Seth McRae is the new executive director of the Little Rock Technology Park. McRae most recently served as senior property manager for Moses Tucker Partners in Little Rock. Birch resigned to take a position with Lile Real Estate in Little …
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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 …
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Brent Birch to Transition Out of Executive Director Role at Little Rock Tech Park
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffLittle Rock Tech Park Executive Director Brent Birch will transition from his role in 2026, concluding nearly 12 years of leadership, the park’s board of directors announced Tuesday. During his time there, he acquired and renovated $22 million in multiple …
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Virtuous Cycles: Arkansas Startup Ecosystem Shows Promise, Has Room to Grow
by Mak Millardby Mak MillardThe feeling among those in the Arkansas startup space can be described as equal parts optimistic and determined. While the state is still far from where it could be in terms of capital, other avenues of support are hard at …
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Expand It, and They Will Come: For Tech Entrepreneurs, Why Not Little Rock?
When the subject of U.S. tech incubators comes up, downtown Little Rock is probably not the first hotspot that springs to mind, or even the second or third. The Little Rock Technology Park, however, has been quietly helping tech entrepreneurs …
Honoring young business professionals is the dominant narrative in our culture: success and fulfillment are encouraged and recognized at the dawn of adulthood (or even sooner, if you can manage it). But achievements don’t come instantly, and success is becoming …
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Edge of Tomorrow: Tech Experts Weigh in On What’s Next
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaGabriel Stiritz is a soft-spoken, mild-mannered tech entrepreneur, family man and founder of the recently launched Lexamica, headquartered at the Little Rock Technology Park. He is not the type of person one envisions on a street corner crying, “The end …
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Brewing Good Stewardship: Conway’s Blue Sail Coffee Connecting Adventure, Conservation
Pictured above: It took a backpacking trip to Italy for Vilonia native Kyle Tabor to dream up Blue Sail Coffee. Three months into a corporate job was all it took for Kyle Tabor, founder and CEO of Blue Sail Coffee, …
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Little Rock Technology Park Gets $3M in Funding
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe City of Little Rock recently revealed a $3 million allocation for the Phase 2 development of the Little Rock Technology Park. Branded as a 21st-century idea factory, the Little Rock Technology Park opened Phase 1 in February 2017 in …
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Sequretek Reveals New Partnership, Plans for Growth
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffGlobal cybersecurity provider Sequretek recently revealed its growth plans for its U.S. headquarters in Little Rock and a formal partnership with the Arkansas Center for Data Sciences (ACDS). The announcement was made in front of a crowd of business and …
