Innovation Week Opens in 7 Days — Are You Registered?

In one week, BioVentures will welcome innovators from across UAMS and beyond for Innovation Week 2025. Four days of ideas, insight and industry connection on the UAMS Main Campus in Little Rock. Whether you’re advancing breakthrough research, launching a startup or simply curious about commercialization, this is the place to turn discovery into opportunity. Date Time Location Highlight Mon 12 […]

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416: Growing Urban Spaces from the Ground Up with Ozark Green Roofs

Summary In this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Daniel Koonce and Caleb Talley are joined by Lee Porter, founder and owner of Ozark Green Roofs. Lee shares the inspiring story behind her journey to starting a green roof company in Arkansas, rooted in her passion for landscape architecture and sustainability that began in college.

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The Power of Networking: 3 Unique Opportunities to Build Your Community

The Power of Networking: 3 Unique Opportunities to Build Your Community If there’s one thing every entrepreneur, artist, and innovator knows, it’s this: who you know matters. Building a business or creative career isn’t just about hard work and great ideas—it’s about the people you meet along the way. Whether you’re exchanging advice, forming partnerships,

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415: From Mobile Trailer to Storefront: The Chug NWA Soda Shop Story

Summary In this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Daniel Koonce and Jeff Amerine welcome Catelyn Hooser, the dynamic founder and owner of Chug NWA—a Farmington-based soda shop that’s stirring up the beverage scene in Northwest Arkansas. From the get-go, Catelyn’s entrepreneurial spirit shines through as she shares the story of how she transformed a

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414: Creating Solutions for Problems in Retail Media Advertising with AdFury.ai

Summary In this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Caleb Talley and Daniel Koonce sit down with Eric Howerton, serial entrepreneur, co-founder of White Spider, and currently the co-founder of AdFury.ai. The conversation dives into Eric’s journey as an entrepreneur, his approach to solving niche problems in the retail media and advertising space, and the

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413: Transforming Video Documentation in Public Safety with CLIPr

Summary In this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Caleb Talley and Kendall Jasper are joined by Humphrey Chin, founder of CLIPr, who shared how his startup is revolutionizing documentation for police officers. Originally conceived as a tool to pinpoint important moments in any video—serving students, event attendees, and enterprise teams—CLIPr found its true calling

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