Not fretting the small stuff is one thing. Fretting over the right stuff is the key to startup success, according to Joel Spolsky at Inc.: …I learned an important lesson: When in doubt, make your product more compelling. All of Fog Creek’s affiliate marketing ideas, coupons, discounts, direct-mail pieces, catalog ads, and everything else we [...]

Arkansas is seeking half a million dollars in federal stimulus money to study the feasibility of a high-speed rail between Little Rock and Texarkana. The route is part of what has been dubbed the South Central High-Speed Passenger Rail Corridor in President Obama’s “High-Speed Rail Strategic Plan.” Meanwhile, Texas has applied for federal money to [...]

Charlie Cook at UAMS BioVentures, an IA research partner, offered some great tips in response to the first installment of Jeff Amerine’s Techpreneurship blog that will appear on Thursdays in INOV8. Cook offered his “top 10 takeaways” for techpreneurs from a recent panel chaired by Janis Machala of the University of Washington Tech Transfer Office: [...]

It’s Arkansas Tech Startup Meetup time again….The group will meet Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 6:30 p.m. from the Flying Saucer in the River Market. This month’s session is titled “There’s Gold in Them Hills.” Group spokesman Dustin Henderson of MeritBuilder provides the lowdown: It is that time again… time for all us warriors against the [...]