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SFA’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship rolls out Purple Spikes, a business succession network

University Marketing Communications • April 27, 2026 NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– East Texas businesses now have a free community resource designed to preserve the vitality of their companies through a business succession program called Purple Spikes, a new initiative from Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship. As part of ACE’s broader initiative of launching new entrepreneurial ventures, Purple Spikes aims to keep current East Texas businesses operating by connecting business