{"id":138502469,"date":"2014-05-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/winners-of-the-2014-donald-w-reynolds-tri-state-competition-named\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:02:46","slug":"winners-of-the-2014-donald-w-reynolds-tri-state-competition-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/winners-of-the-2014-donald-w-reynolds-tri-state-competition-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of the 2014 Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Competition Named"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">BioBotic Solutions Takes Second Place Undergraduate Award<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47858\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47858 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10376292_10152521109469579_3804477558048908250_n.jpg\" alt=\"Second Place, Undergraduate \u2014 BioBotic Solutions, University of Arkansas &amp; Hendrix College\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Second Place, Undergraduate \u2014 BioBotic Solutions, University of Arkansas &amp; Hendrix College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation, an affiliate of The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group, is pleased to announce BioBotic Solutions with team members from University of Arkansas and Hendrix College took second place in the Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Award competition. The competition was held at The Mirage of Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>  In the undergraduate track, Owlpal Healthcare from the University of Tulsa took first place. In the graduate track, Dragonfly Energy from University of Nevada, Reno, was awarded first place, and Driven Analytics from University of Oklahoma, Norman, was awarded second place.  First place winners took home a $30,000 cash prize, a team trophy and individual plaques. The second place winners received a $20,000 prize, a trophy and individual plaques. The team&#8217;s\u2019 faculty advisors each earned a $3,500 check.<!--more-->  \u201cThis year\u2019s teams pitched sophisticated and forward-thinking business plans that have the potential to become very successful companies,\u201d said Rush Deacon, acting chief executive officer for Arkansas Capital Corporation. \u201cIt\u2019s exactly the type of innovation we were looking for when we started this competition. This competition is an example of broad efforts Arkansas Capital Corporation has spearheaded to support entrepreneurship in Arkansas, and we are very proud of our student competitors.\u201d  <\/p>\n<h2>The Winning Undergraduate Teams Are:<\/h2>\n<p>  <strong>First Place \u2013 Owlpal Healthcare \u2013 <\/strong>The University of Tulsa Team Members: \u00a0Jordy Albert, MacKenzie Ward Faculty Advisor: \u00a0Claire Cornell  <strong>Second Place \u2013 BioBotic Solutions \u2013 University of Arkansas and Hendrix College<\/strong> Team Members: \u00a0Michael Iseman, Kelley Coakley, Rachel Zweig Faculty Advisor: \u00a0Jeff Amerine and Carol Reeves, Ph. D.  <\/p>\n<h2>The Winning Graduate Teams Are:<\/h2>\n<p>  <strong>First Place \u2013 DragonflyEnergy &#8211; University of Nevada, Reno<\/strong> Team Members: \u00a0Denis Phares, Sean Nichols, Justin Ferranto Faculty Advisor: \u00a0Matt Westfield  <strong>Second Place \u2013 Driven Analytics \u2013 University of Oklahoma, Norman<\/strong> Team Members: \u00a0Stephen Soroosh, Jake Elliott, Mitchell Walser Faculty Advisor: \u00a0Ron Bolen  <\/p>\n<h2>Elevator Pitch Winners:<\/h2>\n<p>  Graduate Division \u2013\u00a0Denis Phares, Dragonfly Energy, University of Nevada, Reno Undergraduate Division \u2013\u00a0MacKenzie Ward, Owlpal Healthcare, The University of Tulsa  The 2014 Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Award is an invitation-only event. Invitations were extended to the first and second place winners of the Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup in Arkansas, Nevada and Oklahoma, the states in which Reynolds built his media empire. Now in its seventh year as a multi-state competition, the Tri-State Award business plan competition represents the pinnacle of three statewide business plan competitions in which the top two undergraduate and graduate teams from each state compete for cash awards totaling $118,000.  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>.  The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF) 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, AEAF\u2019s<b>\u00a0<\/b>purpose is to nurture people and ideas to generate\u00a0future Arkansas entrepreneurs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BioBotic Solutions Takes Second Place Undergraduate Award The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation, an affiliate of The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group, is pleased to announce BioBotic Solutions with team members from University of Arkansas and Hendrix College took second place in the Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Award competition. 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