Syracuse University students who participated in the 2018 New York Business Plan Competition. From left: Fiber Free co-founders Charles Keppler and Serena Ogie Evah Omo Lamai, In-Spire co-founders Kayla Simon and Elizabeth Tarangelo, and WAYV and Home From College founder Julia Haber.
The New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC), supported by Upstate Capital, is now accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate students at Central New York universities for the Central New York Regional Qualifier until Friday, March 1st. Accepted. This year's regional competition will be held on Friday, March 22nd at SUNY Oswego's downtown Syracuse campus. The top two teams in the region, selected by local business and community leaders, will advance to three rounds of finals and the final competition. Thursday, April 25, in Albany.
This competition promotes entrepreneurial opportunities for college students across the state who pitch their business plans to experienced investors. You will also have the opportunity to interact with business leaders and judges. The final event will connect students and business professionals, provide experiential learning opportunities through competitions, connect entrepreneurs with Entrepreneurship Expo resources, and award up to $100,000 in prizes to help seed new ventures. I will award it.
Students will compete in one of the following tracks:
- Food and agricultural technology.
- health and well-being.
- Learn, work, and live.
- Safety, power and mobility.
- Products and Hardware.and
- Software and Services.
Aditee Malviya G'25, a student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been selected as a student ambassador on Blackstone LaunchPad to share entrepreneurial resources and spread the word about competitions on the Syracuse University campus.
Students at area colleges and universities can enter the Central New York contest here and designate Central New York as their region.
said Josh Aviv ’15, G’17, CEO of Sparkcharge, 2018 NYBPC Grand Prize Winner. A multi-million dollar business. I also received a lot of mentorship guidance…and now we have offices all over the United States…”
Since 2010, NYBPC has supported the launch of more than 200 student-led ventures, generating more than $150 million in economic impact.
