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Conductor Accepting Applications for 10X Growth Accelerator Program
The program is tailored for Arkansas-based tech or tech-enabled companies with revenues ranging from $100,000 to $10 million. read more >
Excel by Eight Promotes New Communities Director (Movers & Shakers)
Jessi Rice Woods will oversee planning and design in Conway and Independence, Jefferson, Sevier and Union counties, as well as the city of Little Rock. read more >
The Conductor Sets Opening Date for New Home
The entrepreneurial support organization will host events and programming at the center as well as rent co-working space, desks and access to meeting rooms. read more >
Walton Family Grant Brings EforAll to Northwest Arkansas
Entrepreneurship for All Northwest Arkansas kicked off its first yearlong accelerator programs last month, one for Spanish-speaking and another for English-speaking entrepreneurs. read more >
5 Tips for the Minority Business Owner (Jimmy D. Warren II Commentary)
Minority small businesses hold an important place in history, society and our hearts. They are mom-and-pop restaurants, local barbershops, lawn care specialists and more. Those successful enterprises show what it takes to thrive today as a minority small-business owner. read more >
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Chance Moves to Garcia Wealth (Movers & Shakers)
Jonathan Chance has joined Garcia Wealth Management-Northwestern Mutual of Conway as a financial planning analyst. read more >
North Arkansas College to Host Economic Development Summit
Steuart Walton and Startup Junkie founder Jeff Amerine will be keynote speakers 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 >
Conductor Touts New Resource Map For State’s Entrepreneurs
The Conductor on Monday released the first edition of the Arkansas Entrepreneurship Resource Map, a comprehensive guide to small-business support organizations across the state. read more >
The Conductor Partners with Rural LISC on Kiva Loans for Rural Entrepreneurs
The Conductor in Conway has partnered with Rural Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) and the Kiva Small Business lending program to provide one-to-one matched, 0% interest loans to rural entrepreneurs. read more >
Conductor Directors to Guide Global Entrepreneurs (Movers & Shakers)
Grace Rains, director of operations at The Conductor in Conway, and Tiffany Henry, rural director at The Conductor, will serve as the Global Entrepreneurship Week organizers for Arkansas and will lead the GEW Arkansas campaign read more >
Established Arkansas Companies Seek Startup Mindset
Established Arkansas businesses say they must innovate to stay competitive in a rapidly changing world. Learning how to think like a startup is a means to that end. 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 Names New Operations, Rural Directors (Movers & Shakers)
Grace Rains has been hired as director of operations at The Conductor in Conway, and Tiffany Henry is its new rural director. 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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BioVentures Boot Camp Wins National Recognition
The Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp run by BioVentures recently won a national award, the second-place Innovations Research & Research Education Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. 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 >
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