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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>
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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>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>
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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>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<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>Startups Relish Opportunities at ASU Innovation Center</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/09/28/startups-relish-opportunities-at-asu-innovation-center/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/09/28/startups-relish-opportunities-at-asu-innovation-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent opening of the Innovation Center at the Arkansas Biosciences Institute on the campus of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro was a big deal for local innovators who are commercializing their research.]]></description>
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		<title>Ryan Frazier&#8217;s Ekocase Featured on Wired</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/12/13/ryan-fraziers-ekocase-featured-on-wired/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/12/13/ryan-fraziers-ekocase-featured-on-wired/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ryan is an INOV8 contributor and guest blogger, and considered one of our state's up-and-comer techpreneurs. He has created an all natural iPad carrying case called the Ekocase.]]></description>
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		<title>Biologics Rings the Bell at Nasdaq</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/14/biologics-rings-the-bell-at-nasdaq/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/14/biologics-rings-the-bell-at-nasdaq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Moot Corp win came with prize money and a pretty cool perk -- the opportunity to ring the Nasdaq closing bell in Times Square, which team members did on Friday.]]></description>
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		<title>BiologicsMD Train Keeps Rollin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/09/biologicsmd-train-keeps-rollin/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/09/biologicsmd-train-keeps-rollin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Biologics team, which has developed a treatment for osteoporosis that sticks to the bone and spurs new bone growth, will ring the bell at the Nasdaq on Friday in New York. ]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas Patents Updated</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/01/arkansas-patents-updated/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/01/arkansas-patents-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The INOV8 Patent of the Month for May 2010 goes to an extended release perforated tablet developed for the University of Arkansas by Little Rock scientist Cherng-ju Kim.]]></description>
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