by - June 15, 2017 3:28 pm
First, there were smartphones, then smart homes. Now, tech watchers say smart cities are the wave of the future. Smart cities use sensors, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and data analytics…
by - June 12, 2017 1:19 pm
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center will host “Doing Business with NASA” July 20 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Reynolds Business Center at University of Arkansas…
by - June 6, 2017 9:03 am
The Start Here Initiative in Little Rock will offer a free, public screening of the documentary She Started It, followed by a presentation from one of the subjects of the…
by - June 1, 2017 4:21 pm
Grox Industries, a University of Arkansas-affiliated entrepreneurship team won first place Thursday (May 31) at the 10th Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Collegiate Business Plan Competition held in Las Vegas. Team members…
by - June 1, 2017 2:52 pm
The late April grand opening of the Little Rock Tech Park and Apptegy’s lockdown of $5.7 million in new financing this week confirms recent U.S. Labor Department data that Arkansas’…
by - May 31, 2017 9:17 am
The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub in North Little Rock has named Joel Gordon its new executive director, the organization announced in an emailed newsletter on Wednesday (May 31). Gordon has…
by - May 30, 2017 2:07 pm
Apptegy, a Little Rock-based tech startup company that received support from Hayseed Ventures in Fayetteville, received a $5.7 million investment from Five Elms Capital of Kansas City, Apptegy announced Tuesday…
by - May 26, 2017 12:49 pm
Little Rock’s homegrown food delivery service Chef Shuttle has been acquired by a competitor, Minneapolis-based Bite Squad, a Bite Squad spokesman confirmed on Friday (May 26). Terms of the deal…
by - May 24, 2017 6:14 pm
Art and culture have always been a way of life in eastern Arkansas and now at least one organization thinks both can become economic drivers in the region. The Delta…
by - May 24, 2017 11:07 am
The student team from John Brown University in Siloam Springs earned $10,000 in prize money and was named the 2017 Enactus United States National Champion on Tuesday night (May 23) at the Enactus United States National…
by - May 19, 2017 1:30 pm
NowDiagnostics CEO Kevin Clark said he didn’t intend for the company’s AdexusDx pregnancy test to become an over-the-counter product, until an acting director of medical devices at the Food &…
by - May 17, 2017 4:49 pm
Serial entrepreneur and Hayseed Ventures CEO and founder John James encouraged 15 rising business stars under the age of 30 to be “unreasonable” in their approach to life and business….
by - May 17, 2017 2:45 pm
As the need for cybersecurity intensifies, education is a top priority, according to a report published in April by the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit. The…
by - May 17, 2017 1:53 pm
Shares of Acxiom Corp. fell more than 7% in trading Wednesday (May 17) after the Little Rock-based data marketer missed Wall Street targets after releasing fourth quarter and yearly results…
by - May 16, 2017 12:59 pm
The Firecracker program unveiled at the recent ProHakathon sponsored by Fort Smith-based Propak on May 11 drew heavy attention from onlookers, who expressed conflicting emotions at what they were seeing…
by - May 12, 2017 3:39 pm
A venue designed to foster collaboration between Northwest Arkansas-based startups and enterprises opened this week in Bentonville. Exchange is a localized effort to help boost entrepreneurship in Northwest Arkansas. Its…
by - May 12, 2017 6:47 am
Propak’s first annual “ProHak” hackathon event concluded Thursday night (May 11) with demonstrations from three teams from the company’s information technology (IT) departments. Projects included community food services, different ways…
by - May 11, 2017 10:40 am
The VC FinTech Accelerator for financial technology startups on Wednesday (May 10) announced 10 companies chosen to participate in the 2017 program. The Venture Center President and CEO Lee Watson…
by - May 11, 2017 9:41 am
SurfTec, a University of Arkansas-affiliated company, recently received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore using its lubricative coating technology as a replacement for journal…
by - May 10, 2017 4:52 pm
Bentonville Public Schools’ Ignite program is finishing its second year this spring, offering real-world training to juniors and seniors in high school. This year, it offered studied in construction management,…
