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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: Safe Diving in the Option Pool</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/01/05/techpreneurship-safe-diving-in-the-option-pool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=3960</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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?

]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship: 2011 Predictions &#8211; Final Grades</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/12/31/techpreneurship-2011-predictions-final-grades/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/12/31/techpreneurship-2011-predictions-final-grades/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit here on this final day of 2011, it seems like a final grade card for  my 2011 predictions is in order.]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship: So You&#8217;re Ticked Off at Wall Street? Try TTAGG&#8217;ing Something</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/11/03/techpreneurship-so-youre-ticked-off-at-wall-street-try-ttagging-something/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/11/03/techpreneurship-so-youre-ticked-off-at-wall-street-try-ttagging-something/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be amazing if you could scientifically tap the wisdom of the crowd (or maybe the transactions of the crowd) and make real-time stock predictions far better than even the best "One-Percenter" Wall Street Analysts and Traders? ]]></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>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/11/03/techpreneurship-gone-in-60-seconds-post-game-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=3792</guid>
		<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>
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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>
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		<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>Techpreneurship: The Power of the True Believers</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/10/13/techpreneurship-the-power-of-the-true-believers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm with the eternal optimists. I am planning to pay it forward each and everyday with the legions of startup junkies that believe that the impossible can be achieved if we align confidence with tenacity and relentless dedication. ]]></description>
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