A small business financial forum that’ll include SBA district director Linda Nelson is set for DeQueen on June 27, and the Arkansas Delta Housing Community Forum is scheduled for Forrest City on June 28.

It’s a partnership between the Arkansas Women’s Business Center, South Arkansas Community College and the Delta Regional Authority, and is scheduled to launch Aug. 1.

This week, INOV8 Links brings you MIT research into why innovation thrives in cities, the ways technology is transforming business, Little Rock’s own Bourbon & Boots, possible pizza delivery of the future and U.S. linguistic maps.

Big data came to Little Rock on Monday when UALR announced the opening of its George W. Donaghey Emerging Analytics Center.