{"id":138502489,"date":"2014-12-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/youth-entrepreneur-showcase-announces-top-25-finalists\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:02:42","slug":"youth-entrepreneur-showcase-announces-top-25-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/youth-entrepreneur-showcase-announces-top-25-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Entrepreneur Showcase Announces Top 25 Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center>  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/114138426?title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <\/center>  <\/p>\n<h2>Top 25 Finalists Announced for 2015 Youth Entrepreneur Showcase\u00a0Fifth- through Eighth-Grade Business Plan Competition<\/h2>\n<p>  The<strong> Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF)<\/strong>, an affiliate of the <strong>Arkansas Capital Corporation Group<\/strong> in Little Rock, announced the finalists of its 10th annual <strong>Youth Entrepreneur Showcase (Y.E.S.)<\/strong>, a business plan competition for elementary, middle, and junior high school students in grades five through eight.  Below are the finalists in alphabetical order by team name:<!--more-->  <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>All Around the World,\u00a0Washington Middle School, El Dorado<\/li>\n<li>Bluff\u2019s Desserted Candles,\u00a0Scoggins-May-Hall GT Center, Pine Bluff<\/li>\n<li>Bracelet Inc.,\u00a0Manila Middle School, Manila<\/li>\n<li>Distressed Designs,\u00a0Hazen Elementary School, Hazen<\/li>\n<li>Erase Away the Dirt Soap Co.,\u00a0Cotter Public Schools, Cotter<\/li>\n<li>Funtime Drumtime,\u00a0Washington Middle School, El Dorado<\/li>\n<li>Halo\u2019s Bath Bombs,\u00a0Manila Middle School, Manila<\/li>\n<li>Head Drama,\u00a0Pinkston Middle School, Mountain Home<\/li>\n<li>Magnetic Imagination,\u00a0Pinkston Middle School, Mountain Home<\/li>\n<li>Magnetic Masterpieces,\u00a0Cotter Public Schools, Cotter<\/li>\n<li>ParaPeopleProducts,\u00a0Manila Middle School, Manila<\/li>\n<li>Phone Sock Products,\u00a0Manila Middle School, Manila<\/li>\n<li>The Plug Hug,\u00a0Prairie Grove Middle School, Prairie Grove<\/li>\n<li>Portable Pocket,\u00a0Prairie Grove Middle School, Prairie Grove<\/li>\n<li>Pucker Pops,\u00a0Omaha Public Schools, Omaha<\/li>\n<li>Secrets of Survival &#8211; SOS,\u00a0Omaha Public Schools, Omaha<\/li>\n<li>Sleevies,\u00a0Washington Middle School, El Dorado<\/li>\n<li>Steel Style,\u00a0Hazen Elementary School, Hazen<\/li>\n<li>Stick-O-Butter,\u00a0Pinkston Middle School, Mountain Home<\/li>\n<li>TABs,\u00a0Carlisle Elementary School, Carlisle<\/li>\n<li>Tie-Dye Treats,\u00a0Forest Heights STEM Academy, Little Rock<\/li>\n<li>TOWELetry Rolls,\u00a0Carlisle Elementary School, Carlisle<\/li>\n<li>Trash 2 Treasure Returns,\u00a0Cutter Morning Star School, Hot Springs<\/li>\n<li>Uplifting Cycle,\u00a0Omaha Public Schools, Omaha<\/li>\n<li>V.H.S. Item Box,\u00a0Prairie Grove Middle School, Prairie Grove<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>  The teams will now compete in the <a title=\"Top 25 Finalists, Expo Day and Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/aeaf\/yes\/yes-awards\/\">2015 Y.E.S. for Arkansas Business Expo<\/a>, which will begin at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 16, at Park Plaza in Little Rock. Each team and its teacher advisor will have a booth to showcase their business ideas and sell products to Park Plaza patrons. Judges will be on hand during the expo to select first- through fourth-place winners in the following categories:\u00a0 Best Business Plan, Most Innovative Product, Best Marketing Piece, and Best Retail Booth Display. The winners will be announced by representatives of AEAF at Park Plaza at approximately 1:30 p.m. AEAF awards cash prizes of $1,100 to the advisors of the four top teams in each category ($4,400 total). Cash prizes of up to $1,050 are awarded to all students who are members of the top three teams (up to $4,200 total). The four teams in each category also receive a trophy.  AEAF received 242 business plans from 35 schools in 14 counties throughout Arkansas. Seventy Arkansans volunteered to judge the plans.  Since AEAF created <strong>Y.E.S. for Arkansas<\/strong> in 2005, more than 6,400 fifth- through eighth-grade students, plus their teacher advisors, have participated in the business plan competition.<strong> AEAF<\/strong> has awarded more than $60,000 in cash prizes.  The Arkansas Capital Corporation established AEAF in 1999 as a private, non-profit corporation dedicated to education-based initiatives that promote and foster the development of innovation and entrepreneurship within Arkansas. With broad support from the state\u2019s business community, AEAF\u2019s purpose is to nurture people and ideas to generate future Arkansas entrepreneurs.  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 title=\"Home\" href=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/\">www.arcapital.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top 25 Finalists Announced for 2015 Youth Entrepreneur Showcase\u00a0Fifth- through Eighth-Grade Business Plan Competition The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF), an affiliate of the Arkansas Capital Corporation Group in Little Rock, announced the finalists of its 10th annual Youth Entrepreneur Showcase (Y.E.S.), a business plan competition for elementary, middle, and junior high school students in 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