{"id":138502597,"date":"2015-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/2015-donald-w-reynolds-governors-cup-winners-announced\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:02:32","slug":"2015-donald-w-reynolds-governors-cup-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/2015-donald-w-reynolds-governors-cup-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><em>Top teams to compete in Tri-State Competition in Las Vegas<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54901\" src=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DWRGC-2015-16x9--300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of the Business Plans\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Winners of the 2015 <strong>Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition<\/strong> that is managed by <strong>The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation<\/strong>, an affiliate of <strong>The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group<\/strong>, were announced today at a luncheon hosted at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Ark. Mike Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, served as the master of ceremonies for the event, which hosted approximately 760 business leaders, students, educators and supporters from across the state for the 15th annual <strong>Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup<\/strong>. This year, 47 teams submitted business plans from 12 colleges and universities from across Arkansas for a chance to win a share of the $152,000 prize pool. First and second place winners of the undergraduate and graduate teams will compete against the top two teams from Nevada and Oklahoma for the <a title=\"Tri-State\" href=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/aeaf\/tristate\/\">Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Award<\/a> in May, where they will be competing to win a share of the $118,000 prize pool. The 2015<strong> Donald W. Reynolds Governor\u2019s Cup<\/strong> winners are:<!--more--> <strong>Undergraduate AT&amp;T Elevator Pitch Award &#8211; $2,000<\/strong> TIRE \u2013 Harding University <strong>Graduate AT&amp;T Elevator Pitch Award &#8211; $2,000<\/strong> Saf-Tech \u2013 Arkansas State University <strong>Undergraduate Delta Plastics Innovation Award &#8211; $5,000<\/strong> Conner Innovation \u2013 University of Arkansas <strong>Graduate Delta Plastics Innovation Award &#8211; $5,000<\/strong> Agricultural Innovations \u2013 Arkansas State University <strong>1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Place Agriculture Award &#8211; $5,000<\/strong> Baby Booster \u2013 University of Arkansas <strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place Agriculture Award &#8211; $3,000<\/strong> Agricultural Innovations \u2013 Arkansas State University<\/p>\n<h3>Undergraduate Business Plan Winners<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Place &#8211; $25,000<\/strong> TIRE \u2013 Harding University <strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place &#8211; $15,000<\/strong> Charlie\u2019s Choices \u2013 John Brown University <strong>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Place &#8211; $10,000<\/strong> Opt-In \u2013 John Brown University<\/p>\n<h3>Graduate Business Plan Winners<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>(Please note that a correction has been made to the order of the top three winners from what was announced at today\u2019s luncheon.)<\/strong><\/em> <strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Place &#8211; $25,000<\/strong> Agricultural Innovations \u2013 Arkansas State University <strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place &#8211; $15,000<\/strong> Kordate Solutions Inc. \u2013 University of Arkansas <strong>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Place &#8211; $10,000<\/strong> Baby Booster \u2013 University of Arkansas 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>The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF)<\/strong> was\u00a0established in 1999, and is a private, nonprofit\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, <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>Top teams to compete in Tri-State Competition in Las Vegas Winners of the 2015 Donald W. 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