by The City Wire staff - 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…
by The City Wire staff - August 11, 2014 7:57 pm
Capital is the essential grease that keeps the entrepreneurial wheels turning and despite lots of cash on the table, area startups say investments are more difficult to secure than they…
by The City Wire staff - May 29, 2014 6:22 pm
There has been a lot of buzz about the new Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub set to launch later this year in North Little Rock. The public-private partnership is a model…
by The City Wire staff - February 26, 2014 12:41 pm
The growth of entrepreneurial programs and financing support seen in recent years in Northwest Arkansas may soon be repeated in central Arkansas. More than 300 startups launched in Northwest Arkansas…
by The City Wire staff - November 22, 2013 11:32 am
Dennis Wemyss, a graphic design student at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, and Josh Pham, an information systems student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, planned to…
by The City Wire staff - April 3, 2013 11:57 am
Two entrepreneurial competitions in Northwest Arkansas are gearing up for their second year. The ARK Challenge and the Northwest Arkansas StartUp Cup each celebrated entrepreneurialism by offering start-ups the opportunity…
by The City Wire staff - March 13, 2013 4:38 pm
Several teams from Northwest Arkansas made it to the finals in the 13th annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition. The finalists, announced Wednesday (Mar. 13), will…
by The City Wire staff - November 26, 2012 1:26 pm
Jeff Amerine is confident that a reorganization of technology offices at the University of Arkansas will increase the speed at which research reaches the marketplace. It was announced Monday (Nov….
by The City Wire staff - November 25, 2012 7:24 pm
Regional political, business and civic leaders in Benton and Washington counties appear to speak the same language with respect to socio-economic development. It’s silly to think they read from the…
by The City Wire staff - November 5, 2012 4:30 pm
In 2005, Kenny Tomlin gave life to an entrepreneurial idea when he created Rockfish Interactive. Seven years later, the small company has grown from a handful of employees to workforce…
by The City Wire staff - October 30, 2012 10:03 pm
FAYETTEVILLE – Some of the most ambitious young minds in technology and business have made their way to Fayetteville to take part in a 14-week accelerator program known as the…
by The City Wire staff - October 22, 2012 11:42 pm
Jason Lucash, co-founder of Calif-based OrigAudio, is a new brand of retailer taking the nation by storm – educated, savvy and not afraid to start and run his own company…
by The City Wire staff - October 11, 2012 8:19 pm
After more than a year of planning, TEDx Bentonville came to fruition Thursday (Oct. 11) with nearly 100 local business professionals taking part. Clint Lazenby, one of the core team…
by The City Wire staff - 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 The City Wire staff - June 20, 2012 1:56 pm
The first ARK Challenge garnered 83 applicants seeking one of 15 positions in a 14-week entrepreneurial boot camp, according to a statement from the Northwest Arkansas Council. “We’re seeing some…
by The City Wire staff - June 20, 2012 9:31 am
Entrepreneurship is alive and well in Arkansas, but it is requiring a more dynamic entrepreneurial mentality and environment to develop the next generation of start-ups. From traditional businesses in new…
by The City Wire staff - April 11, 2012 10:09 pm
The Organization of Women in International Trade will host an entrepreneurial forum from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday April 17 at the Peterson Auditorium in the Shewmaker Center on…
by The City Wire staff - April 4, 2012 1:24 pm
The team behind SpatiaLink Solutions must wait another week before finding out their final placement at the Governor's Cup academic investment competition in Little Rock, but they're not sweating the…
by The City Wire staff - March 28, 2012 10:58 pm
Venture capital is the lifeblood of ambitious entrepreneurs seeking to be the next big thing. But Alan Taetle of Atlanta-based Noro-Moseley Partners said it’s not the ticket for all start-ups….
by The City Wire staff - January 26, 2012 11:14 am
Coffee shops are great, Skype is useful, and close friends can offer invaluable advice. But for entrepreneur Josh Clemence and the Northwest Arkansas Entrepreneurship Alliance, such simple pleasures aren't enough….
