Fuel Accelerator

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…

by Tyler Hale Fourteen artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning companies will be heading to Northwest Arkansas in January as part of the Fuel Accelerator. Billing itself as the state’s first AI and machine learning accelerator, the Fuel Accelerator is…

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded Startup Junkie with a $50,000 award that will benefit the second Fuel Accelerator. Startup Junkie is one of 60 winners of the SBA’s Growth Accelerator Fund Competition that supports accelerators and incubators. The…

Northwest Arkansas is continuing to grow its startup and growth-stage company ecosystem by launching the second edition of the Fuel Accelerator. First held in 2018, the second iteration of the Fuel Accelerator is slated to return in 2020. Gov. Asa…

Entrepreneur finds new home, success in Northwest Arkansas by Tyler Hale At just 21 years old, Charu Thomas has accomplished more in the space of a few short years than most do in a career. If that wasn’t enough, she…

For some entrepreneurs, one venture can be the result of a lifetime of experiences. That is true of Edwin Ortiz and his company Luncher. The Mexico City native turned Northwest Arkansas resident is working to solve a problem that very…

In a prospering economy with low unemployment and growing profits, entrepreneurs with big ideas are trying their hand at growing a business. And in Bentonville on Thursday night, speakers from eight new companies pitched their supply chain startups during the…

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