INOV8 Links: TEDx Fayetteville, The Hole Thing, Lovin' on Conway
By Mark Carter
Spring break beckons. Fortunately, so do this week's Links. They beckon, we tell you.
Now that all Arkansas schools are synced in to the same week for spring break, the Redneck Riviera and points beyond will teem with Arkies. Last year, a certain blogger and his family did Disney World over spring break and saw enough folks decked out in Hog gear to make it seem like they were in town for a bowl game. (2011 seems so far away...)
But before the bell releases the hordes to points south, east and west, we've got some entrepreneurial nuggets to share. This week, we've got TED returning to Fayetteville, a look at economic development and entrepreneurship in Conway, student entrepreneurs give us not a little but The Hole Thing, and more.
Enjoy your Friday, and have a good (and hopefully warm) spring break.
- The Hole Thing: Student entrepreneurs from Little Rock take their startup venture from the classroom to the real world. More from Arkansas Business, and even more from right here at INOV8.
- Details are emerging about the year ahead for the ARK Challenge. Here's more from AB.
- The City Wire looks at promising NWA startups including Innovate Arkansas client firm DataRank.
- Conway was front and center in Arkansas Business this week. AB took a look at economic development in the city as well as its place within the Arkansas startup ecosystem.
- TEDx Fayetteville returns for its second run. More from the Fayetteville Flyer.
- That little school on the Hill is flexing its business-plan muscles again. The UA placed 10 teams in the finals of the 2014 DWR Governor's Cup. Here's more from AB.
- And here's more on the new Arkansas Fellowship program, which aims to attract and retain entrepreneurial talent.
- A cognitive health supplement from a VIC Technology Venture Development portfolio company is now available almost everywhere over the counter. More on Sevo Nutraceutical's Perceptiv.
- UA researchers advancing the development of membranes for water treatment. More from the UA Newswire.
- And finally, the NSF has some money to hand out. Its seeking funding proposals for innovative, sustainable science and engineereing projects. More from ASBTDC Tech Track.