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Heather Nelson, chair of the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association board, speaks at the trade group's annual meeting and policy conference in Little Rock in October 2021.
Energy / Government & Politics

AAEA Honors Leaders in Advanced Energy

The Arkansas Public Service Commission's chairman, Ted Thomas, was a presenter and an award winner at the event. read more >
Butcher & Pint, shown here in June 2019, at 1201 S. Walton Blvd. in Bentonville.
Investments / Legal / Real Estate

Butcher & Pint Landlord Alleges Restaurant Used as ‘Giant Piggy Bank’Lock Icon

Some very recognizable northwest Arkansas entrepreneurs are going to be on the receiving end of a civil lawsuit that was filed Thursday. read more >
Douglas Hutchings, CEO of PicaSolar, a Fayetteville innovator in solar panel technology. PicaSolar took the top prize in the graduate division at the Governor’s Cup in 2013. The startup now has additional funding and nine employees.
Agriculture & Poultry / Business Services / Education

Startups and More Bubble Up from Governor’s CupLock Icon

Over nearly two decades of the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup competition, just over $2 million in prize money has been given to teams of college students with entrepreneurship ideas deemed promising by competition judges. read more >
Judy and Frank Fletcher
Education / Small Business / Tourism

Frank, Judy Fletcher Give UA $600K for Entrepreneurial Course

University of Arkansas alumnus Frank Fletcher and his wife, Judy, are providing $600,000 to establish the Frank and Judy Fletcher SAKE Fund in the Sam M. Walton College of Business. read more >
Carol Reeves of the UA’s Walton College has helped guide a number of teams to business-plan success. | (Photo by Beth Hall)
Education / Health Care / Investments

Cross-College Entrepreneur Team Making Its Mark

It all started when Carol Reeves held the Arkansas Commercialization Retreat atop Petit Jean Mountain at the UA’s Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. read more >
UA researcher Ralph Henry, co-founder of Innovate Arkansas firm InterveXion Therapeutics, leads a session on academic startups with IA adviser Jeff Amerine, left, and Jerry Adams of the Arkansas Research Alliance. (Photo by Mai Nguyen)
Business Services / Education / Investments

Arkansas Researchers Gather for Retreat Focused on Collaboration

Researchers from the state’s four research-producing universities gathered recently on Petit Jean Mountain for a one-of-a-kind retreat focused on commercialization, collaboration and networking. The second annual Arkansas Commercialization Retreat, the brainchild of University of Arkansas entrepreneurship guru Carol Reeves, took place over three days at the UA’s Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. read more >
Business Services / Education / Energy

UA Building Successful Startups, This Year Led By Picasolar

Startups launched from the Walton Business College at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville are earning both accolades at national business-plan competitions and money as viable, high-growth businesses. read more >
Education / Health Care / Investments

Boston Mountain Biotech: Former ‘Science Project’ Now a Potentially Life-Saving Venture

Ellen Brune’s “science project” turned into a viable business venture, one that could save lives. Boston Mountain Biotech is Brune’s University of Arkansas startup that developed a way to simplify the production of proteins used in drugs to treat many diseases, including cancer and diabetes. Basically, BMB’s technology cleans up protein contaminants, and drug companies spend roughly $8 million a year trying to do that during protein production, according to the UA. read more >