{"id":138502208,"date":"2011-01-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/young-entrepreneurs-prepare-to-showcase-ideas-on-jan-14\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:09:10","slug":"young-entrepreneurs-prepare-to-showcase-ideas-on-jan-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/young-entrepreneurs-prepare-to-showcase-ideas-on-jan-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Entrepreneurs Prepare to Showcase Ideas on Jan. 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-629\" style=\"width: 413px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-629\" src=\"http:\/\/2013.arcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/img.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"275\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Stacy M. Jones<br \/>Fort Smith students, Abby Clemons, Sarah Spradin and Cara Shipley, work on their Youth Entrepreneurial Showcase product, which featured crosses sold in pairs so the buyer could keep one and give one away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>  Arkansas school children are bringing their entrepreneurial dreams to life in an annual competition that features kids\u2019 inventions and innovations.\u00a0The Youth Entrepreneurial Showcase will feature the innovative products and services of the 25 finalists\u2019 teams, along with a marketing piece and a display booth the school teams have developed for the competition.  \u201cMore than 180 business plans were turned in for the 2011 competition,\u201d said Kerri Daniels, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation, which sponsors the statewide initiative. AEAF is a division of Arkansas Capital Corporation Group.<!--more-->  \u201cY.E.S. is designed to encourage Arkansas\u2019 students to act upon their ideas and talents \u2013those are the ideas that will produce tomorrow\u2019s businesses,\u201d said Daniels, \u201cand we are pleased each year to find that more than 70 percent of the entries come from rural areas of the state.\u201d  <strong>Bright Ideas<\/strong>  In the past, teams have come up with business plans to sell all kinds of invented products, from decorated tissue boxes and baked goods to accessories like purses made from duct tape.  Past teams have produced pretty creative items, said Daniels. The \u201cSecond Hand Hollows\u201d team recycled books by cutting out pages inside to make secret hiding places for special things. The \u201cBanking Bear\u201d team produced a stuffed animal that had a secret zip pocket for stashing money as a more secure alternative to a piggy bank. And \u201cFortune Soap\u201d produced handmade soaps that held secret messages in the middle.  The young entrepreneurs win real cash for the realization of their ideas. Prizes are awarded in four categories \u2013 business plan, innovation, marketing piece and retail display booth. The first-place team members in each category win $100 and their teacher advisers are awarded an additional $500.  Each year, more than 75 Arkansas business leaders serve as volunteer judges to assist in the selection of the winners.  The multi-phased approach \u2013 brainstorming, product creation, business planning, marketing planning and display booth building \u2013 encourages students to apply what they learn in school to a real-world simulation, including selling to the public.  <strong>Local Showcase<\/strong>  This year\u2019s showcase will be Jan. 14 at the McCain Mall in North Little Rock, and the 25 finalist teams will showcase their products and services, marketing materials and display booths at the event. The showcase will be from 10 a.m.-1:15 p.m., with the awards presentation at 1:30 p.m. in the Food Court.  \u201cIt\u2019s so much fun every year to see what these Arkansas school children are thinking up, producing and marketing,\u201d said Daniels. \u201cI love the Showcase because it allows the kids to share their ideas and show them off.\u201d  Y.E.S. for Arkansas started in 2005 as a project for middle school students, and since then, more than 2,900 students have participated in this entrepreneurial event.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas school children are bringing their entrepreneurial dreams to life in an annual competition that features kids\u2019 inventions and innovations.\u00a0The Youth Entrepreneurial Showcase will feature the innovative products and services of the 25 finalists\u2019 teams, along with a marketing piece and a display booth the school teams have developed for the competition. \u201cMore than 180 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