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Teams from six Arkansas colleges and universities were announced yesterday as finalists in the 14th<\/sup> annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition that is managed by The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF), an affiliate of The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group. On April 9, winners will be announced in the following categories: <\/p>\n- \n
- Graduate Best Business Plan First Place – $25,000<\/li>\n
- Graduate Best Business Plan Second Place – $15,000<\/li>\n
- Graduate Best Business Plan Third Place – $10,000<\/li>\n
- Undergraduate Best Business Plan First Place – $25,000<\/li>\n
- Undergraduate Best Business Plan Second Place – $15,000<\/li>\n
- Undergraduate Best Business Plan Third Place – $10,000<\/li>\n
- Graduate Innovation First Place – $5,000<\/li>\n
- Undergraduate Innovation First Place – $5,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
New for this year is the C. Sam Walls Entrepreneur Educator Award, funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to honor Walls for his commitment to entrepreneurial education\u00a0in 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. Additionally, an elevator pitch competition will be held live at the luncheon, in which luncheon attendees will use text messaging to select the winners in the undergraduate and graduate categories. The top graduate and undergraduate elevator pitch winners will each receive $2,000. The top two undergraduate and graduate teams from the Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup competition will compete against the top two teams from Nevada and Oklahoma for the Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Award in May, with first and second place prizes of $30,000 and $20,000 respectively awarded in the graduate and undergraduate tracks. The 2014 Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup finalists are: <\/p>\n
Graduate Finalists<\/h3>\n
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- Datavis \u2013 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville<\/li>\n
- HemaNotics \u2013 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville<\/li>\n
- LumaDrop \u2013 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville<\/li>\n
- talentt \u2013 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville<\/li>\n
- Tethystructure \u2013 Arkansas State University, Jonesboro<\/li>\n
- The Argenta Center \u2013 Hendrix College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Undergraduate Finalists<\/h3>\n
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- Anova Energy \u2013 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville<\/li>\n
- Arleesa, LLC \u2013 John Brown University<\/li>\n
- BioBotic Solutions \u2013 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville<\/li>\n
- Funding Fathers \u2013 John Brown University<\/li>\n
- IDA: Inexpensive Daily Assistant \u2013 Harding University<\/li>\n
- TruBake Technologies \u2013 John Brown University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Graduate Innovation Finalists<\/h3>\n