entrepreneurship

Marcio Veiga spent over 30 years enjoying the scent of clean clothes, as the owner of the Max Cleaners dry cleaning business. But since 2020, he’s been enjoying tastier aromas, as the head of the popular Brazilian restaurant Cafe Bossa…

The Venture Center, in partnership with Arkansas Money & Politics and Apptegy, has launched VCTech, a program that heightens awareness of local technology startup companies and builds on Arkansas’ rich legacy of technology innovation. Through VCTech, budding businesses have an…

On certain Fridays between December and May, students funneled into the library at Dunbar Magnet Middle School in Little Rock to learn about financial literacy. Twenty-four sixth, seventh and eighth-grade students volunteered for a 12-lesson pilot program to learn skills…

FORGE Community Loan Fund and Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation have announced a joint partnership with Kiva US to establish Kiva Little Rock, an entrepreneurial startup hub that aims to help underserved entrepreneurs and small business owners in Central Arkansas gain access…

The Conductor and the Conway Foundation recently partnered with the Kauffman Foundation to host the Arkansas Entrepreneurial Policy Summit. The summit, which took place at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute April 27-29,  was held to address specific needs of entrepreneurs in the…

Surgeon and entrepreneur Dr. Kevin Sexton has been named president of BioVentures LLC, the technology licensing office and business incubator based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Sexton, an associate professor in the College of Medicine Department of…

The Conductor of Conway, in partnership with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, is launching the sixth cohort of its ’10X Growth Accelerator.’  The Conductor is a public-private partnership with the University of Central Arkansas and Startup Junkie which aims to…

The Venture Center and Little Rock Regional Chamber are accepting applications for the spring cohort of Spark!, an accelerator program for small businesses in Central Arkansas. Now in its fourth year, Spark! delivers mentorship, publicity and subject matter expertise to…

As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges, Arkansas Children’s Innovation Center is postponing the 48-hour digital health challenge originally scheduled for late January and has set a new date of April 1-3. Applications for participation are now open. Interested parties can…

The Venture Center held its 2021 ‘Pitch N Pint’ event this week at Brewski’s Pub & Grub in Little Rock. Elite Recruiting’s Kissa Kimble won top prize in the contest. The Venture Center is an Arkansas-based Entrepreneurial Support Organization (ESO)…