Who:<\/strong> The Youth Entrepreneur Showcase (Y.E.S)<\/strong>, a project of the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF), an affiliate of The Arkansas Capital Corporation, invites the media to attend the event for photo and interview opportunities of students and student advisors. What:<\/strong>\u00a0 The top 26 Y.E.S. finalist teams will set up booths to showcase and sell their work at Park Plaza Mall. Fifteen volunteers from the Central Arkansas business and education community will be judging them on creativity, innovation, marketing, and booth display. Winners of the student business plan competition will be announced following the show and sale. When:<\/strong> Jan. 17, 2014. The showcase and sale is 10 a.m. \u2013 1 p.m. The awards ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Park Plaza Mall, 6000 West Markham, Little Rock, Ark. The student booth showcase and sale will take place on the third floor and the awards will take place on the second floor. Why:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b>AEAF\u2019s mission is to promote and foster the development of innovation and entrepreneurship in Arkansas. The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group of companies empower entrepreneurs by providing capital in conjunction with community banks to businesses through its capital availability products and advocating for entrepreneurs through capital, educational, and technological improvements. The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group serves as the platform from which new opportunities are launched. In addition to the flagship company, Arkansas Capital Corporation, there are seven affiliate and partner companies, including, Six Bridges Capital Corporation, Arkansas Capital Relending Corporation, Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation, Heartland Renaissance Fund, Connect Arkansas, Pine State Regional Center, and SouthWind Analytics. To learn more, visit www.arcapital.com<\/a>. AEAF<\/strong> <\/b>was\u00a0established in 1999, and is a private, non-profit\u00a0corporation dedicated to education-based initiatives\u00a0that promote and foster the development of innovation\u00a0and entrepreneurship within Arkansas. With broad\u00a0support from the state\u2019s business community,\u00a0AEAF\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b>purpose is to nurture people and ideas to generate\u00a0future Arkansas entrepreneurs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fifth through eighth grade students to showcase and sell their work at Park Plaza Mall Who: The Youth Entrepreneur Showcase (Y.E.S), a project of the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF), an affiliate of The Arkansas Capital Corporation, invites the media to attend the event for photo and interview opportunities of students and student advisors. What:\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138502436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-entrepreneurship-foundation-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n