That buzz you hear is the sound of Arkansas entrepreneurial worker bees building up an environment for further startup growth. And the bees are busy…

In Arkansas over the past 10 years or so, a steady march has been underway toward creating a robust venture ecosystem.

Controversial proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress will directly impact Arkansas technology entrepreneurs. The bills target online piracy by seeking to curb the pirating of U.S. copyrighted material through the internet.

So how can the equity motivator best be used? How can equity be offered to key team members that will be fair to the founders, fair to investors and fair to team members?