Entrepreneurs

While only officially opened this year, Workflow by Evo has been a long time coming from the team behind Evo Business Environments in North Little Rock. As an extension of the commercial furniture dealer, the Workflow by Evo space serves …

Hunt Ventures celebrated the opening of The Visionaries with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 15. Located at 3800 S. J.B. Hunt Drive in Rogers, the four-story development spans 400,000 square feet and includes 200,000 square feet of Class A office …

Renaissance Philanthropy of New York has launched the Northwest Arkansas Innovation Fund to promote opportunity and economic diversity in northwest Arkansas. The nonprofit investment fund, launched with support from the Walton Family Foundation and led by Michael Basch, will “catalyze …

Alina Zelenaya sat in front of an audience of peers, community members and Venture Center employees recently during The Venture Center’s quarterly VC Innovate series. Viktoria Capek, The Venture Center’s communications and engagement manager, led the conversation with Zelenaya, who …

MentorCamp NWA 2026 officially kicked off June 25 in Bentonville, marking the program’s first return to Northwest Arkansas since 2015. Hosted by Startup Junkie and its Fuel Accelerator program, the invite-only event runs through June 27 and brings together a …

Pictured above: Rock It! Lab is a partnership between Advancing Black Entrepreneurship and the Central Arkansas Library System. (Photos provided) About 20 percent of businesses fail in their first year, and by the five-year mark, 50 percent are likely to …

The Studio Downtown, located on Oak Street in Conway, will host a ribbon cutting and open house from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. March 12 to celebrate the space’s new ownership and next chapter.  Even though the Studio is under …

The Arkansas Economic Development Commission has awarded $2 million in funding to 12 Arkansas-based accelerator programs through the Arkansas Business and Technology Accelerator Grant Program. The program is administered by AEDC’s Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development Division and is designed to …

The North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that it has established an advisory committee to ensure the continued operation and future growth of the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub. In November, the North Little Rock Public Library System announced …

Chris Tisdel has been named director of the McMillon Innovation Studio, the campus innovation hub at the University of Arkansas. The studio is overseen by the UA’s Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, a division of the Sam M. Walton College of …