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Business & Career Library
PowerUP! Competition
CALLING ALL ENTREPRENEURS – Be Part of Brooklyn Public Library's PowerUP! Business Plan Competition
Turn your business idea into a reality with help from the Library and you may win $15,000 in start up capital. Entrepreneurs throughout Brooklyn are eligible to participate in Brooklyn Public Library's PowerUP! Business Plan Competition. All contestants have access to free resources and services to help them write a business plan. View our slideshow to see how the PowerUP! competition rewards the ingenuity and determination of ALL participants. Everyone is a Winner!
Participants attend classes at the Library on creating business plans, marketing, financial projections, and doing research with Library resources. They are also connected to business counselors in the community.
Citi Foundation, as the sole sponsor of PowerUP!, is committed to making Brooklyn a great place to live and work by supporting local entrepreneurship through the business plan competition.
2012 PowerUP! WINNERS Congratulations to the nine winners on their exceptional plans and their excellent ideas. All the best for the future success of your businesses!
1st Place - $15,000
Masala Mama
Nidhi Jalan
2nd Place - $5000
Maracuya Productions
Madeleine Bair and Betty Bastidas
Tinsel & Twine
Erica Taylor, Liz Castelli, Adette Contreras
Merit Award - $750
Farming Up
Alec Baxt
Olam Wedding Canopies
Michelle Friedman
Tutor Tango
Scott Wilson
Honorable Mention - $500
ABC - A Bookkeeping Cooperative
Sarah Snider and Stephen
Redbeard Bikes
Ilya Nikhamin and Kasia Nikhamina
Vero Vixen LLC.
Veronica Barrow
Over the past eight years the competition has fostered the development of a host of new businesses. You may view the list of past winners and read more about them. Join the competition, and you may be on the list next year!
Who Can Enter?
If you live in Brooklyn and want to start a business in Brooklyn, you are eligible. "Power UP!" is a competition to help applicants start a business. Additional details, including the competition rules and the application process will be supplied at each orientation session.
What Are the Prizes?
First Place - $15,000
Two Second Place prizes - $5,000
Three Merit Awards - $750
Honorable Mention - $500
How Can I apply?
The application period is over, and the 2013 competition is underway with over 450 entrants. We encourage all who are serious about starting up to begin planning your business now in preparation for the 2014 competition. It's not too early to begin to research and plan. You can also attend informational programs at the Library and work with business assistance partners to help you start the process of writing a business plan and starting your business.
Acknowledgments
PowerUP! is brought to you by the Brooklyn Public Library's Business Library Success Council and Citi Foundation.
Citi Foundation is the Lead Sponsor of the PowerUP! Business Plan Competition.
CALLING ALL ENTREPRENEURS – Be Part of Brooklyn Public Library's PowerUP! Business Plan Competition
Turn your business idea into a reality with help from the Library and you may win $15,000 in start up capital. Entrepreneurs throughout Brooklyn are eligible to participate in Brooklyn Public Library's PowerUP! Business Plan Competition. All contestants have access to free resources and services to help them write a business plan. View our slideshow to see how the PowerUP! competition rewards the ingenuity and determination of ALL participants. Everyone is a Winner!
Participants attend classes at the Library on creating business plans, marketing, financial projections, and doing research with Library resources. They are also connected to business counselors in the community.
Citi Foundation, as the sole sponsor of PowerUP!, is committed to making Brooklyn a great place to live and work by supporting local entrepreneurship through the business plan competition.
2012 PowerUP! WINNERS Congratulations to the nine winners on their exceptional plans and their excellent ideas. All the best for the future success of your businesses!
1st Place - $15,000
Masala Mama
Nidhi Jalan
2nd Place - $5000
Maracuya Productions
Madeleine Bair and Betty Bastidas
Tinsel & Twine
Erica Taylor, Liz Castelli, Adette Contreras
Merit Award - $750
Farming Up
Alec Baxt
Olam Wedding Canopies
Michelle Friedman
Tutor Tango
Scott Wilson
Honorable Mention - $500
ABC - A Bookkeeping Cooperative
Sarah Snider and Stephen
Redbeard Bikes
Ilya Nikhamin and Kasia Nikhamina
Vero Vixen LLC.
Veronica Barrow
Over the past eight years the competition has fostered the development of a host of new businesses. You may view the list of past winners and read more about them. Join the competition, and you may be on the list next year!
Who Can Enter?
If you live in Brooklyn and want to start a business in Brooklyn, you are eligible. "Power UP!" is a competition to help applicants start a business. Additional details, including the competition rules and the application process will be supplied at each orientation session.
What Are the Prizes?
First Place - $15,000
Two Second Place prizes - $5,000
Three Merit Awards - $750
Honorable Mention - $500
How Can I apply?
The application period is over, and the 2013 competition is underway with over 450 entrants. We encourage all who are serious about starting up to begin planning your business now in preparation for the 2014 competition. It's not too early to begin to research and plan. You can also attend informational programs at the Library and work with business assistance partners to help you start the process of writing a business plan and starting your business.
Acknowledgments
PowerUP! is brought to you by the Brooklyn Public Library's Business Library Success Council and Citi Foundation.
Citi Foundation is the Lead Sponsor of the PowerUP! Business Plan Competition.
