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		<title>Tech Showcase: BlueInGreen, Insight Ecosystems, Sales Tax Data Link</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/02/03/tech-showcase-blueingreen-insight-ecosystems-sales-tax-data-link/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Innovate Arkansas Technology Showcase included IA client firms BlueInGreen, Insight Ecosystems and Sales Tax Data Link.]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurial Buzz From Around the State</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/01/27/entrepreneurial-buzz-from-around-the-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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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>The Startup Lawyer: SOPA/PIPA&#8217;s Effect on Arkansas Technology Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/01/16/the-startup-lawyer-sopapipas-effect-on-arkansas-technology-entrepreneurs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/01/16/the-startup-lawyer-sopapipas-effect-on-arkansas-technology-entrepreneurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Startup Lawyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></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?

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		<title>Article Suggests VCs Still Slow to Invest in Seed-Stage Ventures</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/01/04/article-suggests-vcs-still-slow-to-invest-in-seed-stage-ventures/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/01/04/article-suggests-vcs-still-slow-to-invest-in-seed-stage-ventures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do investors remain more hesitant than usual to jump when it comes to early-stage startups? One group thinks so.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Gone in 60 Seconds&#8217; Returns Feb. 27 in Fort Smith</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/01/04/gone-in-60-seconds-returns-feb-27-in-fort-smith/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/01/04/gone-in-60-seconds-returns-feb-27-in-fort-smith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=3906</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gone in 60 Seconds, the successful elevator-pitch contest and brainchild of IA's Jeff Amerine, has itself been gone since October. But never fear, adrenaline junkies, it's coming back with a vengeance in February.]]></description>
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		<title>DoctorPreneur: A Sense of Purpose</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/01/02/doctorpreneur-a-sense-of-purpose/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2012/01/02/doctorpreneur-a-sense-of-purpose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jjames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit in solitude planning the upcoming year, my thoughts keep returning to one central theme -- defining my sense of purpose.]]></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>Little Rock Makes Milken Top 20; Research Park in Motion</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/12/22/little-rock-makes-milken-top-20-research-park-in-motion/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/12/22/little-rock-makes-milken-top-20-research-park-in-motion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Encouraging news for The Rock: Wheels turn on plans for the city's planned research park, and Little Rock makes the top 20 in Milken's Best Performing Cities list.]]></description>
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