by - April 30, 2019 7:54 am
Northwest Arkansas’s residential real estate market is booming, so it’s little wonder that service providers to the industry are hoping to ride the wave. The latest is Lula, a technology…
by - April 25, 2019 4:21 pm
Walmart will begin testing autonomous vehicles in Bentonville in the next six weeks. Jason Shaffer, director of digital operations at Walmart, discussed the plan at the Trends in Supply Chain…
by - April 24, 2019 7:13 pm
The Little Rock Regional Chamber announced a new partnership with the Little Rock SCORE chapter, which will host office hours for mentors to meet with small businesses and potential small…
by - April 24, 2019 4:32 pm
Continued growth in Arkansas’ aerospace and defense industry needs a “national priority” like that set by President John Kennedy when he challenged the nation to go to the Moon, Gov….
by - April 23, 2019 3:18 pm
Bill Groves, chief data and analytics officer for Walmart, has been named chairman of the Northwest Arkansas Technology Council. The Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce, which manages the Northwest…
by - April 16, 2019 3:19 pm
Conductor CEO Kim Lane has been invited to serve as a U.S. delegate and speaker at the 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Manama, Bahrain from April 14-18. Presented by the…
by - April 11, 2019 10:22 pm
Four different Arkansas universities captured first place in their respective categories in the 2019 Arkansas Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition on Thursday (April 11). More than $154,000 in prize…
by - April 11, 2019 12:58 pm
Walmart continues to build its advertising business (Walmart Media Group) with the announcement Thursday (April 11) of another acquisition. The Bentonville-based company says it has a deal in place to…
by - April 8, 2019 3:15 pm
Let’s just say it wasn’t the first time the State Capitol has been a site where small groups hastily assembled overly complex solutions to fix insignificant or non-existent problems. But…
by - April 4, 2019 6:17 pm
The Delta Innovation Fund (Delta I-Fund) startup accelerator will host its 2019 Demo Day at the Clinton Presidential Center on April 17 at 4 p.m. Eight Delta I-Fund alumni companies…
by - April 3, 2019 7:22 pm
The AI (Artificial Intelligence) Group at Arkansas State University finished third in the Multiple Myeloma DREAM Challenge, a machine-learning competition, according to ASU. The research group competed against 290 teams…
by - April 1, 2019 2:33 pm
More than 50 tech-connected teenagers and millennials from across the state spent the weekend in North Little Rock as part of a Facebook Inc. initiative to provide Arkansas college students…
by - April 1, 2019 12:04 pm
American Electric Power (AEP), one of the nation’s largest power companies, has launched a new strategic initiative to identify promising entrepreneurs and early and growth stage companies to help the…
by - April 1, 2019 9:22 am
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story has been updated with quotes throughout. ———- Co-working giant WeWork Companies Inc. is making a significant investment in downtown Bentonville. The New…
by - March 29, 2019 4:37 pm
Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech has been sued again for not paying its debt — this time for more than $1 million. Daniel Carroll of Michigan filed a complaint in the…
by - March 29, 2019 4:20 pm
Blockchain is a team sport, according to Dale Chrystie, vice president of strategic planning for FedEx Freight. The sentiment was echoed throughout the day by business professionals at a blockchain…
by - March 28, 2019 8:47 pm
Little Rock-based Apptegy plans to add another 50 employees in 2019 and add “fuel to the fire” of growth thanks in large part to a $13.2 million investment from Five…
by - March 27, 2019 11:47 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson told attendees gathered at the ICBA ThinkTech Accelerator’s Demo Day on Wednesday (March 27) that he believes Arkansas can become a global “technology center” where companies can…
by - March 27, 2019 1:09 pm
About 100 people attended the third annual Arkansas Drone/Unmanned Aircraft Systems Summit on March 12 in Little Rock and Fayetteville. Drone experts discussed compliance with Federal Aviation Administration rules, homeland…
by - March 26, 2019 4:19 pm
Three teams from Arkansas State University have reached the semifinals and finals of the 2019 Delta Plastics Arkansas Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition. The semifinals and finals will be…
