by - December 19, 2018 9:39 pm
A new survey by the Kauffman Foundation following the mid-term elections finds entrepreneurs who have owned their business for fewer than five years are largely positive about the economy, but…
by - December 18, 2018 5:06 pm
Little Rock broadband operator Windstream Holdings Inc. on Tuesday (Dec. 18) announced that it has sold off fiber assets in Minnesota and Nebraska as part of the company’s strategy to…
by - December 18, 2018 2:47 pm
Arkansas again ranked near the bottom in the Milken Institute’s 2018 State Technology and Science Index, a biennial assessment of states’ capabilities and competitiveness in a tech-focused economy. Massachusetts retained…
by - December 17, 2018 4:20 pm
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that Winrock International has been awarded a $576,302 grant for the Innovation Fund (I-Fund) through the Economic Development Administration’s Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) program….
by - December 17, 2018 3:18 pm
Fayetteville-based clothing startup LIVSN Designs has started to produce its wool fleece and canvas pants after 511 people supported a crowdfunded Kickstarter campaign, netting $78,579 and exceeding the amount required…
by - December 13, 2018 8:00 pm
The Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) announced six new ARA Fellows during a press conference at the State Capitol on Thursday (Dec. 13) with Gov. Asa Hutchinson. The ARA Fellows program,…
by - December 12, 2018 10:12 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority on Wednesday (Dec. 12) unveiled architectural renderings for the five-story “shell” building on Main Street that will house the yet unfinanced second phase of…
by - December 11, 2018 1:10 pm
MediPays, the Little Rock-financial technology firm that emerged nearly a year ago as the state’s first banking option for the fledgling medical marijuana industry, announced Tuesday (Dec. 11) a name…
by - December 10, 2018 4:03 pm
Going on 2-1/2 months after selling off its legacy data marketing business for $2.3 billion to New York-based Interpublic Group (IPG), the former Acxiom Corp. has quickly regrouped with a…
by - December 6, 2018 7:05 pm
Applications are now open for the Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, a weeklong training program for undergraduate and graduate students that equips them with the skills and knowledge they need…
by - December 6, 2018 4:52 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and the Arkansas National Guard will partner to take the university’s unmanned aerial systems program to the next level. “The agreement will allow…
by - December 5, 2018 2:40 pm
While voice-activated commerce is still only about $2 billion of the total U.S. retail spend, the segment is poised grow to $40 billion by 2022, according to OC&C Strategy Consultants….
by - November 29, 2018 8:02 pm
Mainstream Technologies recently donated funds to upgrade a computer forensics lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) college. The size of the donation…
by - November 27, 2018 11:07 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services will work with visibility systems provider project44 to integrate its visibility system into the carrier’s software platform J.B. Hunt 360. The system will allow…
by - November 26, 2018 7:12 pm
Little Rock-based BOND.AI, a human-centered AI platform for banks, recently won Best of Show at FinovateFall 2018. The conference is a major international FinTech event, which showcases cutting-edge banking and…
by - November 25, 2018 6:04 pm
A University of Arkansas doctoral student has been studying how to improve concrete pavements to better resist damage that deicing salts cause to roads and bridges. Casey Jones said he…
by - November 19, 2018 1:07 pm
Two Bentonville entrepreneurs have announced the pilot launch of a new mobile application that is designed to be a marketplace for the rapidly evolving grocery delivery market. Robbie Larson and…
by - November 14, 2018 10:56 pm
Simmons Bank will be the first-ever title sponsor of the Youth Entrepreneur Showcase (Y.E.S.), a business plan competition for fifth through eighth graders in Arkansas. The entrepreneurial education program has…
by - November 14, 2018 9:00 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority will soon unveil Phase II architect renderings on the city’s downtown startup village, a larger but unfinanced five-story planned development next to the current…
by - November 14, 2018 12:45 pm
Two startup firms that participated in the Venture Center’s 2018 Fintech Accelerator program have garnered significant early stage seed investments and international support to allow those companies to scale up…
