Entrepreneurial System Takes Root in Arkansas
You’ve got 60 seconds to pitch your business idea to a few hundred audience members. If they like yours more than others, you’ll get a cash prize. You’ll get a surge of validation that might encourage you to pursue your... Read More →
BiologicsMD Names David Owens CEO
Fayetteville pharmaceutical development firm BiologicsMD has named David Owens its first CEO. BiologicsMD is a portfolio company of VIC Technology Venture Development, which had previously managed its operations. Most recently, Owens was chief business officer for Novira Therapeutics, an antiviral drug discovery company... Read More →
Movista Receives $82,000 Investment from ASTA
Bentonville retail software firm Movista has received an $82,959 investment from the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority. The funds will be used to commercialize Movista’s proprietary technology, which provides retail tracking, verifying and reporting activities, according to a news release. The funds will... Read More →
UCA Team Headed to Russia for Microsoft Imagine Cup Finals
An ongoing research project at the University of Central Arkansas could turn into a big deal on the international business stage later this month. Bears Unlimited, a team of four UCA computer science students, will compete in the world finals... Read More →
Sam Walls Welcomes Educators at the First “E3: Empowering Entrepreneurial Education” Teacher Inservice Training
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
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 director will focus on improving and expanding the education-based initiatives... Read More →
Picasolar Ties for Second at National Clean Energy Contest
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, in its second year, is put on by the U.S.... Read More →
Trusted Wills, 2013 Governor’s Cup Pitch Winner, Is Live
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 W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup.
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 →