BiologicsMD Signs Deal to Make Its Osteoporosis Treatment
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 the disease called PTH-CBD, has contracted with Cytovance Biologics of Oklahoma City... Read More →
Entrepreneur Jessica Haynes Launching JesKa Shoe
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 Jessica Haynes, a native of Emerson (Columbia County) who conceived... Read More →
Amerine: HomeDx and Picasolar ‘Highly Scalable, Investable’ Deals
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 ventures. He provides his take below on the two ventures... Read More →
HomeDx Places Second, Wins Pitch Contest at Tri-State Governor’s Cup
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 in Las Vegas. Four Arkansas teams — the top two... Read More →
Winners of the 2013 Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Competition Named
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 of Oklahoma State University of Norman, Okla., are the 2013... Read More →
A Look at Picasolar’s Impressive 2013 Run
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 look at its 2013 accomplishments:
5 UA Startups on the Cusp of Big Things
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 entrepreneurship program at the UA’s Walton Business College that are... Read More →
UA Building Successful Startups, This Year Led By Picasolar
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 graduate-level UA startup to fare well on the national business-plan... Read More →
UA Startup Picasolar Wins MIT Clean Energy Contest
Picasolar, a University of Arkansas startup that created a way to make solar cells more efficient, won the MIT Clean Energy Prize business-plan contest and $250,000 Monday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Picasolar, fresh off its win at the... Read More →
Arkansas Capital Congratulates Charlott “Chotsie” Adney
Arkansas Capital Corporation Congratulates Charlott “Chotsie” Adney on Receiving 2013 U.S. Small Business Administration’s Arkansas Small Business Person of the Year Award The Arkansas Capital Corporation congratulates Advanced Aesthetics of Arkansas Owner Charlott “Chotsie” Adney on receiving the 2013 U.S.... Read More →