Heartland Challenge

Adapting to Win: How Arkansas is Prospering in This Changiest World   “The world is the changiest it has ever been” was a line from a talk by Phil Libin at the Heartland Challenge, a competition for student-led startup companies.…

Twelve graduate startup teams from across North America competed in the third annual Heartland Challenge, a competition designed to simulate the process of raising venture capital for a high-growth enterprise, over the past weekend. The Challenge was hosted by the…

Twelve graduate startup teams from across North America will soon compete in the third annual Heartland Challenge, a competition designed to simulate the process of raising venture capital for a high-growth enterprise. The Challenge will be hosted by the University…

A University of Arkansas student recently won first place and $10,000 in an international student startup competition hosted by the University of Manitoba. Locally-sourced ice cream company Simple + Sweet Creamery won top prize in the Undergraduate Business Plan Competition of the…

The winner of the 2021 Delta Solar Innovation Award has been announced. This award was presented to a Heartland Challenge startup that demonstrated the greatest potential to impact their community or industry. Urogix, representing Washington University in St. Louis, received…

The winners for the 2021 Heartland Challenge have been crowned. This year’s Heartland Challenge began Thursday, April 15 with 12 semi-finalist graduate student startups. These startups were whittled down to the finalists and the final round was held Friday, April…

Twelve startup teams will be going head-to-head during the Heartland Challenge this week. A global student startup competition the Heartland Challenge features 12 graduate student semi-finalist teams who will compete for a cash prize pool of $96,000. The competition starts…

Collegiate entrepreneurial teams from around the world will be competing in the first-ever Heartland Challenge on May 27-29. The participating graduate students will be vying for a cash prize pool totaling $95,000. Now, the online competition has secured awards presenter…

Student entrepreneurs have forged quite a reputation at the University of Arkansas. For years, UA student teams have competed in entrepreneurship competitions around the world, racking up millions in prize money. Now, there will be a competition right here in…

by Tyler Hale With its increasing number of accelerators, entrepreneur resource companies and major industry partners, Arkansas is quickly developing a reputation as an epicenter for startups in the United States. The University of Arkansas’ Office of Entrepreneurship is hoping…