by - January 28, 2019 11:12 am
A Christmas present seven years ago helped stoke an entrepreneurial fire for Jordan Wright. “My dad bought me a [Big] Green Egg,” said Wright, who left a corporate career in…
by - September 6, 2016 10:08 am
The U.S. Census Bureau has released its inaugural Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs highlighting that nearly one out of every 10 businesses with employees on the payroll have been in operation…
by - August 5, 2015 9:16 pm
John James, through Hayseed Ventures, is launching a startup lecture series that aims to provide insight in key areas for entrepreneurs. The first event will take place at 5:30 p.m…
by - May 29, 2015 11:16 am
Under the direction of Dr. Carol Reeves, University of Arkansas graduate students Kenny Bierman and Phillip Turner received top honors in the Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Collegiate Business Plan competition…
by - May 26, 2015 3:56 pm
At 25, Anna Morrison is an articulate entrepreneur running a successful and growing tutoring business blocks away from the University of Arkansas. She is the CEO and director of operations…
by - April 16, 2015 5:03 pm
In just under three years Kourtney and Beau Barrett have disrupted the fitness headband segment with Junk Brands, a growing custom headband manufacturing operation based in their hometown of Bentonville….
by - September 16, 2013 10:33 am
Few things are as integral to American culture as innovation. In 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office received over 300,000 patent applications from people and organizations across the country…
by - September 3, 2013 3:02 pm
It’s crunch time for nine entrepreneurial teams taking part in this year’s ARK Challenge as they get ready for the high stakes program finale — Demo Day — set for…
by - July 25, 2013 4:01 pm
Elasticsearch, an open-source search and analytics software firm, and StackSearch Inc., announced a partnership to jointly promote and expand the adoption of Elasticsearch within the growing international community of developers…
by - April 10, 2013 6:21 pm
Winners of the 2013 Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition were announced today at a luncheon hosted at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. The event…
by - March 6, 2013 5:46 pm
The University of Arkansas continued its success this year in graduate student business plans, reaching the finals in each of the last two competitions in which it competed. EverClean Coating…
by - February 22, 2013 3:38 pm
Calvin Goforth, CEO and founder of Fayetteville-based VIC Technology Venture Development, announced the formation of the VIC Investor Network, a new fund designed to accelerate and expand technology venture development…
by - November 15, 2012 10:39 pm
Fayetteville-based Olive Loom is the winner of the first NWA Startup Cup, organizers announced Thursday (Nov. 15). The honor is the finale of a months-long competition designed to foster new…
by - November 12, 2012 1:24 pm
Weiting Tan and Anthony Chew were best friends almost instantly when they met in the seventh grade in their native Singapore. Little did they know then, they would one day…
by - November 10, 2012 12:24 am
FAYETTEVILLE — It may have looked like the Northwest Arkansas Mall "Food Court" to everyone else, but to a large group of area junior high students, it played out like…
by - November 3, 2012 11:50 am
BENTONVILLE — In a world filled with corporate giants, it might be easy to think that Northwest Arkansas is all about big business and that there’s no room for new…
by - October 31, 2012 10:11 pm
FAYETTEVILLE – There are 15 entrepreneur teams gearing up for their big showdown as part of the 14-week “ARK Challenge.” These tech-centric ventures hail from India to Ohio with a…
by - October 29, 2012 10:34 pm
The NWA StartUp Cup competition for entrepreneurs is winding down this week as seven finalists have one more chance to win the judges’ favor on Nov. 1. The business model…
by - October 10, 2012 12:15 am
What do you get when cross an advanced degreed physicist/computer scientist with a serial entrepreneur who spent time in sales at Dell and Oracle? A committed team with insightful ideas…
by - June 26, 2012 8:33 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Summer vacation for a high school student typically involves a healthy diet of sleep and video games. However, a group of entrepreneurial-minded teens are ditching the lethargic lifestyle…
