by - July 29, 2019 12:37 pm
Fayetteville-based clothing startup LIVSN Designs recently launched its second Kickstarter campaign to release an updated version of its Flex Canvas Pants. Andrew Gibbs-Dabney, founder of LIVSN Designs, said the company…
by - July 29, 2019 7:57 am
A consortium of Arkansas healthcare organizations from central and Northwest Arkansas will work with five startups in this year’s cohort of the HealthTech Arkansas accelerator program. The five startups will…
by - July 26, 2019 8:16 am
Windstream Holdings Inc., Uniti Corp. and other parties are scheduled to appear in federal bankruptcy court in upstate New York Friday (July 26) concerning a request by unsecured creditors and…
by - July 24, 2019 1:13 pm
Little Rock-based Uniti Group Inc., the former spinoff of Windstream Holdings Inc., has filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court in New York seeking to halt appointment of a mediator…
by - July 23, 2019 10:41 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Commerce Secretary Mike Preston have named Nathan Smith, Ph.D., as the state’s first broadband manager. The position, which was amended by Act 792 of 2019, will…
by - July 19, 2019 2:34 pm
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the July 8 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - July 17, 2019 10:24 pm
Appearing in lights onstage at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (July 17) made his annual appeal to ten out-of-state financial technology startups to consider setting up…
by - July 17, 2019 3:20 pm
The SCALE Challenge designed to plant 20 new technology-based startups in Northwest Arkansas if off and running, but just 40 teams have signed up as of Tuesday (July 16), according…
by - July 16, 2019 10:25 am
The University of Arkansas will use a $4.63 million award from the National Science Foundation to establish a program to recruit, educate and train cybersecurity professionals. The UA announced Tuesday…
by - July 15, 2019 6:34 pm
A day nearly two years in the making arrived Monday (July 15) in Northwest Arkansas. Several hundred people gathered inside the Great Hall at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art…
by - July 15, 2019 9:57 am
Douglas Hutchings, CEO and co-founder of Fayetteville solar tech startup Picasolar Inc., has been named director of the nonprofit Arkansas Research Alliance’s (ARA) ARA Academy of Scholars & Fellows. The…
by - July 11, 2019 8:40 pm
Small businesses can again apply for federal grant assistance through the city of Jonesboro’s Microenterprise Business Accelerator. As part of Jonesboro’s Community Development Block Grant funding from the U.S. Department…
by - July 11, 2019 6:20 am
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority made a soft pitch to a local Centennial Bank-led banking consortium to support the second phase of the city’s multi-stage tech village once a…
by - July 10, 2019 10:04 pm
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at Arkansas State University has been recognized as the small business development center of the year by the U.S. Small Business…
by - July 10, 2019 3:11 pm
Significant investment dollars from private equity firm Mountaingate Capital will help unlock the next phase of growth for Bentonville-based software firm RevUnit. The two companies announced the partnership on Wednesday…
by - July 10, 2019 2:01 pm
Affirma Consulting, a fast-growing technology services firm headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., has opened a new U.S. office in Northwest Arkansas. The office at 641 W. Dickson St. in downtown Fayetteville…
by - July 6, 2019 1:44 pm
Bentonville-based retailer Walmart has filed more drone patents than e-commerce giant Amazon for the second consecutive year as Amazon plans to start “within months” to deliver products via drone to…
by - June 30, 2019 9:58 am
Although robots and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have boosted global productivity and economic growth, more than 2,030 manufacturing jobs now performed by humans will be lost to innovation in the…
by - June 29, 2019 10:19 am
Now part of New York-based Interpublic Group (IPG), Conway-based Acxiom recently announced it has expanded its digital and global data capabilities to Japan, Australia, Spain and Canada. Acxiom said it…
by - June 27, 2019 3:12 am
As Windstream Holdings Inc. works its way through a possible year-long reorganization, the Little Rock-based rural broadband operator has offered a possible view of its strategic path back to profitability…
