Ulendo wa Arkansas: Ark Tank ipambana

Mpikisano woyamba wa Ark Tank, mpikisano woyambira wopangidwa ndi Arkansas Tourism mogwirizana ndi Innovate Arkansas ku Winrock International, watha lero pambuyo pomaliza anayi omaliza kupereka malingaliro awo abizinesi pamsonkhano wa 2019 Arkansas Governor on Tourism womwe unachitikira ku Hot Springs Convention Center. Zoperekedwa ndi woyambitsa Corey Boelkens, RaftUp, pulogalamu yoyang'anira kopita kwamabizinesi osangalatsa akunja, adatchulidwa wopambana ndipo adalandira mphotho yandalama ya $5,000, chitsimikizo cha upangiri, ndi upangiri wopitilira ndi Innovate Arkansas ndi gawo la kafukufuku ndi chitukuko cha Arkansas Tourism.

"Ark Tank idawonjezera bwino pamsonkhano wathu wachaka chino. Kumveka komwe kudapangidwa pakati pa omwe tikukhalapo kumatsimikizira kuti mphamvu zamabizinesi kuchokera kwa omwe akupikisana nawo zidalimbikitsa malingaliro atsopano ndi njira zatsopano zoganizira zabizinesi, "adatero Mtsogoleri wa Arkansas Tourism Jim Dailey. "Mwambowu utatha, tidawona kuti wowonetsa aliyense adafikiridwa ndi opezeka pamisonkhano ndikukambirana za mwayi waubwenzi."

"Tinali okondwa kuyanjana ndi Arkansas Tourism pa mpikisano wa Ark Tank," atero a David Sanders, director of Innovate Arkansas. "Chiyembekezo chathu ndi chakuti kuchokera pamwambowu, aliyense wa omaliza apanga kulumikizana komwe kungathandize kukulitsa bizinesi yawo. Gulu la Winrock and Innovate Arkansas ladzipereka kugwira ntchito ndi oyambitsa oyambitsa kuti akulitse mabizinesi awo ku Arkansas ndipo tikuyembekeza kugwira ntchito ndi makampani ambiri okonda zokopa alendo omwe amathandizira kwambiri chuma cha Arkansas.

Kuchokera pazofunsira 20 zomwe zidalandiridwa, omaliza anayi adasankhidwa kuti apereke kwa oweruza ndi opezeka pamisonkhano. Mpikisanowo udafuna kuti makampani omwe akubwerawo akhale bizinesi yokhudzana ndi zokopa alendo, yomwe imatanthauzidwa ngati yomwe imalumikizana mwachindunji ndi alendo, imachita mabizinesi omwe amasamalira alendo, imalimbikitsa zokopa alendo ndikupita ku Arkansas, ndi / kapena kuthandizira zochitika zokhudzana ndi zokopa alendo ku Arkansas. . Ena atatu omaliza mpikisanowo anali:

• Kreadiv Nadiv Concepts LLC, yoperekedwa ndi Travis Greenlee. Kreadiv Nadiv Concepts amapanga zatsopano, kupanga, kumanga, kusamalira, ndikubwezeretsanso njira zamayendedwe, malo ophunzirira panja, ndi malo ochitirako zosangalatsa kuti apange zochitika zosaiŵalika za ogwiritsa ntchito zowunikira malo achilengedwe ndikuchepetsa kukhudzidwa kwa nyama zakuthengo.
• Nature Backs, yoperekedwa ndi Bo Thomas ndi Morgan O'Neil. Nature Backs ndi mtundu womwe umalimbikitsa chidwi kudzera ma t-shirt ndi zibangili za "Flip-Trip" zomwe zimapangidwira kulimbikitsa anthu kuchita zomwe amakonda.
• Safe Rod, yoperekedwa ndi Russell Evans. Ndodo Yotetezedwa ndi ndodo yophera nsomba yomwe imamangirira pakhomo la garaja kuti ndodo zisawonongeke panthawi yosungira.

Alendo anayi adaitanidwa kuti amve zowonetsera, kufunsa mafunso ndikuweruza mpikisano. Oweruzawo anali ndi:

• Jim Shamburger, Mwini wa Best Western Winners Circle - Hot Springs komanso membala wa Arkansas State Parks, Recreation, & Travel Commission
• Kalene Griffith, Purezidenti / CEO wa Visit Bentonville
• Amy Hopper, Program Officer ku Winrock International ndi Delta I-Fund Manager
• Brad Henry, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Development Finance ku Arkansas Development Finance Authority

Mpikisanowu udawonetsedwanso kuti anthu ochokera konsekonse ku Arkansas aziwonera ndipo adaphatikizanso kuyitana kwa owonera kuti avotere wopambana. Wopambana "omvera omwe amakonda" kuchokera pakuvota kumeneko adzalengezedwa kumapeto kwa sabata ino. Mpikisano wathunthu ukhoza kuwonedwa patsamba la Facebook la Arkansas Tourism Industry: https://www.facebook.com/ArkansasTourismIndustry