Charles Morgan, founder and CEO of IA client firm PrivacyStar and former CEO of big data giant Acxiom, held court at the Arkansas Venture Center's Build IT series and had some advice for today's entrepreneurs.
Morgan helped found IA client PrivacyStar of Conway and serves as its CEO, but he may be remembered a little more clearly for his role as CEO of Acxiom, that other Conway startup, from 1972 to 2007.
Weather permitting, some good stuff lies ahead for the central Arkansas tech startup community. Charles Morgan of Acxiom and PrivacyStar will be the subject of Build IT from the AVC, and 1 Million Cups Little Rock will hold court this week at the Hub.
Lots of coding in the works for central Arkansas. In addition to the Iron Yard and 100 Girls of Code coming to Little Rock, the AVC will host Arkansas developer Taylor Otwell of Laravel fame as part of its Code IT series.
Wednesday's 1 Million Cups from the Venture Center in downtown Little Rock with Kristian Andersen of Gravity Ventures is being rescheduled thanks to Old Man Winter.
Central Arkansas techpreneurs who haven't caught on to the myriad of resources now available in the region perhaps haven't been paying attention. Much of the buzz has been generated by the Innovation Hub and Venture Center.
Merger Match was launched by Bridget Farris and Alese Stroud to make proper matches out of potential mergers and acquisitions. Their proprietary model initially will focus on the finance industry but is being built to accommodate all industries.
Little Rock startup Merger Match from Bridget Farris and Alese Stroud was one of the teams that completed the inaugural Pre-Flight from the Arkansas Venture Center. Alese will present Merger Match at 1 Million Cups on Wednesday of next week.
The Arkansas Venture Center, currently moving into new digs on East Markham in downtown Little Rock, will start its second Pre-Flight course on Monday, Jan. 26. The AVC launched the pre-accelerator course for early-stage entrepreneurs last fall.
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.
