Fueling Up the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in NWA with Matthew Ward

This week on the podcast Matt sits down with Matthew Ward, Director of the Fuel Accelerator and consultant at Startup Junkie. Fuel is a program where they connect growth stage AI and machine learning startups from around the world to enterprises and mentors in the Northwest Arkansas area. In the episode Matthew highlights how Fuel and Startup Junkie are recruiting early stage startups to the NWA area with opportunities to work with large enterprise partners in our region including Walmart, Tyson and J.B. Hunt. He also shares how large enterprises in the area are investing in AI through automation and how his own journey began with entrepreneurship, capital allocation and finance.

Learn more about Fuel Accelerator here: https://www.fuelaccelerator.com