Innovate Arkansas is hosting a Northwest Arkansas Technology Venture Showcase luncheon that will feature short presentations from four very promising startups. The main objective is to raise awareness within the angel-investor and business-leader ranks about what these startups are doing and how they plan to change Arkansas and the world….

In a way, the Arkansas Research and Technology Park in Fayetteville resembles a movie set. I’m in town visiting today, and I half expect to see George Clooney or Johnny Depp race out of the hybrid retro/modern Innovation Center in a long, white lab coat carrying a vial of neon green ooze that holds the [...]

Innovate Arkansas routinely checks the website of the U.S. Patent Office to see what new ideas are being generated out of Arkansas. Check out the patents section of IA’s redesigned site. This past week, for example, saw 1,897 patents issued (that includes all U.S. territories and possessions). Arkansas produced three. Which may not seem like [...]