small business

Steve and Vicki Farrell have spent 45 years making people laugh – from the cutting-edge Houston comedy scene of the late ‘70s/early ‘80s to Saturday Night Live in the mid-‘80s, off-Broadway shows and national radio exposure. But for the past…

You don’t have to be a CEO, baby, to be in our show. The executives are great, but Arkansas Money & Politics readers recognize that it takes everyone — small business owners, marketers, nurses, real estate agents and more to…

Wild Lifeline: Arkansas Small Business Owner Helps Spread Native Plants Across Country   MaryAnn King started Pine Ridge Gardens near London, Arkansas, in 1992, because she was fed up with her job in town. There in London – located about…

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…

In Washington County, UpStart Thrift Store and StartUp Junkie Foundation will be awarding a small local business up to $5,000 in grant funding for the first time ever.  Launched this past June at its 235 Main St. location in Farmington,…

Featured photo: Professional shear sharpener Jack Wilks (left) poses next to one of his biggest clients, Alexander, of Alexander’s Salon in North Little Rock As a professional standup comic for 26 years, running with some of the most inventive and…

As one of the owners of the T&S Sawmill in Clarendon, Arkansas, John Taylor has experienced the deaths of family members, two fires that destroyed the mill, rising gasoline prices, White River flooding that decimated acres of timber and of…

Amanda Elston is a woman who knows how to work hard. She spent years putting in 100-hour weeks alongside her husband, doing everything from setting up natural gas drilling fields and doing roustabout work to constructing metal buildings, selling oil…

Stōko Coworking Space has recently opened at 610 President Clinton Ave. in downtown Little Rock. Founder and owner, Taylor Stokes, envisioned the “coworking space” as a rentable office space that was more than just a rentable office space, one that…

If you’ve ever watched “The Andy Griffith Show,” you likely remember the small-town charm and friendly banter of Floyd the Barber. Andy, Barney and the rest of their gang entered Floyd’s shop not just to get their hair cut, but…