New York StartUP! 2016 Business Plan Competition

Winners Announced:

1st place Reefill Inc. - Patrick Connorton, Jason Pessel, and Andrew Betlyon

2nd place The Lit Bar - Noelle Santos

3rd place Manhattan Mushroom Company - Christina Clark

runner up Urby Lifestyle LLC. - Jacqueline McCabe

runner up Spoonable Spirits - Kellie Lipson

Read the press release about the winners!

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Information about the New York StartUP! 2017 Business Plan Competition will appear on this page in mid-October.
Contact Anne Lehmann (annelehmann@nypl.org) and Madeleine Cohen (madeleinecohen@nypl.org) if you have any questions about the StartUp! Competition.

Finalists Announced:

Cooked Cards & Comics, Inc. – Scott Pere

Food Sin Fronteras – Evette Zayas

The LIT Bar – Noelle Santos

Manhattan Mushroom Company- Christina Clark

Newsbyte- Carlos Vassallo

Refill Inc. - Patrick Connorton

Snaggletooth – Michelle Galvin

SPEIDR, Inc. – Aaron Laroc

Spoonable Spririts, Inc. – Kelli Lipson

Urby Lifestyle, LLC. – Jacqueline McCabe

Please note : The information which appears below provides a summary of the 2016 Competition which is now closed.
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The New York Public Library in conjunction with its sponsor, Citi Foundation, is proud to announce the 7th Annual New York StartUP! Business Plan Competition for New York-based startup entrepreneurs with cash prizes totaling over $30,000.

Entrants gain practical insights about starting and growing a business, while using the comprehensive small business resources at NYPL’s Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL).

Eligibility:

You must live in Manhattan, The Bronx, or Staten Island
Your business must be in Manhattan, The Bronx, or Staten Island
All businesses must have ideas or business models in the start-up phase and have earned less than $10,000

For more details see our Rules and Eligibility page.

Requirements:

Attend one (1) Orientation Session - view the schedule.
Attend 3 out of 4 technical workshops scheduled January 2016 – April 2016 - View the schedule.
Meet regularly with a business advisor throughout the Competition - View the list of business advisors.
Upload your business plan to the NY Start UP! 2016 site on FluidReview no later than midnight, June 7, 2016

To Enter:

Create an account on the NY StartUP! 2016 site on FluidReview.
Submit an entry form on the NY StartUP! 2016 site on FluidReview by midnight, Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Upload your plan in PDF format to the NY StartUP! 2016 site on FluidReview no later than June 7, 2016 at midnight.

Prizes:

1st Place Award: $15,000
2nd Place Award: $7,500
3rd Place Award: $5,000
4th Place Award: $1,500
5th Place Award: $1,500

Read the press release about the 2015 winners!

2015 Winners – watch video below.

2014 Winners announced - view the details or watch the video below.

View the press release about the 2014 winners.

Read about the 2013 Winners and Finalists!

Video of the 2013 New York Start Up! Winners

Previous competition winners:

StartUP 2012 Winners and Finalists below:

First place $15,000 - Dwayne Samuel, R.N., Esq. and Jason Funes, JD for a business plan to create Curatio HCS, a full-service home health care agency in the Bronx.
Second place $7,500 Bernice Mast and Richard J. Becker for their plan to create Wheatless and Meatless, gluten-free vegan burger mixes and meal starters.
Third place 5,000 Rina Mansukhani and Christi Helsel for iEvoke, a plan to create a line of products that uses the powerful connection between scent and memory.
Runner-up : $1,500 Jean-Pierre Adechi of Wheelie
Runner-up : $1,500 Monica Sharma and Kim Nguyen of Runway Exchange

Read about the 2012 winners in Upstart Business Journal

New York StartUp! 2012 Finalists:
Jean-Pierre Adechi
Case Carpenter
Regina Clark
Kurt Franz
Rina Mansukhani
Bernice Mast
Dwayne Lloyd Samuel
Monica Sharma
Precious L. Williams, Esq
Shaunte L. Williams