Startup Junkie

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,…

Startup Junkie, a business management consultant in Fayetteville, has recently announced that they are teaming up with The Venture Center, an entrepreneur support organization, to host the Techstars Startup Weekend at the Pryor Center in Fayetteville from Aug. 26-28. They…

  Conductor announced today that the organization will be able to provide more services to the community and college students through free access to computers and tablets. Made possible by a contribution from AT&T and with the help of Local…

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…

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,…

Following a two-year hiatus, the Northwest Arkansas Startup Crawl is returning to downtown Fayetteville, live and in-person on Friday, April 8. The fourth annual festival will celebrate the region’s budding entrepreneurial community by bringing together startups, live music and locally…

It’s something of a trick question to say that small business’ primary challenges are not COVID-related in the new year. After all, nearly everything concerning small business has in some way been affected by COVID, from staffing to inflation to…

Startup Junkie Foundation recently announced that it will continue its Kiva loan program assistance offerings in Northwest Arkansas. The Kiva loan program helps small business owners access much-needed capital during the continued Covid-19 crisis, and assists future entrepreneurs wanting to launch new…

Business professional Ericka Gutierrez has joined Conway entrepreneurial organization, the Conductor, as the Outreach and Engagement Manager. Gutierrez will serve as a liaison, relationship builder, and catalyst for Conductor events and programs across the 11-county service area and beyond. The…

The Conductor has named Grace Rains as Executive Director. Rains has served as Director of Operations since joining the organization in August of 2019. This new role comes as the company is finalizing plans to move into the Arnold Innovation…