Five on Friday, June 22
June 22, 2018Welcome to summer! In honor of the official start of Arkansas’ favorite season, we’ve included a bonus feature: the first full-length trailer for Antiquities, which was written and directed by Arkansans Graham Gordy and Daniel Campbell and filmed in various parts of Arkansas in 2016.
- The 3 key skill sets for the workers of 2030
World Economic Forum
“’Skill shifts will play out differently across sectors,’ the report notes. ‘Healthcare, for example, will see a rising need for physical skills, even as demand for them declines in manufacturing and other sectors.’”
- Craighead technology park now mapped in 3D
Jonesboro Unlimited
“3D mapping is here, and Jonesboro Unlimited is putting it to use to give potential clients better data on sites they are considering for future projects."
- Register to attend VC FinTech Demo Day on July 18 in Little Rock
Eventbrite
“Get a glimpse into the future of FinTech as the 2018 portfolio company CEOs present to a crowd of banking executives, business leaders and investors.”
- Attention Arkansas startups, 10x Cyber is only for you
Arkansas Business
“There’s a new kind of accelerator now, 10X Cyber Accelerator, that accepts only Arkansas companies with annual revenue of between $100,000 and $10 million."
- Arkansas continued to dominate rice production in 2017
Talk Business & Politics
“Rice farmers in the state planted 1.161 million acres last year, about 47.1% of all rice acres planted in the U.S., according to the B.R. Wells Arkansas Rice Research study issued by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.”
