Venture Center Welcomes 7 to Spark! Accelerator Program
The program provides a sales, marketing and business finance curriculum to help founders grow their small businesses. read more >
The program provides a sales, marketing and business finance curriculum to help founders grow their small businesses. read more >
The bank decided to focus on using technology to eliminate manual processes not only for its staff, but for its clients. read more >
FIS CEO Gary Norcross and St. Louis Fed VP Allen North were among the speakers. read more >
One of several standouts was Arcanum Technology of Athens, Georgia, which demoed a secure, four-character password that never has to be changed by the end user. read more >
The conference, hosted by the Venture Center of Little Rock, aims to be a networking opportunity and a place for Arkansas fintech companies to showcase their products. read more >
The Little Rock marketing firm also won silver medals for work with the Little Rock Venture Center and Sport Clips, the national chain of hair cutters. read more >
A kickoff event is set for Aug. 2. read more >
Mimi San Pedro, the chief strategy officer for the Venture Center in Little Rock, says the creation of the Woman Achieve mentorship program was a long time coming. read more >
Keynote speakers now include Arvest Bank’s new transformation executive and executives with ICBA Bancard as well as TCM Bank. Tina Giorgio (keynote), president and CEO of ICBA Bancard; Damon Moorer (keynote), president and CEO of TCM Bank; read more >
Ron Shevlin, chief research officer for Cornerstone Advisors and a senior Forbes contributor, will headline the event. read more >
The program will kick off with a Jan. 11 event. read more >
The year-long program is the first partnership of the Venture Center, Venture Noire, Wright Lindsey Jennings, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and Arkansas Capital Corp. read more >
Hundreds of investors, bankers and others interested in financial technology hear pitches from the 10 most recent graduates of the FIS Fintech Accelerator program. read more >
The Little Rock metropolitan statistical area is struggling to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, as some aspects of economic life return to normal while others change for good. read more >
Four Arkansas small-business owners win a total of $31,000 at the 2021 Pitch ‘N Pint pitch competition. read more >
The Independent Community Bankers of America and the Venture Center, in partnership with the state, will kick-off the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2021 at noon on Jan. 6 with a virtual unveiling of the 10 companies selected to participate in it. read more >
FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, formed a new office this year to “further accelerate innovation and growth” for the company, CEO Gary Norcross announced Wednesday during the virtual 2020 FIS Fintech Accelerator Demo Day. read more >
The Venture Center took home the top prize in the Best Fintech Accelerator/Incubator category at the second annual Finovate Awards, an international competition. read more >
The Independent Community Bankers of America announces that it will sponsor for another three years its ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program. read more >
Angie Cooper will lead the mission and operations of the Heartland Summit in Bentonville, an annual event held by Heartland Forward, a research institute in Bentonville. read more >
