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IA Interviews: The CEO Tech Forum

David Sanders, Director of Innovate Arkansas (IA) at Winrock, interviews Mike Smith and Tim McFarland, leaders of the CEO Tech Forums for Innovate Arkansas clients. If you’re the busy leader of a dynamic organization, it’s hard to find the perfect time, environment, and people with whom to process t...

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IA Interviews: Lineus

David Sanders, Director of Innovate Arkansas (IA) at Winrock, interviews Vance Clement, CEO of Lineus Medical, and Spencer Jones, Founder and CTO of Lineus Medical. Lineus Medical is a medical device company focused on reducing IV complications for patients and providers. Their SafeBreak Vascul...

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IA Interviews: Foster Davis, BreachBits

David Sanders, Director of Innovate Arkansas (IA) at Winrock interviews J. Foster Davis, Co-Founder & COO of BreachBits. BreachBits specializes in delivering predictive cyber risk insights for business executives. Foster is an Arkansas native who served in the U.S. Navy as a cyber warfare office...

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IA Interviews: TJ Sangam, SupplyPike

David Sanders, Director of Innovate Arkansas (IA) at Winrock interviews TJ Sangam, CEO of SupplyPike. SupplyPike builds automated software to manage packaged goods stock at retailer locations and avoid deductions while identifying supply chain issues before they hit the bottom line. David and TJ tal...

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IA Interviews: Noah Asher, Vascugenix

David Sanders, Director of Innovate Arkansas (IA) at Winrock interviews Noah Asher, CEO of Vascugenix. Vascugenix is a medical device company focused on developing innovative products to improve interventional cardiovascular procedures. David and Noah talk about the success that Noah has had in Arka...

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IA Interviews: April Roy, FemPaq

David Sanders, Director of Innovate Arkansas (IA) at Winrock interviews April Roy, CEO and founder of FemPaq. FemPaq’s mission is to provide sustainable convenience to women’s health by providing a feminine emergency kit for those times when your period shows up. David and April talk about the proce...

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IA Interviews: Rodney Ferguson, The Validation Fund

David Sanders, Director of Innovate Arkansas (IA) at Winrock interviews Rodney Ferguson, President and CEO of Winrock International about a new initiative called the Validation Fund. The Validation Fund is Arkansas’ first evergreen, not-for-profit fund dedicated to deploying early-stage awards to va...

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IA Interviews: Allyson Lewis, The 7 Minute Life

David Sanders, Director of Innovate Arkansas (IA) at Winrock interviews Allyson Lewis, CEO and founder of The 7 Minute Life. The 7 Minute Life is a time management and productivity company with a mission to help busy people reconnect with their passion & get their schedules under contr...

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Apply By January 3rd for Delta I-Fund

The application for the upcoming Delta I-Fund cohort, set to kick off virtually on January 23rd, is now live!If you are an early-stage entrepreneur and innovator located in the Delta Regional Authority territory, consider the Delta I-Fund as a resource for helping to grow your busines...

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SHOWING RESILIENCE IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES

A medical device startup, with an assist from Innovate Arkansas, pivots to overcome pandemic-induced disruptionIn January of 2020, Noah Asher was feeling good. Vascugenix, the Little Rock medical device startup where he serves as CEO, had completed its fundraising. It was on track to bring its first...