Innovate Arkansas
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Little Rock
With the presence of the Little Rock Tech Park, The Venture Center, FIS FinTech Accelerator program and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, among other assets, the Little Rock Region is becoming known and respected in the startups/innovation sector.
Northwest Arkansas has an enviable history of entrepreneurial success, but the region will have to embrace changes for continued long-term growth.
Christina Streeter has been hired by the Innovative Technologies Center at National Park College in Hot Springs as the Makerspace program coordinator.
The Venture Center says it’s launching a new offering in partnership with the Little Rock Regional Chamber.
Washington Tech Firm Opens Two NWA Offices
Affirma Consulting of Bellevue, Washington, has opened two offices in northwest Arkansas this year, its National Engineering Center of Excellence in downtown Fayetteville and a NetSuite operation in Bentonville read more >
Arkansas Cities, Counties Get Their Day in the Sun
Arkansas cities, counties and school districts are taking advantage of new financing to save money by going solar. read more >
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Public-Private Partnerships Making Progress in Arkansas
Arkansas is less than a year away from tapping a rich new source of economic development, public-private partnerships that will build and operate public assets like college dormitories or parking decks. read more >
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FIS, State Announce Sponsorship Will Continue at Fintech Accelerator Demo Day
Global financial services company FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, and the state will continue to sponsor the Fintech Accelerator next year. read more >
Mundo-Tech Announces $800K Expansion, Will Create 7 Tech Jobs
Mundo-Tech, a tube bending and fabrication supplier for the aerospace and defense industries and commercial companies, announced Wednesday that it is expanding its facility in Rogers. read more >
Arkansas Business to Honor 2019’s ‘Best Places to Work’
Arkansas Business will honor more than 40 companies designated among this year's "Best Places to Work" during an awards luncheon in September. read more >
Priority1 Inc. to Add 50 Employees in Little Rock
Priority1 Inc. of Little Rock, a privately held third-party logistics services company, says it will hire at least 50 new corporate headquarters employees as a result of its continued national growth. read more >
PTI Takes Movie Role, as Projectionist
Power Technology Inc., a home-grown Arkansas company that’s been doing innovative things with lasers for 50 years, is ready for its cinema close-up. read more >
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Ozone Action Days: It’s Good Business (Tab Townsell Commentary)
For "Telecommute Month," Metroplan highlights the health and financial benefits of a growing workplace trend. read more >
Startup Junkie Opens New Springdale Office
Startup Junkie consultants will start meeting with entrepreneurs, innovators and small business owners in Springdale at its new Fairlane Station office this month. read more >
Arkansas Center for Data Sciences Focuses on Jobs, Competition
The mission of the Arkansas Center for Data Sciences is twofold: to narrow the gap between open technology jobs in the state and the talent available to fill them, and to help existing businesses use data analytics to better compete. read more >
From Far East to Southeast, Yang Luo-Branch Brings Business Cultures Together
Yang Luo-Branch, president of the Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses, says her organization seeks to bridge Arkansas and Asia. read more >
Canadians Set to Tap Arkansas Lithium
The Candian’s company, Standard Lithium Ltd., broke ground last week on a pilot plant in El Dorado, a key step toward a unique vision of pulling battery-grade lithium from a saltwater sea beneath south Arkansas. read more >
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Standridges Establish UCA Scholarship in Innovation, Entrepreneurship
Jeff and Lori Standridge have established the first endowed scholarship in innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Central Arkansas College of Business. read more >
Little Rock Startup Set to Sell Speed-Torque
Vascugenix, a Little Rock startup run mostly by students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, plans to bring its medical device for emergency heart surgeries to market in late August or early September. read more >
FIS, Venture Center Launch 4th Annual Fintech Accelerator
Global financial services company FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, and the Venture Center in Little Rock named the 10 startups selected to participate in the 2019 VC FinTech Accelerator program. read more >
Bill Groves Named Chairman of NWA Tech Council
Bill Groves, chief data and analytics officer at Walmart Inc. of Bentonville, has been named chairman of the Northwest Arkansas Technology Council. read more >
Delta I-Fund Startups Featured at Demo Day
Rejuvenix of Little Rock, a graduate of the Delta Innovation Fund accelerator, won $10,000 for technical assistance last week at the program's 2019 Demo Day at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. read more >
Venture Center, ICBA Mark End of First ThinkTECH Accelerator
An audience of prospective investors and bankers gather in North Little Rock to mark the end of the inaugural ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator, sponsored by the Independent Community Bankers of America and hosted by the nonprofit Venture Center of Little Rock. read more >
2 Life Sciences Firms in Little Rock to Merge
Navaux Inc., an early stage life sciences company in Little Rock, has merged with Stage I Diagnostics Inc. of Little Rock. read more >
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