spa
Gold Canyon Ranch
The WigWam
The Boulders, A Waldorf Astoria Resort
Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch
Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Hotel Palomar Phoenix CityScape, A Kimpton Hotel
