The New York’s Creative Core© $250,000 Emerging Business Competition, a project of the Central Upstate Regional Alliance, looks for the most innovative and growth-oriented entrepreneur or emerging business in the Creative Core.
The competition is designed to:
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Stimulate job creation and business development by providing financial and in-kind resources to companies in the CenterState New York region.
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Increase the entrepreneurial culture and visibility of entrepreneurial activity in the Creative Core.
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Increase investment-grade deal flow in the Creative Core.
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Identify several high growth potential business opportunities and connect these opportunities to a wide range of business development and capital resources both during the competition and beyond.
The competition, one of the largest business plan competitions in the country, currently runs in three categories:
$200,000 Emerging Business
$15,000 Innovations in Agri-business
$6,000 Student Business Idea ($5,000 prize for a great business idea submitted by a high school or college student and $1,000 prize for a professor, school, or business club associated with the student winner.)
For more information, visit www.creativecoreny.com, or contact Mitchell Paterson at mpaterson@centerstateceo.com.
