NEWS - Arkansas Capital Corporation

Arkansas Capital Corporation Awarded $35 Million in Federal New Markets Tax Credits Allocation

Date24 May 2019

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) announced this week that Arkansas Capital Corporation, a CDFI Community Development Entity, is one of 73 applicants selected nationwide...

From Employee to Entrepreneur

Date20 Aug 2018

According to recent studies, roughly 550,000 Americans each month quit their jobs in pursuit of entrepreneurship. And why not? With dreams of flexible schedules, working from home and an income boost, entrepreneurship...

Secrets to Managing Your Business Mistakes

Date16 Jul 2018

Whether you forgot to attach an important document on an email, you lost a client, or you allowed private user data to be shared with third parties (we’re looking at...

Learning Leadership

Date18 Jun 2018

If you invited the world’s most successful CEOs to dinner, you would find yourself sitting at the table with a diverse group of people with different personalities, backgrounds and approaches...

Clichés: The Good, The Bad & The Real

Date21 May 2018

Whether you hate them, love them or love to hate them; one fact is true– clichés wouldn’t have become cliché if they didn’t resonate. Sure, you still need to “think...

2018 Governor’s Cup Winners Announced

Date24 Apr 2018

Here at Arkansas Capital, our main goal is to empower local entrepreneurs– those of every age. That’s why, in 2001, the idea of the Arkansas Governor’s Cup was formed. This...

The Evolution of Entrepreneurship

Date20 Mar 2018

The pursuit of profit isn’t a new one, and from Marco Polo to Mark Zuckerberg, the world has seen many different faces attempt this venture. One common characteristic, though? Entrepreneurship. Take...

5 Steps to Being a Great Boss

Date19 Feb 2018

The worst thing about being a bad boss is less obvious than you might think. No, it’s not the feeling of conversations abruptly ending when you walk in a room....

Meet the Founders

Date19 Jan 2018

Arkansas Capital Corporation is a private, non-profit lending corporation known for helping grow businesses through our expertise and flexible financing products. We didn’t grow this large overnight though. In fact,...

New Leadership for AEAF

Date08 Jan 2018

Kathleen Lawson, executive director of Economics Arkansas; and Steve Rice, entrepreneurship instructor for the Arkansas School of Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts (ASMSA); have been elected as new members to...

How (Not) to Start Your Business

Date18 Dec 2017

From topics as wide as “Opening a Business” to as narrowly-niched as “How to Start a Coffee Shop in Arkansas,” information, advice and “how-tos” are not hard to come by....

5 Step Guide to Organizing Your Business

Date22 Nov 2017

We won’t lie to you– starting a business is hard. New competitors seem to be emerging every time you blink, you’re responsible for more money than just your family’s and...