2015 Governor’s Cup Finalists And Semi-Finalists Named

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On Thursday, the annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition announced its finalists and semi-finalists for the 15th annual event.

The 2015 semi-finalists and finalists are:

Undergraduate Innovation Finalists
Conner Innovation – University of Arkansas
Food Trucks 101 – Arkansas Tech University
TIRE – Harding University

Graduate Innovation Finalists
Agricultural Innovations – Arkansas State University
BioBridge, LLC – University of Arkansas
Saf-Tech – Arkansas State University

Undergraduate and Graduate Agriculture Finalists
Agricultural Innovations – Arkansas State University
Baby Booster – University of Arkansas
Con Quesos – University of Arkansas
Grand Prairie Husk – Arkansas State University
GSS Grow.Supply.Sustain. – University of Arkansas
HerbanMarket – Harding University
Hilltop Beer Co. – University of Arkansas
Natural Cattle – Harding University

Undergraduate Semi-Finalists
BestTrac – Harding University
Charlie’s Choices – John Brown University
Con Quesos – University of Arkansas
Conner Innovation – University of Arkansas
Explosive Performance LLC – Ouachita Baptist University
GSS Grow.Supply.Sustain. – University of Arkansas
Natural Cattle – Harding University
Opt-In – John Brown University
ShareDat – John Brown University
TIRE – Harding University
Truvenir, LLC – John Brown University
UBridge – Arkansas Tech University

Graduate Finalists
Agricultural Innovations – Arkansas State University
Baby Booster – University of Arkansas
BioBridge, LLC – University of Arkansas
Kordate Solutions, Inc. – University of Arkansas
M-Power – University of Arkansas
Saf-Tech – Arkansas State University

On April 2 at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock, the 12 advancing semi-finalist undergraduate teams will make 20-minute presentations to volunteer judges from the state’s business and entrepreneurial sectors. Afterwards, they will answer questions from judges for 15 minutes. Two judges’ panels will determine the six finalist undergraduate teams.

Two more judges’ panels will also hear presentations from eight Agriculture Division Award finalists and six Innovation Award finalists April 2.

The six undergraduate finalist teams, along with the six graduate finalist teams, will compete at the Embassy Suites April 3 in the last round of oral presentations for first-, second- and third-place prizes.

Again this year, teams will compete for cash prizes totaling $154,000, which will be awarded during the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup awards luncheon, Wednesday, April 22, at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.