Innovate Arkansas Helped LineGard Med Turn a Concept to Company and a Patent to Prototype
With Innovate Arkansas, LineGard Med found the business acumen and strategic guidance needed to take its business idea to prototype.
ARK Challenge Teams Featured in City Wire Series
ARK Challenge alumni teams are featured in a City Wire series that looks at winners from the 2012 and 2013 competitions. Those winners included Qbox, MineWhat, Btiques, Overwatch, Info Assembly and Langhar.
Job Openings at IA Clients Qbox, HumanLink
ARK Challenge and IA client firms Qbox of Fayetteville and HumanLink of Rogers are looking to fill positions. HumanLink completed ARK 3 last fall while Qbox was one of the first ARK winners back in 2012.
ARK's Spencer Jones Headed to Memphis Medical Device Accelerator
Spencer Jones, who was named the winner of the fall 2014 ARK Challenge installment held in downtown Little Rock, is participating in the Zero to 510 medical device accelerator program this summer in Memphis.
ARK Winner Spencer Jones Featured in UA Newswire
ARK Challenge winner and Innovate Arkansas client Spencer Jones of Conway is featured in the UA Newswire. He developed a dual-draw catheter that could significantly improve the way blood and fluids are drawn in hospital settings.
Spencer Jones on Getting Tips from a World-class Pitch Coach
Spencer Jones won ARK 4 -- the fourth installment of the ARK Challenge held last fall in Little Rock -- and his Jones Innovative Medical Solutions has attracted private financing and is poised for big things.
Justyn Hornor on Turning Software Developers into Entrepreneurs
Innovate Arkansas client Justyn Hornor (Real Agent Guard, Politapoll, ARK Challenge) believes the state has an opportunity to cultivate its software development talent and create a new legion of tech startup founders.
Timing Was Right for Justyn Hornor, Real Agent Guard
Real Agent Guard, from IA client and ARK Challenge alum Justyn Hornor, provides personal security for real estate agents. The timing was right back in November for Hornor to put his ARK firm Politapoll on hold and focus on Real Agent Guard.
Fayetteville Recognized as City of Distinction for Support of ARK Challenge
The city of Fayetteville has been recognized as a 2014 Arkansas Business City of Distinction in the category of workforce development for its efforts to support the ARK Challenge startup accelerator.
The Week Ahead: Just This...Have a Merry Christmas
Not much on the Arkansas techpreneur calendar this week, so our look at the week ahead takes a look back at 2014's strong finish. The past few weeks have seen plenty of significant activity.