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Blockchain: Arkansas is Leading the Way

Blockchain: Arkansas is Leading the Way

March 29, 2018
AY Staff
April 2018, Arkansas Startups
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By Matthew Waller | Photo by Caleb Talley Blockchain technology has the potential to significantly impact the efficiency and effectiveness of the entire supply chain. And since Arkansas has an unusually high concentration of supply chain and logistics expertise, we should be leading the way when it comes to developing applications of the technology, both [...]
Arkansas Startups: Tacos 4 Life

Arkansas Startups: Tacos 4 Life

March 29, 2018
Kim Dishongh
April 2018, Arkansas Startups
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Ashton and Austin Samuelson of Conway had no restaurant experience when they set out to open Pitza 42, but they knew a fair amount about hunger. Pitza 42 was the predecessor of Tacos 4 Life. The company donates an average of 6,500 meals per day, with 22 cents per meal sold going toward the Feed My Starving Children mission. “We have provided ove[...]
Arkansas Startups: Startup Junkie

Arkansas Startups: Startup Junkie

March 29, 2018
Sydne Tursky
April 2018, Arkansas Startups
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Startup Junkie, a Fayetteville-based company headed by University of Arkansas alumni Jeff Amerine and Haley Allgood, aims to use its unique business model to help other small businesses and boost economic development and quality of life in the greater Northwest Arkansas region. Startup Junkie provides resources for entrepreneurs who need them but [...]
Arkansas Startups: Grainster

Arkansas Startups: Grainster

March 29, 2018
Kim Dishongh
April 2018, Arkansas Startups
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Layne Fortenberry pondered an idea for about seven years before he turned it into a startup, Grainster Inc. Grainster, which is expected to launch a beta test in select global markets in about nine months, was recently named the USA Global Winner Best Idea in the Talent Unleashed Awards during a ceremony in Melbourne, Australia. Fortenberry’s famil[...]
Arkansas Startups: Apptegy

Arkansas Startups: Apptegy

March 29, 2018
Spencer Jones
April 2018, Arkansas Startups
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Administrators in K-12 education system are using more digital tools than they ever have before. Oftentimes these tools help students do classwork remotely or provide faster access to more information. In 2013, Jeston George saw that districts needed a technical solution for better communication within their schools, as a well as more effective way to ma[...]
Arkansas Startups: Metova

Arkansas Startups: Metova

March 29, 2018
Kayla Baugh
April 2018, Arkansas Startups
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Tech firm Metova provides mobile application development, among other services, and has locations in Conway, Cabot and Fayetteville. Andrew Cowart, CTO of Metova, says the agency emphasizes quality — and it shows. “Metova works with companies to build applications and services that improve the way we live, work and play. Our engineers build applica[...]
Arkansas Startups: Engine

Arkansas Startups: Engine

March 29, 2018
Kayla Baugh
April 2018, Arkansas Startups
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John James, CEO of Engine, describes his company as “an e-commerce platform for growth-oriented brands who have outgrown other off-the-shelf e-commerce platforms.” James says Engine was founded in 2016, and he started the business with Jim Kane and Blake Puryear. “The three of us worked together at Acumen brands, as well as Hayseed Ventures,” James[...]
Arkansas Startups: Lauren James

Arkansas Startups: Lauren James

March 29, 2018
Peyton Olsen
April 2018, Arkansas Startups
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At 5 years old, Lauren James (LJ), a clothing company from Fayetteville, is taking preppy Southern fashion to new heights. Founded in 2013 by Lauren and Lance Stokes, the startup company is hovering on the cusp of its most explosive chapter and trending toward established stability. The Stokeses are up two children, 100 employees, three store fronts an[...]
Arkansas Startups: Lineus Medical

Arkansas Startups: Lineus Medical

March 29, 2018
Sydne Tursky
April 2018, Arkansas Startups
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Lineus Medical is bringing medical innovation to Fayetteville with new IV technology. The product, called SafeBreak, aims to make IV lines more secure. A majority of hospital patients receive an IV, but those IV lines fail 46 percent of the time, according to a study in the Journal of Infusion Nursing. CEO Spencer Jones worked as a nurse for three [...]
Arkansas Startups: Altimize

Arkansas Startups: Altimize

March 29, 2018
Kim Dishongh
April 2018, Arkansas Startups
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Altimize, the e-commerce app building startup launched in 2015 by Bryan Howe and his twin brother, Ethan, is growing its niche. “This is going to be a big focus for us and I think it might even be bigger than the retail niche that we currently work with,” says Bryan Howe. We basically build ordering websites and apps for restaurants that give them the[...]
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