Big week ahead in the Arkansas startup ecosystem. Biggies include Thursday's Demo Day festivities for the third installment of the ARK Challenge in Fayetteville and Entrepreneurship in Action Wednesday at Hendrix in Conway.
The week ahead in the Arkansas startup scene includes the monthly Drink IT series from the Arkansas Venture Center, the start of the fourth installment of the ARK Challenge accelerator in downtown Little Rock, Refresh from Few, and more.
On the heels of successful Startup Weekend events over the past year, Startup Weekend Little Rock is scheduled to return to central Arkansas Sept. 12-14 at Acxiom's corporate headquarters in the River Market District.
In case you haven't heard, the Arkansas Venture Center's Build It series will launch Tuesday with a doozie: Arkansas pioneering techpreneur James Hendren.
The ecosystem for entrepreneurs in central Arkansas has seen amazing growth in the past five years, and it's getting better for aspiring entrepreneurs as well.
Lately, a lotta love for Little Rock. Little Rock ranks No. 3 on the SpareFoot blog's list of the top 5 under-the-radar tech hubs in the U.S. The Innovation Hub, Venture Center and Startup Arkansas are listed as tech startup players.
The next round of the Arkansas Venture Center's 1 Million Cups from the Kauffman Foundation runs Wednesday, and it'll feature Eric Caldwell of Web-JIVE.
Roby Brock led a spirited panel of entrepreneurial lawyers in a discussion of key issues for startup founders at the recent Arkansas Venture Center’s Women Founders Meetup.
Our friends at Nibletz tell us that Little Rock's Bourbon & Boots will be one of 10 finalists presenting and pitching at Startup Avenue, April 30 through May 2 in Memphis.
The Arkansas Venture Center will host an "after event" on Wednesday at the Little Rock Chamber following the 2014 DWR Governor's Cup awards luncheon.
