{"id":138502587,"date":"2015-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/2015-donald-w-reynolds-governors-cup-finalists-and-semi-finalists-announced\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:02:37","slug":"2015-donald-w-reynolds-governors-cup-finalists-and-semi-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/2015-donald-w-reynolds-governors-cup-finalists-and-semi-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup Finalists and Semi-Finalists Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center>  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/121952868?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>  <\/center>The best business plans from college and university teams statewide were recently selected to compete in the next round of the state\u2019s premier business plan competition.  Teams from six Arkansas colleges and universities were announced today as finalists in the <a title=\"Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup\" href=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/aeaf\/govcup\/\">15<sup>th<\/sup> annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition<\/a> that is managed by <strong>The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation<\/strong>, an affiliate of <strong>The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group<\/strong>.  On April 2 at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock, AR., the 12 advancing semi-finalist undergraduate teams will make a 20-minute presentation to volunteer judges from the state\u2019s business and entrepreneurial sectors. Afterward, they will answer questions from judges for 15 minutes. Two judges\u2019 panels will determine the six finalist undergraduate teams. The six undergraduate finalist teams, along with the six graduate finalist teams, will compete in the last round of oral presentations for first-, second- and third-place prizes April 3 at the Embassy Suites.<!--more-->  Again this year, teams will compete for cash prizes totaling $154,000, which will be awarded during the <a title=\"Sponsorship Opportunities\" href=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/aeaf\/govcup\/become-a-sponsor\/\">Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup awards luncheon<\/a>, Wednesday, April 22, at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.\u00a0<a title=\"Sponsorship Opportunities\" href=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/aeaf\/govcup\/become-a-sponsor\/\">Tickets to the luncheon are still available and can be purchased here.<\/a>  The 2015 semi-finalists and finalists are:  <\/p>\n<h3>Undergraduate Innovation Finalists<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Conner Innovation \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>Food Trucks 101 \u2013 Arkansas Tech University<\/li>\n<li>TIRE \u2013 Harding University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Graduate Innovation Finalists<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Agricultural Innovations \u2013 Arkansas State University<\/li>\n<li>BioBridge, LLC \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>Saf-Tech \u2013 Arkansas State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Undergraduate and Graduate Agriculture Finalists<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Agricultural Innovations \u2013 Arkansas State University<\/li>\n<li>Baby Booster \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>Con Quesos \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>Grand Prairie Husk \u2013 Arkansas State University<\/li>\n<li>GSS Grow.Supply.Sustain. \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>HerbanMarket \u2013 Harding University<\/li>\n<li>Hilltop Beer Co. \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>Natural Cattle \u2013 Harding University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Undergraduate Semi-Finalists<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>BestTrac \u2013 Harding University<\/li>\n<li>Charlie\u2019s Choices \u2013 John Brown University<\/li>\n<li>Con Quesos \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>Conner Innovation \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>Explosive Performance LLC \u2013 Ouachita Baptist University<\/li>\n<li>GSS Grow.Supply.Sustain. \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>Natural Cattle \u2013 Harding University<\/li>\n<li>Opt-In \u2013 John Brown University<\/li>\n<li>ShareDat \u2013 John Brown University<\/li>\n<li>TIRE \u2013 Harding University<\/li>\n<li>Truvenir, LLC \u2013 John Brown University<\/li>\n<li>UBridge \u2013 Arkansas Tech University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Graduate Finalists<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Agricultural Innovations \u2013 Arkansas State University<\/li>\n<li>Baby Booster \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>BioBridge, LLC \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>Kordate Solutions, Inc. \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>M-Power \u2013 University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>Saf-Tech \u2013 Arkansas State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  The 2015 <strong>Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup<\/strong> Chairman-level sponsors for the competition are Delta Plastics and Farm Bureau. <a title=\"Sponsorship Opportunities\" href=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/aeaf\/govcup\/become-a-sponsor\/\">Sponsorships and tables for the event are still available<\/a>.  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,\u00a0<strong>AEAF\u2019s<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>purpose is to nurture people and ideas to generate\u00a0future Arkansas entrepreneurs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best business plans from college and university teams statewide were recently selected to compete in the next round of the state\u2019s premier business plan competition. Teams from six Arkansas colleges and universities were announced today as finalists in the 15th annual Donald W. 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