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Sam Walls Welcomes Educators at the First “E3: Empowering Entrepreneurial Education” Teacher Inservice Training

Date26 Jun 2013

Sam Walls welcomes more than 70 Arkansas k-12 educators at the first “e3: Empowering Entrepreneurial Education” teacher inservice training this morning at the University of Arkansas Global Campus in Rogers.

Arkansas Capital Names Marie Bruno Executive Director of Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation

Date14 Jun 2013

The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group (ACCG) is pleased to name Marie Bruno as executive director of the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF), an affiliate of ACCG. Bruno’s role as executive...

Trusted Wills, 2013 Governor’s Cup Pitch Winner, Is Live

Date13 Jun 2013

Arkadelphia’s TrustedWills.com went live this month. Trusted Wills, you may remember, is the Ouachita Baptist startup that won the elevator pitch competition in the undergraduate level at the 2013 Arkansas Donald...

Picasolar Ties for Second at National Clean Energy Contest

Date13 Jun 2013

University of Arkansas startup Picasolar, which developed a way to make solar cells more efficient, tied for second at the National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition this week in Washington, D.C. The event,...

BiologicsMD Signs Deal to Make Its Osteoporosis Treatment

Date12 Jun 2013

Fayetteville drug development startup BiologicsMD announced on Tuesday a partnership with an Oklahoma firm that will make the company’s osteoporosis treatment. BioMD, which has developed what it considers a breakthrough treatment for...

Entrepreneur Jessica Haynes Launching JesKa Shoe

Date27 May 2013

A burgeoning fashion company based in southern Arkansas has plans to patent and copyright a women’s shoe with interchangeable heels and accessories. JesKa Shoe Co. was started by 24-year-old entrepreneur...

Amerine: HomeDx and Picasolar ‘Highly Scalable, Investable’ Deals

Date22 May 2013

University of Arkansas startups HomeDx and Picasolar represent “highly scalable, investable deals,” according to IA advisor Jeff Amerine. (Despite what some Tri-State judges may think.) Amerine knows something about startup...

HomeDx Places Second, Wins Pitch Contest at Tri-State Governor’s Cup

Date22 May 2013

University of Arkansas startup HomeDx won the elevator pitch portion and finished second overall in the graduate-level division of the 2013 Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Governor’s Cup business-plan competition Tuesday...

Winners of the 2013 Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Competition Named

Date21 May 2013

The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation, an affiliate of The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group, is pleased to announce that R2R Technologies of Oklahoma State University of Stillwater, Okla., and Field Focus...

A Look at Picasolar’s Impressive 2013 Run

Date15 May 2013

Picasolar is a University of Arkansas graduate-level startup which created a technology that improves solar cells. It’s made an impressive run through the 2013 cycle of national business-plan competitions. Here’s a...

UA Building Successful Startups, This Year Led By Picasolar

Date15 May 2013

Startups launched from the Walton Business College at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville are earning both accolades at national business-plan competitions and money as viable, high-growth businesses. Picasolar is the latest...

5 UA Startups on the Cusp of Big Things

Date15 May 2013

Picasolar’s 2013 successful run in national business-plan competitions is reminiscent of past University of Arkansas startups. Here’s a look at five teams formed over the past five years in the...