by - February 15, 2018 8:16 pm
Edward Haddock, director for the Arkansas District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, is optimistic about the state startup scene in 2018. “We’ve had some good wins for this…
by - February 13, 2018 12:36 pm
A new iPhone app that has been in development by a Bentonville entrepreneur has an official launch date. Software company Arooroo Inc., doing business as Switcharoo, has developed a peer-to-peer…
by - February 7, 2018 3:32 pm
“If you don’t think you’re getting breached, you are. Every company is getting breached. Every company is getting attacked.” Those are the ominous words of Sheila Jordan, CIO of California-based…
by - February 6, 2018 4:54 pm
At Charleston High School, eight students have designed the barista of the future. Gunner Heft, Mason Keener, Ryan Keener, Andrew Kimmell, Hayden Pittman, Mary-Ashley Qualls, Garrett Phillips, and Dalton Ripley…
by - February 6, 2018 3:38 pm
Acxiom Corp. says it will realign its business into two divisions, while spinning off in some fashion its traditional marketing division, the core business that has propelled Acxiom for decades…
by - February 6, 2018 2:23 pm
Technology innovation is in big demand with the likes of Amazon, Google and Apple forging the way benefiting their own business models. Two of Northwest Arkansas’ largest employers aren’t standing…
by - January 30, 2018 3:33 pm
A $100 investment in Bitcoin on July 28, 2010, would have been worth more than $28 million as of Dec. 12, 2017. Since that time, the grandfather of all cryptocurrencies…
by - January 29, 2018 4:34 pm
More than 12,700 heads of lettuce in two years have been harvested from the University of Arkansas Freight Farm, a hydroponic vegetable farm contained in a 40-foot-long freight shipping container….
by - January 26, 2018 4:09 pm
The Conductor, a Conway-based organization focused on growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem, will present a National Collegiate Venture Competition to celebrate successful student entrepreneurs from college campuses around the United States,…
by - January 24, 2018 1:01 pm
A 20-week accelerator program is being offered to tech-enabled Arkansas businesses this spring, through a partnership with The Conductor, Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), Startup Junkie Consulting and Metova. The…
by - January 23, 2018 1:19 pm
Fayetteville-based software startup Engine has raised $1 million in venture capital to fund its cloud-based e-commerce software platform. Among the company’s initial investors, according to a news release sent Tuesday…
by - January 22, 2018 6:31 pm
Medical technology company SFC Fluidics has been awarded a matching grant from JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) to fund development of a disposable, miniaturized automated insulin delivery (AID) device. Under…
by - January 22, 2018 11:19 am
Three Arkansas startups are among the companies presenting at the next Natural State Angle Association event. Good Eats Food Co. of Fayetteville, Blue Sail Coffee of Conway and Advanced Tree…
by - January 18, 2018 5:17 pm
A Windstream Holdings spokesperson said Thursday (Jan. 18) that the company, which fought off a bid by a New York vulture fund in November to push the Little Rock telecom…
by - January 17, 2018 9:13 am
Techstars Startup Weekend, an educational and networking event where participating individuals are tasked with starting a business in 54 hours, is planned March 9-11 at the Brewer Family Entrepreneurship Hub…
by - January 15, 2018 2:39 pm
A new group called The Gig Community, intended to support the area’s growing freelance workforce, has been formed in Northwest Arkansas. According to its stated mission in a press release,…
by - January 11, 2018 9:42 am
RevUnit of Bentonville and Team SI of Little Rock were named in Entrepreneur magazine’s third-annual 360 list for 2017, representing the magazine’s choices for “Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America.“ Entrepreneur…
by - January 10, 2018 3:11 pm
VIC Technology Venture Development of Fayetteville has formed the company Zebra Analytix, in order to develop and commercialize technology exclusively licensed to VIC from Virginia Tech University, VIC announced Wednesday…
by - January 9, 2018 2:25 pm
The impact of machine learning, virtual reality, big data and the Internet of things will continue to expand in 2018 for Arkansas businesses, said Michael Paladino, chief technology officer at…
by - January 4, 2018 2:15 pm
Automated technology in trucking and the data gathered from them can help reduce crashes and save lives, technology providers said. The providers recently discussed benefits of the technology in a…
