Business Plan Competition

EVENT: Business Plan Competition

NOTE: Information Session Thursday, May 21, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (Please call and check on date and time. It may be this Wednesday, May 20, 2009)

AWARDS:

• 1st Prize - $5000
• 2nd Prize - $2500
• 3rd Prize - $1000

Download: Flyer from the CSH Flyer Depot here.

KEY DATES:

Deadline --> Monday, July 20, 2009 | 6:00 PM
Finalists Selected --> Wednesday, July 29, 2009 | 8:00 PM
Finalists Presentations --> Tuesday, August 4, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Awards --> Monday, August 5, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• You must be 19 years or older
• A legal resident or US Citizen
• An Upper Manhattan resident living above 110th Street who is interested in opening a for-profit start-up business in Harlem, or
• An owner of an existing for profit business located in Upper Manhattan, north of 110th Street with revenues under $500,000.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS:

1. Access to alternative funding sources and potential equity investors.
2. The grand prize winner will receive feedback from an experienced alumni or faculty practitioner with Columbia Business School's Entrepreneurship Center.

LOCATION:
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone [UMEZ]
290 Malcolm X Blvd. | 2nd Floor Conference Room
(124th & 125th Street)
New York, NY 10027

CONTACT: For More Information

Telephone 347-346-3903
Email info@hbany.org

BACKGROUND:
The Harlem Business Alliance (HBA) Business Plan Competition seeks to cultivate business concepts that will lead to the development of new enterprises and expansion of existing businesses within Upper Manhattan (north of 110th Street).

SPONSOR:
Harlem Business Alliance
http://hbany.org