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		<title>Techpreneurship: Could 2012 Be the Year of the Startup in Arkansas?</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/01/17/techpreneurship-could-2012-be-the-year-of-the-startup-in-arkansas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Arkansas over the past 10 years or so, a steady march has been underway toward creating a robust venture ecosystem.]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship: Gone in 60 Seconds Post Game Show</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/11/03/techpreneurship-gone-in-60-seconds-post-game-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Curious about the G60 presentations but couldn't pull yourself away from the World Series? Check out video of the contestants slinging it on the Connect Arkansas website.]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from UAMS BioVentures Forum, Part 4</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/10/21/notes-from-uams-bioventures-forum-part-4/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/10/21/notes-from-uams-bioventures-forum-part-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 4 finishes up the 2011 UAMS Bioventures Private Equity Roundtable with notes from presentations by EZRA Innovations, Unityware, Ascendant Diagnostics and BiologicsMD.]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from UAMS BioVentures Forum, Part 3</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/10/20/notes-from-uams-bioventures-forum-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/10/20/notes-from-uams-bioventures-forum-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Part 3 of our 2011 UAMS BioVentures roundup, we'll hear from Arkansas startup ventures and companies La Petite Roche, SFC Fluidics, NuvOx and RxResults.]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from UAMS BioVentures Forum, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/10/17/notes-from-uams-bioventures-forum-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/10/17/notes-from-uams-bioventures-forum-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=3732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this edition, we hear from Mitogene, Arm Restraint Surgical Solutions, InterveXion and about a uterine pressure monitor.]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from UAMS BioVentures Forum</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/10/13/notes-from-uams-bioventures-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/10/13/notes-from-uams-bioventures-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=3692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BioVentures hosted another Private Equity Roundtable last week, its fifth, and 23 separate Arkansas startups or ventures were given the opportunity to pitch to invited investors.]]></description>
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		<title>Infinite Enzymes Receives SBIR Grant to Market First Product</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/08/26/infinite-enzymes-receives-sbir-grant-to-market-first-product/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/08/26/infinite-enzymes-receives-sbir-grant-to-market-first-product/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=3564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IA client Infinite Enzymes has been awarded a $100,000 SBIR Phase 1 grant to market its first product.]]></description>
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		<title>Startup Opportunities in Arkansas</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/07/19/start-up-opportunities-in-arkansas/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/07/19/start-up-opportunities-in-arkansas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mprice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of innovation to be had in the current big industries in Little Rock and the rest of the state. Focusing your startup on an industry that is big locally provides a lot of advantages.]]></description>
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		<title>Biomass Partnership Could Bring New Jobs to NE Arkansas</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/02/18/biomass-partnership-could-bring-new-jobs-to-ne-arkansas/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/02/18/biomass-partnership-could-bring-new-jobs-to-ne-arkansas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MFA Oil and Aloterra Energy have announced a partnership to produce a renewable energy crop that they believe will bring work to area farmers and hundreds of new jobs to workers in northeast Arkansas.]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship: Ozark Bats 1, Ozark Windpower 0</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/10/20/techpreneurship-ozark-bats-1-ozark-windpower-0/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/10/20/techpreneurship-ozark-bats-1-ozark-windpower-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somebody out there needs to come up with a safe inaudible ultrasonic means of keeping bats well away from wind farms. I am betting a low cost solution is lurking out there in an EE lab or between the ears of a big-brained engineer. ]]></description>
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