Startup Junkie Foundation

The Walton Family Foundation has awarded another three-year, $470,000 grant to Startup Junkie Foundation to continue facilitating the Northwest Arkansas Kiva Hub. The grant will allow the foundation to assist entrepreneurs and small business owners access much needed capital via…

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,…

Northwest Arkansas nonprofit Startup Junkie Foundation is partnering with community volunteers and donors to launch a re-sell store to provide financial support to local small business owners. The store, dubbed UpStart Thrift, will be in a community southwest of Fayetteville,…

In an effort to help address food insecurities in Northwest Arkansas this holiday season, Startup Junkie Foundation is launching a month-long food drive initiative to benefit the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank. Through the initiative, dubbed “Entrepreneurs Give Back,” the Foundation…

Startup Junkie Foundation Executive Director Caleb Talley has been named to the National Small Business Association (NSBA) Leadership Council. NSBA is the nation’s oldest small-business advocacy organization which operates on a nonpartisan basis. Talley joins the NSBA Leadership Council alongside other small-business advocates from across the…

Startup Junkie Foundation announced this week that Caleb Talley has been named executive director of the Northwest Arkansas-based nonprofit that serves entrepreneurs, innovators and small business owners. Talley will assume his new role, succeeding outgoing director Taylor Hasley, on Oct.…

The Fuel Accelerator will launch its third cohort in Bentonville beginning August 3. Fuel, from Fayetteville’s Startup Junkie Foundation, helps startups within the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning connect to regional enterprise partners. This year, it resumes after…

Startup Junkie Foundation is bringing back the Fuel Accelerator for the third time around in 2021. Partnered with Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), Startup Junkie Foundation will be leading a 12-week accelerator and is recruiting companies to Northwest Arkansas for…

Startup Junkie has received a $650,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to impact Northwest Arkansas small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded the grant to the Fayetteville-based entrepreneur support organization.…

In recent years, Startup Crawl has become an institution in the Arkansas entrepreneurial community, drawing startups and early-stage companies from around the region for a one-night event to showcase their innovations. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing Startup Junkie to…