Startup Junkie Consulting LLC

Startup Junkie Consulting LLC, doing business as Conductor, is a veteran-owned limited liability company based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, that operates as a prime contractor delivering regional innovation cluster development and small business support services to the Small Business Administration, with no set-aside designation across its award footprint.

Conductor's capability portfolio centers on establishing and operating regional innovation clusters through public-private partnerships, providing strategic entrepreneurship and commercialization support to small businesses in advanced computing, biotechnologies, clean energy, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, and food supply and agricultural systems. The vendor's work encompasses cluster network maintenance, small business support service delivery focused on technology commercialization and business growth, cluster management and oversight, and quarterly and annual reporting on membership, capital obtained, and regional economic impact. NAICS coding spans 541690 (Other Scientific & Technical Consulting Services) and 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services); PSC coding centers on R499 and other professional support.

Customer concentration is consolidated entirely within the Small Business Administration across four office-level funding entities. The Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development and the Office of Investments and Innovations account for 100% of recent awards and combined potential value, with the Office of Entrepreneurial Development anchoring $5.7 million (three awards) and the Office of Investments and Innovations contributing $4.4 million (three awards). Representative work includes a $1.88 million firm fixed-price regional innovation cluster support services contract awarded by the Office of Investments and Innovations on September 28, 2024, running through September 27, 2029 with base and four option years; a $1.47 million continuation and option-period exercise (same office) awarded September 28, 2025, with ultimate completion September 27, 2029; and a $606 thousand definitive contract awarded September 30, 2026, by the Office of Performance Management and the Chief Financial Officer for regional innovation cluster establishment through September 29, 2028. The vendor maintains no parent vehicles, IDIQs, or GWACs — all work flows through direct definitive contracts.

Startup Junkie operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontractor engagement across its footprint. SCI-reported invoicing totaled $2.7 million across fiscal years 2022–2025, with FY2025 activity at $967 thousand across 6.7 FTEs — the highest invoiced year in the SCI dataset. Government-paid hourly rates on federal services contracts ran a narrow band: median $48.11 per hour, with 10th-percentile labor at $43.01 per hour and 90th-percentile senior labor at $50.27 per hour. The vendor self-performs all reported hours on its prime contracts and maintains no named subcontractor footprint. One award (combined potential value $607 thousand) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore exposure to recompete.

Startup Junkie Consulting specializes in entrepreneurial ecosystem development through programs, placemaking, events, and networking aimed at talent development, attraction, retention, and capital formation at all stages.