Picture this: you’ve put in so much effort to launch your dream business, from budgeting and product development to staffing and licensure. Now, the ... Read More
America’s SBDC Taps Singleton to Lead National Committee
Michael Singleton of the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center has been named Operations Committee chair for the national ... Read More
5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Social Media
Social media can be a learning curve for entrepreneurs and small business owners. In the business world, running social media is a job in itself. ... Read More
Know Your ‘Why’ Through Primary Research
When starting a business, there are many things to work on. But the place to begin is market research. Every business has to understand its “why,” ... Read More
Market Research on Customer Preferences Gives Businesses Valuable Insights
Understanding customer preferences is one of the keys to business success. Business owners who don’t have a clear understanding of what ... Read More
Nurse Practitioners Start Their Own Clinic
While the world was shut down in 2020 due to a pandemic, Elly Armah and Carolyn Coleman had an idea to start their own clinic. The two nurse ... Read More
Matching Grant Accelerates Diagnostic Innovations at Arkana Labs
Arkana Laboratories has received an Arkansas SBIR Matching Grant to commercialize a mass spectrometry-based workflow for the diagnosis of autoimmune ... Read More
FR8relay’s National Science Foundation Award Marks 4th SBIR Win
FR8relay has received a nearly $256,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I award from the National Science Foundation. The ... Read More
Mother-Daughter Duo Dresses Up Downtown Rogers with Bridal and Formal Shop
Grace Lorenzo’s Bridal and Formal Wear is a mother-and-daughter-run business in downtown Rogers. Offering formal wear for weddings, pageants, proms, ... Read More
Delta-Style BBQ Lands in the Heart of Northwest Arkansas
Growing up in Des Arc, Dana Neely developed her passion for barbecue by watching and helping her father smoke and slather ribs in the Delta ... Read More
A Look Ahead to 2023 for Small Businesses
With things like COVID, higher prices, and supply chain issues continuing to impact the world, small businesses have faced their fair share of ... Read More
4 Important Reasons to Shop Local
We choose whether to buy goods and services from large national chains or small, locally owned enterprises every day. As consumers, we usually base ... Read More