Entrepreneurs from around the state have a chance next month to meet with Arkansas educators and business and civic leaders at a two-day conference in Fayetteville.
The SEED Arkansas Summit, sponsored by the University of Arkansas' Walton College of Business, is set for Oct. 11-12. The university's Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation is organizing the event.
SEED stands for Startups, Education and Economic Development.
Workshops at the Fayetteville Public Library will cover topics such as innovative problem solving; funding strategies for entrepreneurial programming; and engaging local businesses.
The event will also feature the office's fall seed-funding pitch competition, in which student teams pitch their business ideas to win up to $2,000 to help in areas such as customer discovery; prototype development; and market research.
"Our goal is to help equip smaller universities in Arkansas with tools and resources that allow them to collaborate with community leaders to grow student entrepreneurs," said Tiffany Henry, the office's instructional designer of training and workshops.