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Arkansas Innovators Promote Tech's Everyday Problem-Solving

Arkansas Innovators Promote Tech's Everyday Problem-Solving

Restaurants & FoodTechnology & Telecom

As technology became accessible, people with a multitude of different agendas have embraced it. Some use it to design incredibly complex logistical plans for transportation; some use it to analyze big data for financial institutions; some use it to figure out a way to connect hungry people to food. read more >

Tom Dalton: ARK Challenge Will Continue

Tom Dalton: ARK Challenge Will Continue

Technology & Telecom

Despite laying low since graduating its 2014 classes, one in Fayetteville and one in Little Rock, the ARK Challenge tech startup accelerator will continue in northwest Arkansas. read more >

XCelerate Capital Invests $250K in Real Agent Guard

XCelerate Capital Invests $250K in Real Agent Guard

Technology & Telecom

Real Agent Guard developed a mobile-enabled personal security system for real estate agents. It was created by founders Justin Horner and Tim Brasuell in the aftermath of the murder last year of a central Arkansas agent. read more >

Innovate Arkansas Accelerating Startup Success in State

Innovate Arkansas Accelerating Startup Success in State

Technology & Telecom

Before 2012, Arkansas startup founders looking to join an accelerator program to fast-track their ventures had to look out of state. The ARK Challenge gave them a reason to stay home. The state’s first startup accelerator, the ARK was funded into life in 2012 when Innovate Arkansas submitted an application to the $37 million Jobs & Innovation Accelerator Challenge, an effort by the U.S. Department of Commerce to spur job creation within targeted regional industry clusters. read more >

David Allan Pivots from Acorn Hours to Tagless Style

David Allan Pivots from Acorn Hours to Tagless Style

Technology & Telecom

David Allan, who founded Little Rock startup Acorn Hours and guided it through the 2014 fall installment of the ARK Challenge startup accelerator, has pivoted. Allan is the new CEO of Tagless Style, another Little Rock startup that participated in the ARK this fall. read more >

Spencer Jones' 5 Tips for Startup Success

Health CareTechnology & Telecom

Spencer Jones, who won the 2014 fall edition of the ARK Challenge with his Little Rock startup Jones Innovative Medical Solutions, has some advice for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to emulate his early success. read more >

Like Hogs, ARK Challenge Winner Spencer Jones on Upward Trajectory

Like Hogs, ARK Challenge Winner Spencer Jones on Upward Trajectory

Health CareTechnology & Telecom

While the Razorbacks toiled themselves back to respectability in the rugged Southeastern Conference, Spencer Jones developed his Little Rock startup, Jones Innovative Medical Solutions, alongside some of the state’s most promising young entrepreneurs at the ARK Challenge. read more >

ARK Challenge Showcasing Little Rock Startups at Demo Day

ARK Challenge Showcasing Little Rock Startups at Demo Day

Technology & Telecom

The ARK Challenge is the tech-based startup "boot camp" launched in Fayetteville in 2012 through a federal grant that funded two installments. This year, the program was picked up by the state and private investors, continued in northwest Arkansas and expanded to Little Rock. read more >