by - February 15, 2024 1:10 pm
Entrepreneurship for All Northwest Arkansas (EforAll NWA) and Springdale Public Schools are partnering on a pilot program to introduce entrepreneurship and business representation to Springdale students. According to an announcement…
by - October 19, 2022 6:22 pm
Northwest Arkansas has been the cradle of entrepreneurship for more than 50 years, growing corporate giants like Walmart, Tyson Foods and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, according to Steuart Walton, co-founder…
by - November 18, 2020 7:32 pm
Three central Arkansas small business owners won $18,500 at the inaugural Global Entrepreneurship Week Pitch Competition produced by local Entrepreneurial Support Organizations in Central Arkansas on Tuesday (Nov. 17). Beatrice…
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 - August 11, 2017 5:27 pm
Everyone, on some level, is an entrepreneur. That’s what entrepreneur and startup investor Steve Clark told a group of young professionals at a summit on Friday (Aug. 8) at the…
by - January 31, 2017 4:02 pm
Startup watchers in Arkansas agree that the state has come a long way in fostering entrepreneurship. But they also say national government statistics related to growth in resources for and…
by - April 8, 2016 1:00 pm
NewRoads Capital Partners of Bentonville has partnered with Los Angeles-based Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors to form Kayne NewRoad Ventures II that will build on the prior success of the two…
by - March 31, 2016 9:44 am
It’s been months in the making but two new Fab Labs are expected to open later this year in Northwest Arkansas. The ventures are designed to help entrepreneurs get the…
by - January 15, 2016 10:37 am
Some 50 years ago various businesses and residents in Conway were able to see new possibilities with the soon-to-be constructed Interstate 40. They developed the Conway Development Corporation to begin…
by - December 10, 2015 5:09 pm
Fourth and fifth grade students from Elmdale Elementary in Springdale are getting a lesson in entrepreneurship in a program called E-3 which focuses on business enterprise. Student teams of three…
by - August 12, 2015 12:16 pm
Two brand-spanking new companies earned the top spots at the latest G60 Elevator Speech Competition, which was held during the 2015 Northwest Arkansas Business Expo on Tuesday (Aug. 11). The…
by - June 27, 2015 11:06 am
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, J.D.’s Mobile Car Detailing….
by - June 24, 2015 10:32 pm
Ellen Brune, who started a manufacturing company that makes pharmaceutical proteins using a method she helped develop at the University of Arkansas, is one of 18 women in the world…
by - June 24, 2015 9:23 pm
As more prominence and recognition has been given to the state’s burgeoning startup and entrepreneurial community over the past few years, Arkansas still fell from six spots in a highly-watched…
by - June 22, 2015 6:35 pm
Sixteen teenagers assembled in a small conference overlooking the Fayetteville Square on Monday (June 22) to begin a week long study of entrepreneurship and starting their own business. The teenagers…
by - May 19, 2015 6:12 pm
Fayetteville-based Startup Junkie Consulting is asking for support to be moved on to the next step for a $100,000 grant from Chase’s Mission Main Street program. The local small business…
by - April 27, 2015 6:12 pm
Amidst a backdrop described by several podium speakers as a religious revival, Central Arkansas’ startup community held a celebration on Monday (April 27) to announce a major grant that will…
by - March 3, 2015 5:31 pm
Fayetteville-based BlueInGreen announced two signed agreements with partners to strengthen its representation in two states— HRM Environmental in Texas and Kappe Associates Inc. in Virginia. Texas and Virginia have large economies…
by - February 5, 2015 6:14 pm
Northwest Arkansas, a cradle of entrepreneurship, is well-versed on the importance of the small business community. The region helped birth three Fortune 500 companies that still call it home. “Small…
by - February 5, 2015 5:59 pm
John James left the comfort of a successful business to lead an intense $100 million venture fund in Northwest Arkansas. Why? Because James says he’s more interested in the journey…
