Startups / Technology

Q&A With The Iron Yard’s Mary Dunlap

The Iron Yard kicked off last week in Little Rock with its first class. TB&P’s Todd Jones catches up with Campus Director Mary Dunlap for a quick Q&A.

AEDC’s Mike Preston Is Bullish on Arkansas

New AEDC Executive Director Mike Preston has hit the ground running, promoting the state and its economic opportunities.

Independence Day And Entrepreneurship

The Fourth of July is Saturday, and it’s a time we celebrate our country’s independence. Four rising Arkansas leaders share their thoughts on what the nation’s birthday and entrepreneurship mean to them.

Study: Consumers Favor ‘Made In USA’ Products Over Sustainability

American consumers continue to rally their support around “Made in the USA” products with 45% admitting that such a label is “extremely” or “very” important to them, according to a new survey.

Startup Talk: Tech Giant Intel Starts $125 Million Startup Fund For Minorities, Women

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Verizon To Sponsor STEM Leadership Conference For Teachers

The Arkansas State University Delta STEM Education Center, in conjunction with the Colleges of Science and Mathematics and Education and Behavioral Science, will host a STEM Leadership Conference for K-12…

Talk Business & Politics Magazine July/August 2015

This Arkansas summer is hot and right along with it the July/August magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics is hot off the press. It’s packed with lots of news, interviews and commentaries, including an in-depth interview with new AEDC director Mike Preston.

SpotRight In The Spotlight At 1 Million Cups

Todd Greer with SpotRight is one of the presenters at Wednesday morning’s 1 Million Cups event in downtown Little Rock. Greer, a former Acxiom executive, led a recapitalization of the…

Pleth Leader To Leave Firm, Forms Rohrscheib Capital

Active entrepreneur Cotton Rohrscheib is stepping down from Pleth, a Conway-based web agency he co-founded a decade ago, to pursue other opportunities. In a post on his blog, Rohrscheib said…

A Barcamp Lesson On Storytelling

In his Barcamp Little Rock session last weekend, Chad Williamson of Noble Impact shared the power of storytelling. In doing so, he relayed a couple of stories from his own…

Fayetteville’s EquityNet Excelling In Crowdfunding Space

EquityNet has operated a crowdfunding platform since 2005 and company leaders say the Fayetteville-based firm is poised to see an explosion of opportunity in the near future.

Entrepreneurship Boot Camp Attracts, Students, Young Business Owners, Artists

After a week in a teen entrepreneurship boot camp, John David Halaway said the experience was a good one to help him manage his own company. What does he do and where is he taking his business?

HARK Takes A Road Trip

HARK, the web TV series media company, announced on their website last week that they are taking a road trip. The trip will last six weeks and it will include…

Sam Walton, Wal-Mart History Part Of Smithsonian’s ‘American Enterprise’ Exhibit

The iconic ball cap worn by Sam Walton, a miniature Wal-Mart truck and short biographical stories of Walton’s retail rise are among more than 600 artifacts woven into the fabric of the “American Enterprise” exhibit set to open July 1 at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.