{"id":138502250,"date":"2013-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/obu-junior-has-winning-business-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:07:50","slug":"obu-junior-has-winning-business-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/obu-junior-has-winning-business-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"OBU Junior Has Winning Business Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lindsey Fowler won the Ouachita Baptist University\/Henderson State University Business Plan Competition for her business plan for TrustedWills.com, which would help customers put together wills, living wills and powers of attorney.<\/figcaption><\/figure> Lindsey Fowler means business. Fowler, a junior a Ouachita Baptist University, took first place in the 2012 OBU Business Plan Competition and was recently the first-place winner of the Business Plan Battle of the Ravine against Henderson State University. At this competition, the top three business-plan teams from each university faced off against each other with written business plans that students have created. Fowler has a triple major at the university: business, political science and history. Each team has a faculty adviser who is paired with the students. Bryan McKinney, the dean of OBU\u2019s Hickingbotham School of Business, is Fowler\u2019s faculty adviser for this project. \u201cWe can provide counsel and guidance along the way,\u201d McKinney said. \u201cWe\u2019re there to offer help.\u201d Fowler\u2019s winning business plan is a web-based company targeted at young families to set up their last will and testament, titled Trustedwills.com<\/a>. \u201cIn a matter of minutes [clients] can create a last will and testament, living will and a power of attorney,\u201d Fowler said. This idea developed from McKinney being approached by young families in his Sunday School class who were having their first child and were concerned with guardianship. McKinney said he wondered if this could potentially be a business; then Fowler developed this business plan. \u201cFamilies can have that guardianship question answered and that peace of mind that their children will be taken care of, no matter what happens,\u201d Fowler said. TrustedWills takes the process of going to see a lawyer out of the equation. The website was created by Terry Sergeant, a former professor at OBU. Fowler has submitted her Trustedwills business plan to the Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup<\/strong>, the statewide business-plan competition. Her plan was submitted to the Governor\u2019s Cup on Feb. 22, and the semifinalists and finalists will be announced March 13. McKinney said the Ouachita and Henderson competitions give students the opportunity to practice for the statewide competition on a smaller scale. \u201cThis gives our students a trial run,\u201d McKinney said. \u201cAll of the stuff that happens at the Governor\u2019s Cup happens here.\u201d Trustedwills.com is ready to go at the push of a button, Fowler said. \u201cThe website isn\u2019t live yet, but we have a tentative launch date of June 1,\u201d Fowler said. McKinney said he has enjoyed working with Fowler on this project. \u201cIt\u2019s been a fun experience for me to see the potential of our students,\u201d McKinney said. Fowler has a Facebook page set up for her business plan at facebook.com\/Trustedwills<\/a> and on Twitter, @TrustedWills<\/a>. Fowler said this business competition has been a good experience for her. \u201cIt\u2019s been great to see all of the support from the OBU community, and everyone\u2019s been really encouraging,\u201d Fowler said. Fowler plans on continuing her education after she graduates from OBU by pursuing a law degree. &nbsp; &nbsp; Story by Lisa Burnett<\/a> Arkansas Online staff writer Lisa Burnett can be reached at (501)244-4307 or lburnett@arkansasonline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lindsey Fowler means business. Fowler, a junior a Ouachita Baptist University, took first place in the 2012 OBU Business Plan Competition and was recently the first-place winner of the Business Plan Battle of the Ravine against Henderson State University. 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