• Ola Atilola of Asami Tea won the Cureate Courses Pitch Competition and a $5,000 check in a business pitch competition Dec. 14 at Fairlane Station in Springdale. Stephanie Kirkpatrick of Bartleby's Seitan Stand won the community vote. The local judges included: Philip Adams, executive director of FORGE; Jeannette Balleza Collins, director entrepreneurial development for the Northwest Arkansas Council; Randy Wilburn, host of "I Am Northwest Arkansas"; and Ashley Sutterfield, CEO of Metzger & Roth in Fayetteville. The awards were part of a year-end event series to celebrate the 10 Northwest Arkansas food and beverage small business owners who completed Cureate's eight-week business program.
• Ola Atilola of Asami Tea won the Cureate Courses Pitch Competition and a $5,000 check in a business pitch competition Dec. 14 at Fairlane Station in Springdale. Stephanie Kirkpatrick of Bartleby's Seitan Stand won the community vote. The local judges included: Philip Adams, executive director of FORGE; Jeannette Balleza Collins, director entrepreneurial development for the Northwest Arkansas Council; Randy Wilburn, host of "I Am Northwest Arkansas"; and Ashley Sutterfield, CEO of Metzger & Roth in Fayetteville. The awards were part of a year-end event series to celebrate the 10 Northwest Arkansas food and beverage small business owners who completed Cureate's eight-week business program.