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The Venture Center puts startups in the room with the buyer
In Little Rock, the most useful startup introduction may be to someone who can say no. The Venture Center has built its accelerator work around getting founders close enough to banks, producers and mentors to hear what needs changing.
Forge Institute puts cyber defense to work in Arkansas
A military career, a water utility, a promising startup: Forge Institute connects people who rarely share a classroom. Its wager is that national security gets stronger when those introductions lead to actual work.
ArcBest wants to save you the wait
A century-old freight company built a machine to empty trailers in minutes. Its costly retreat reveals why the next battle in logistics is as much about coordination as horsepower.
Allegiance Consulting Group and the Crisis Before It Exists
Most crisis firms arrive when the cameras do. This Little Rock consultancy would rather inspect the story, the stakeholders and the weak seams while everyone still has time to think.
The Ad Agency That Put the Brand Meeting Before the Ad
Before it bought media or drew a logo, Thoma Thoma liked to cover a conference room in giant Post-it notes. The Little Rock firm’s real product was not advertising. It was agreement.
Startup Junkie Gives Away the Advice. Arkansas Gets the Bet.
From enterprise pilots to a mushroom farm’s cooling bill, Startup Junkie puts free business help to work. Its Arkansas experiment depends on something less glamorous than a pitch: people willing to pay for somebody else’s start.
Walmart
Walmart is the world's largest retailer by revenue, operating a global network of supercenters, discount stores, neighborhood markets, Sam's Club warehouse clubs and a fast-growing e-commerce business. Founded in 1962 by Sam Walton in Rogers, Arkansas, the company built its scale on an 'everyday low prices' model powered by a highly efficient supply chain. Today it blends roughly 10,500 stores worldwide with digital commerce, retail advertising, a growing marketplace and AI-driven shopping tools, serving hundreds of millions of customers each week while employing about 2.1 million people.