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The Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) has added three new members to the ARA Academy, strengthening the state’s growing momentum as a center for world-class research and discovery. Inducted as ARA…
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James Hendren stepped down from his role as chair of the board of directors at The Venture Center at the beginning of this year, after more than a decade of…
by - January 15, 2026 2:20 pm
The newest accelerator in Northwest Arkansas will focus on the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry and is designed to help companies improve their product offerings, prepare for placement in large…
by - January 14, 2026 2:49 pm
The founder of Siloam Springs-based gift box company Puzzling Presents recently won the top prize in the fall 2025 Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) Northwest Arkansas Business Accelerator. Puzzling Presents founder…
by - January 13, 2026 8:45 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Tuesday (Jan. 13) that Deputy General Counsel Kevin Lee will take on an additional role as senior advisor for AI, advising the Office of…
by - January 13, 2026 11:56 am
Two longtime marketing executives are successfully betting that if a small to medium-sized business doesn’t need or can’t afford a full-time chief marketing officer, it can still use a fraction…
by - January 12, 2026 9:51 am
AVAIO Digital Partners announced Monday (Jan. 12) it will locate a new $6 billion data center hub near Little Rock. It will be known as AVAIO Digital Leo and will…
by - January 9, 2026 9:53 am
Consumers spent a record $257.8 billion online between Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025, up 6.8% from 2024, according to Adobe Analytics data that tracked more than 1 million U.S….
by - January 7, 2026 4:39 pm
Arkansas engineering firm Garver recently released a first-of-its-kind technology that allows city and state transportation departments to measure the effectiveness of street lighting while traveling at highway speeds. Lumitracker, a…
by - January 6, 2026 5:24 pm
After two decades of helping cultivate Northwest Arkansas’s startup landscape, longtime ecosystem builder Jeannette Balleza Collins is charting a new chapter as director of strategic alliances at Fayetteville-based Zenwork Inc….
by - December 17, 2025 12:30 pm
Bentonville-based cybersecurity startup Bastazo and New York-based cybersecurity company Salvador Technologies recently launched new cybersecurity technology as part of a federal initiative to support industrial research and development of mutual…
by - December 15, 2025 12:02 pm
For Matt Waller, 61, leadership is about uplifting others, a lesson he attributes to a quote he read as a high school senior by motivational speaker Zig Ziglar: “You can…
by - December 12, 2025 11:44 am
Misti Staley, CEO of Helena-West Helena-based Staley House LLC and medical device creator, recently won a $100,000 grant from global education organization Poker Power. Staley was one of more than…
by - December 11, 2025 12:23 pm
Crisp, a retail technology company with offices in Bentonville and Springdale, announced Wednesday (Dec. 10) the close of a $26 million Series B1 round led by New York-based private equity…
by - December 11, 2025 9:56 am
A new report tracking financial resources directed to Arkansas companies shows that investment activity was and remained focused in Northwest Arkansas, as entrepreneurs drew on a broader mix of funding…
by - December 9, 2025 1:25 pm
Three companies ready to invest in pilot projects in Arkansas’ emerging lithium industry are building relationships with producers, investors and academics through The Venture Center’s Arkansas Lithium Technology Accelerator. The…
by - December 8, 2025 6:17 pm
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) awarded $2 million in funding to 12 Arkansas-based accelerator programs through the Arkansas Business and Technology Accelerator Grant Program. The Arkansas Business and Technology…
by - December 7, 2025 9:34 am
Northwest Arkansas educators recently learned about the benefits of entrepreneurship education, participated in entrepreneurial activities, and heard from a Little Rock author and her book series co-authored by her son…
by - December 3, 2025 6:50 am
Building on the success of its inaugural 2025 program, The Venture Center this week kicked off the second cohort of the Arkansas Lithium Technology Accelerator (ALTA) — the nation’s first…
by - December 2, 2025 5:24 pm
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Maulden-Entergy chair and Donaghey Distinguished Professor of Information Science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has received a $5 million award to research and develop…
