The recent full moon brought with it some shining STARt-up companies in the form of the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup (DWRGC) winners. The teams participated in Arkansas’s premier collegiate business plan competition that is sponsored by the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF), an affiliate of the Arkansas Capital Corporation (ACC). With constellations circling overhead, an enormous screen on center stage, two huge side screens and a fast-paced, well-choreographed presentation, the collegiate team winners’ names were announced. Lisa Fischer, a morning show announcer at KURB-98.5, former NBA basketball star and UALR Assistant Coach Joe Kleine and Honorary Event Chairman John H. Tyson kept the audience entertained and enlightened in regard to the winners. [Read more…]
Archives for April 11, 2012
John Brown, UA Teams Win Big at Governor’s Cup
Business-plan teams from the University of Arkansas and John Brown University dominated the 2012 Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Wednesday in downtown Little Rock. JBU teams took home five of 12 awards at the event, including the top two prizes in the overall undergraduate division, while UA teams swept the top three places in the overall graduate division. Teams from JBU and the UA took home top honors at last year’s competition as well. The top two finishers in both the undergrad and graduate divisions will represent the state next month at the DWR Tri-State Governor’s Cup in Las Vegas that pits business-plan winners from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Nevada. [Read more…]