{"id":138502452,"date":"2014-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/arkansas-capital-announces-new-c-sam-walls-entrepreneur-educator-award-for-2014\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:07:04","slug":"arkansas-capital-announces-new-c-sam-walls-entrepreneur-educator-award-for-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/arkansas-capital-announces-new-c-sam-walls-entrepreneur-educator-award-for-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Capital Announces New C. Sam Walls Entrepreneur Educator Award for 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Accepting nominations through March 27<\/h2>\n<p>  The <strong>Arkansas Capital Corporation Group<\/strong> and its affiliate The <strong>Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation<\/strong> announce the <a title=\"C. Sam Walls Entrepreneur Educator Award\" href=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/aeaf\/govcup\/walls-entrepreneur-educator-award\/\">C. Sam Walls Entrepreneur Educator Award<\/a>,\u00a0funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.  This award is being given in honor of C. Sam Walls and his relentless advocacy for entrepreneurial education\u00a0in Arkansas. As chief executive officer of Arkansas Capital Corporation, Walls created what is now known as the Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup Collegiate\u00a0Business Plan Competition. Through his leadership, that event has developed into one of the premier\u00a0collegiate business plan competitions in the United States and has been used to spearhead Arkansas Capital Corporation\u2019s broad\u00a0effort to support entrepreneurship in Arkansas.  Two college or university educators will be awarded the Walls Award along\u00a0with a $2,500 cash prize each\u00a0and\u00a0$2,500 to their respective academic institutions for use in the furtherance\u00a0of entrepreneurial education.  Any member of the faculty or administration of an Arkansas college or university that is currently\u00a0participating,\u00a0or\u00a0has participated in previous years, in the Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup Business Plan\u00a0Competition is eligible for nomination. Any member of the faculty or administration of the nominee\u2019s academic institution or any current or former student participant may submit a nomination.<!--more-->  The award winners will be announced at the Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup awards luncheon on April 9 at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock.  The 2014 Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup Chairman-level sponsors for the competition are Arkansas Business; Delta Plastics; Arkansas Farm Bureau; and Money &amp; Politics Magazine. Sponsorships and tables for the event are still available.  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 <a href=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/\">www.arcapital.com<\/a>.  <strong>AEAF<\/strong> 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,<b>\u00a0<\/b><strong>AEAF\u2019s<\/strong><b>\u00a0<\/b>purpose is to nurture people and ideas to generate\u00a0future Arkansas entrepreneurs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accepting nominations through March 27 The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group and its affiliate The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation announce the C. Sam Walls Entrepreneur Educator Award,\u00a0funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. This award is being given in honor of C. Sam Walls and his relentless advocacy for entrepreneurial education\u00a0in Arkansas. 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