/news-archive/tag/rebecca-todd/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 31 Dec 2019 14:41:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/12/31/accelerator-to-help-entrepreneurs-get-funding/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 14:41:35 +0000 /news/?p=75762 ... Center Creates Accelerator to Help Arkansas Entrepreneurs Get Early-Stage Federal Innovation Funding]]> The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center is launching a new accelerator to help more early-stage Arkansas companies tap into SBIR, the highly competitive federal Small Business Innovation Research funding program. Also known as America鈥檚 Seed Fund, SBIR and its sister, Small Business Technology Transfer, annually award $2.5 billion in grants and contracts to small firms to pursue the commercial potential of innovative technologies. Companies seeking SBIR funding typically apply multiple times before succeeding. Only were funded in 2017, the most recent year for which statistics are available. ASBTDC鈥檚 new Lab2Launch Accelerator will offer step-by-step guidance on every aspect of preparing and submitting a robust SBIR proposal. Led by the center鈥檚 Rebecca Todd and Martial Trigeaud, participants will get help with topic selection, budget preparation, writing and editing, market research and more. “Through SBIR, entrepreneurs can build businesses around their scientific passions and get the funding they need to develop cutting-edge products and technologies,” said State Director Laura Fine. “We want to see more SBIR applicants and winners from Arkansas and believe the Lab2Launch Accelerator is a way to accomplish that.” Separate six-week cohorts will focus on different federal agencies. The first will begin in January and focus on the National Institutes of Health. A National Science Foundation cohort will follow in March. To give companies based anywhere in the state an opportunity to take part, they may attend sessions virtually or in person. There is no application fee or cost to participate. To apply, visit . Spots are limited, so interested companies are encouraged to apply early. L2L-Accel is made possible through Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration. For more information, contact Todd at (501) 683-7700 or rctodd@ualr.edu. This story was provided by the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center.]]> /news-archive/2019/12/02/ua-little-rock-asbtdc-staff-honored/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:19:17 +0000 /news/?p=75590 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock ASBTDC staff honored for helping Arkansas鈥檚 small business owners]]> Staff members at the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock were honored for their efforts to help small businesses in the state succeed. State Director Laura Fine recognized top performers from the state鈥檚 seven ASBTDC offices during a statewide meeting Oct. 15.听 Michael Singleton, associate state director, was named Most Valuable Player, while four other staff members from the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock center office earned spots in the millions club for bringing in more than $20 million for their clients.听 The millions club level represents the amount of loans and other capital investment that staff members helped clients attain in 2018.听 The staff members recognized include Martial Trigeaud, business consultant, $10 million; Whitney Horton, interim program manager, $5 million; Rebecca Todd, innovation consultant, $3 million; and Nicolas Mayerhoeffer, business consultant, $2 million.听 In the upper right photo, the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock ASBTDC award winners include (from left): Innovation Consultant Rebecca Todd, Associate State Director Michael Singleton, Business Consultant Martial Trigeaud, Business Consultant Nicolas Mayerhoeffer, and Interim Program Manager Whitney Horton.]]>