by - August 2, 2016 5:26 pm
Editor’s note: This is the final of four stories about the VC FinTech Accelerator program at the Little Rock-based Venture Center. Link here for the first story in the series,…
by - August 2, 2016 4:04 pm
On Tuesday’s Talk Business & Politics Daily, Venture Center CEO Lee Watson explains what will happen on Wednesday’s Demo Day at the Clinton School when 10 startup companies roll out the results from their 12-week FinTech boot camp.
Also, we’ll provide top stories of the day, run through the latest Arkansas Transportation Report, and TB&P’s Steve Brawner swings by the studio for a conversation on Presidential campaign trail.
by - August 2, 2016 9:51 am
Conway has landed another Fortune 500 company. Already home to top-tier companies such as Acxiom, HP, International Paper and Kimberly-Clark, Insight – a global provider of information technology solutions –…
by - August 1, 2016 7:15 am
Editor’s note: This is the third of four stories about the VC FinTech Accelerator program at the Little Rock-based Venture Center. Link here for the first story in the series…
by - July 29, 2016 9:29 am
Editor’s note: This is the second of four stories about the VC FinTech Accelerator program at the Little Rock-based Venture Center. Link here for the first story in the series….
by - July 28, 2016 3:56 pm
Editor’s note: You can watch the full video of today’s Talk Business & Politics Daily at the end of this report, or download an audio version through the iTunes store…
by - July 28, 2016 1:29 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of four stories about the VC FinTech Accelerator program at the Little Rock-based Venture Center. –––––––––––––––– The ongoing VC FinTech Accelerator program is being…
by - July 28, 2016 1:19 pm
Businessman Manu Nair noticed a vexing problem in Northeast Arkansas when he moved to Jonesboro six years ago. The region didn’t have venture capital companies, or programs aimed at connecting…
by - July 21, 2016 3:15 pm
Rogers-based Ecoark is well-known in sustainability circles and hopes to continue growing a portfolio of businesses that focuses on everything from technologies that help ensure food freshness to reducing construction…
by - July 21, 2016 9:42 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– FOOD TRUCK ENTREPRENEURS CAN GET VEHICLE, RESTAURANT COVERAGE IN ONE POLICY Farmers…
by - July 20, 2016 6:38 pm
Lavaca-based Pinnacle Communications and Fort Smith-based Newroads Telecom have entered a joint venture agreement to provide voice and data services in the Fort Smith region and surrounding area with a…
by - July 19, 2016 4:02 pm
Editor’s note: You can watch the full video of today’s Talk Business & Politics Daily at the end of this report, or download an audio version through the iTunes store…
by - July 19, 2016 1:45 pm
Arkansas-based tech firm Metova is partnering with the University of Central Arkansas to open the Arkansas Coding Academy, officials announced Tuesday (July 19). The Arkansas Coding Academy will provide education…
by - July 19, 2016 6:10 am
The Delta Regional Authority announced that six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), including two in Arkansas, have been selected to participate in the inaugural HBCU Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Initiative. The…
by - July 18, 2016 5:00 pm
Arkansas by July 2017 will be one of three states where every school is connected to high speed broadband internet, members of the House and Senate Education Committees were told…
by - July 15, 2016 12:58 pm
WalmartPay is winning favor with Walmart shoppers of all ages, according to a recent study conducted by Fayetteville-based Field Agent. Following the recent nationwide rollout of WalmartPay, Field Agent asked…
by - July 14, 2016 8:21 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION TO SPONSOR ENTREPRENEUR SUMMIT IN LITTLE ROCK IN LATE JULY…
by - July 13, 2016 8:49 pm
As construction on the Little Rock Technology Authority’s multi-million dollar tech village picks up steam, the nonprofit’s newly-reconfigured board of directors voted Wednesday (July 13) to opt out of the…
by - July 13, 2016 5:29 am
WorkHound, the Iowa-based logistics platform for the trucking industry and co-founded by Arkansas native Max Farrell, announced that it has joined the Dynamo Accelerator, a logistics-based accelerator that is part of a 12-week…
by - July 7, 2016 3:54 pm
The Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Startup Junkie Consulting and Community Venture Foundation, announce the winners for its annual Teen Entrepreneur Boot Camp in which 15 high school…
