The winners of the AEDC’s 2021 Global Trade Awards were celebrated Oct. 13 in a ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock. Governor Asa Hutchinson, Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston, and the AEDC’s Rudy Ortiz were present to give…
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SPOTLIGHT ON SMALL BUSINESS: Smackey’s: Southern BBQ from the Heart in Little Rock
It takes a lot of self-confidence and hard work to go into business for yourself, but Chad Mackey found plenty of successful examples among his own family. His father is the longtime pastor of the Rock of Ages Missionary Baptist…
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SPOTLIGHT ON SMALL BUSINESS: Bundtz by Rod; Specialty Cakes are a Family Tradition in North Little Rock
Plenty of people have fond memories of a favorite treat made by their mothers while they were growing up. But Rod Cross loved his mom’s Bundt cakes so much they became the basis of his career reinvention. The North Little…
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SBA Announces Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Milestone: One Million Applicants for Direct Forgiveness
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) reached a major milestone today as its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Direct Borrower Forgiveness Portal recorded its one millionth PPP loan forgiveness application for borrowers seeking forgiveness for loans of $150,000 or less. “We are committed to delivering against…
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Venture Center Program for Local Entrepreneurs, ‘Spark!’, Now Accepting Applications
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Venture Center, the Little Rock Regional Chamber, Arvest Bank, and the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) have teamed up to host the third year of Spark!, a local small business pre-accelerator program. Applications are open now…
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Food & Bev. Business ‘Cureate’ Offers Entrepreneurial Program in NW Arkansas
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCureate, a woman-owned small business with a focus on empowering food and beverage entrepreneurs and building local supply chains, has partnered with FORGE, Inc. to grant ten food and beverage entrepreneurs in Northwest Arkansas the opportunity to participate in Cureate…
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Winrock’s AWBC Wins Grant from SBA to Support Women-Owned Businesses
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Women’s Business Center (AWBC) has been awarded a Resilience and Recovery Demonstration grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Office of Women’s Business Ownership program. The AWBC is one of 14 women’s business centers in 13 states…
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Small Business Administration Celebrates Startup Day Across America
The U. S. Small Business Administration is celebrating national Startup Day on Aug. 18. The SBA provides entrepreneurs and small business owners with the resources and support they need to start, grow or expand their businesses, or recover from a…
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Op-Ed: The Parting Words of Jeff Bezos
by Brittany Roeby Brittany RoeWhile Jeff Bezos will remain Amazon’s CEO for a few more months, his 2020 shareholders letter was recently released, and it’s interesting to see how he’s choosing to say goodbye to the company he created nearly 27 years ago. In…
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I’m not so sure that’s the case when it comes to small businesses. I still remember the first real coffee shop Jonesboro got: Caffè Bueno. It was warm and dimly-lit, offered…