Youth Business Plan Competition Winners Announced
Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF), an affiliate of The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group, today announced the winners of the Youth Entrepreneur Showcase 2.0 (Y.E.S 2.0) statewide youth business plan competition for grades ninth through twelfth. Today’s winners were chosen in... Read More →
2013 Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Finalists and Semi-Finalists Announced
The best business plans from college and university teams statewide were recently selected to compete in the next round of the state’s premier business plan competition. Teams from seven Arkansas colleges and universities were announced today as finalists in the... Read More →
As Governor’s Cup Approaches, Business Plan Teams Gearing Up
Like long-awaited spring, the annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup business-plan competition approaches, and student entrepreneurs from across the state are honing their pitches. The DWR Governor’s Cup is the state’s premier business-plan competition, and similar events are held in... Read More →
OBU Junior Has Winning Business Plan
Lindsey Fowler means business. Fowler, a junior a Ouachita Baptist University, took first place in the 2012 OBU Business Plan Competition and was recently the first-place winner of the Business Plan Battle of the Ravine against Henderson State University. At... Read More →
Fayetteville Firm Nears Solar Cell Breakthrough
Silicon Solar Solutions of Fayetteville has developed a method of improving the efficiency of solar cells by 15 percent, and the patent for its technology has been moved from provisional to pending by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Silicon... Read More →
A day in Fayetteville, a minute in Haiti
At the University of Arkansas, students from Dr. Carol Reeves’ New Venture Development class are preparing to conquer the world, or save it, or both. In Haiti, impoverished people are echoing American complaints about modern life using words that hit... Read More →
UA Team Picasolar Wins Canadian Business Plan Competition
A team from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville took the grand prize at a Canadian business competition for a process to improve solar cell efficiency, the UA announced Thursday. The team, Picasolar, won $20,000 for its first place prize... Read More →
2013 Youth Business Plan Competition Winners Announced
8th year of Youth Entrepreneur Showcase Business Plan Statewide Competition for fifth through eighth grade students. Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF), an affiliate of The Arkansas Capital Corporation, today announced the winners of the Youth Entrepreneur Showcase (Y.E.S.) statewide youth... Read More →
National Science Foundation Awards Grant to CycleWood Solutions
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to cycleWood Solutions Inc., a Genesis Technology Incubator client at the University of Arkansas that is working to produce a sustainable alternative to the high-density polyethylene bags currently used in stores.... Read More →
Youth Entrepreneurship Showcase Announces Top 25 Teams
Top 25 to compete and sell their products January 18, 2013 at Park Plaza Mall Youth Entrepreneurship Showcase (Y.E.S.) for Arkansas, a statewide business plan competition for fifth to eight graders, announced the top 25 teams today. The teams were... Read More →