Kim Lane
NWA’s Right To Start Set on Connecting Entrepreneurs to Policymakers
Program leaders are hoping to see the city of Fayetteville waive business license fees for small businesses during their first year of operation. read more >
Wheeler Hired at CourtAvenue (NWA Movers & Shakers)
Jeannine Wheeler has joined the new CourtAvenue office in Bentonville as chief financial officer. read more >
Missouri Nonprofit Launches NWA Entrepreneurial Initiative
With the help of the Walton Family Foundation, Right to Start of Kansas City, Missouri, launches a program in northwest Arkansas to make job-creating entrepreneurship a community priority. read more >
Fashion Leader Rebecca Minkoff to Headline Soirée Women’s Leadership Symposium
Fashion industry leader Rebecca Minkoff will be the keynote speaker at this year's Soirée Women's Leadership Symposium in Little Rock. read more >
Soiree Announces Sessions for 2020 Women’s Leadership Symposium
Little Rock Soirée announces sessions that will be part of its 2020 Soirée Women’s Leadership Symposium, which takes place Thursday, April 30, in Little Rock. read more >
Former Conductor CEO Kim Lane Makes Career Connection with Facebook
Kim Lane says she has joined Facebook as a consultant on its Career Connections team. read more >
Kim Lane Resigns as CEO of The Conductor
Wednesday was Kim Lane’s last day as CEO of The Conductor in Conway, a public-private initiative of the University of Central Arkansas, Startup Junkie of Fayetteville and the Central Arkansas Venture Team focused on supporting entrepreneurship and innovation. read more >
The Conductor’s Kim Lane Goes Global (Movers & Shakers)
Kim Lane, CEO of the Conductor in Conway, was invited to serve as a U.S. delegate and speaker at the 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Manama, Bahrain, last month. read more >
SBA Teams Up With Conductor (Justin Crossie Commentary)
The U.S. Small Business Administration is taking steps to revitalize central Arkansas through a $500,000 award to the Conductor, an organization that partners with the University of Central Arkansas and Startup Junkie Consulting. read more >
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Women’s Foundation Names Three New Board Members
The Women's Foundation of Arkansas announces Wednesday the election of three new members to its board of directors: Katherine Berry, Yolanda Hughes and Kim Lane. read more >
Attention Arkansas Startups, 10X Cyber Is Only for You
There’s a new kind of accelerator now, 10X Cyber Accelerator, that accepts only Arkansas companies with annual revenue of between $100,000 and $10 million. read more >
Rickford Advances at Nabholz (Conway Movers & Shakers)
Matt Rickford has been promoted to business development officer for Nabholz. Sheffield Kent and Daniel Judkins have founded the Baptist Health Comprehensive Spine & Pain Management Center. read more >
Mainstream Adds 3 to Development Team (Movers & Shakers)
Ben Meadors, Clay Acord and Daniel Tate have been hired as software developers for Mainstream Technologies in Little Rock. read more >
Conductor Promotes Kim Lane to CEO
The Conductor, a public-private partnership between the University of Central Arkansas and Startup Junkie Consulting, announced Monday the promotion of Kim Lane to CEO. read more >
The Conductor, Junior Achievement to Provide K-12 Programming
The Conductor, a public-private partnership of the University of Central Arkansas and Startup Junkie Consulting, announces a new partnership with the nonprofit Junior Achievement of Arkansas to create programming for K-12 students. read more >
Kim Lane Moves from AMP, AY to Innovation Hub
Kim Lane is the new director of digital and entrepreneurial programming for the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub. read more >
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