CNY Regional Business Plan Competition

Students Applications are open for the 2023-2024 CNY Regional and NYBPC – Apply Now to compete! Applications close March 1, 2024.

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The 2024 New York Business Plan Competition will feature regional competitions in New York’s ten geographic zones – Capital Region, Central New York, North Country, Mohawk Valley, Finger Lakes, Western New York, Southern Tier, Mid-Hudson, New York City and Long Island - followed by a final, statewide competition with three rounds, leading to the Finals on April 25, 2024. Regional competition dates vary, but take place March - April.

Event Details

Date: Friday, March 22, 2024
Location: SUNY Oswego Syracuse Campus, 2 Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY 13202
Event Location Link
Registration: Noon to 1 p.m.
Competition: 1 – 4 p.m.

Key Dates

January 5, 2024: NYSBPC Opens
March 1, 2024: Applications Due (Executive Summary & Application)
March 18, 2024: Regional Pitch Materials Due (Video, Executive Summary, Slide Deck)
March 22, 2024: CNY Regional Qualifier Competition
April 9, 2024: NYSBPC Round 1 (CNY Regional Winners submit materials)
April 17, 2024: NYSBPC Round 1 Winners Announced
April 25, 2024 (morning): NYSBPC Round 2 (in person, Albany NY)
April 25, 2024 (afternoon): NYSBPC Finals (in person, Albany NY)

Webinars

Tuesday, January 30 at 6 p.m.
The New York State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the New York Business Plan Competition are hosting a Statewide Informational Webinar for students and judges about the competition.
Register

Friday, February 9 at 1 p.m.
A webinar all about the New York State Competition. > Link - This is for potential students, judges, supporters, volunteers, campus professionals, interested parties to learn about the NYBPC program and to get details about this year's competition.
Register

Resources

2024 Rule Book NYS & CNY Regional Competition

2024 NYBPC & CNY Regional Rulebook
The rulebook has everything you need to know about competing in the 2023-2024 New York Business Plan Competition.

2023 Examples of Presentations NYSBPC

Photonect: Juniyali Nauriyal and Sushant Kumar, University of Rochester (2022 Grand Prize)
Step2,3 LLC: Shannon Sincere Dawson, SUNY at Purchase College (2022 GRYT Health Award)

RHM Innovations: Courtney Burris (University at Buffalo) + Brandon Davis Burris (University of Rochester), (2023 Grand Prize Winner, pitching at the NYBPC Finals)

NightCap: Christina Bryde, MHRBPC (2020 MHRBPC 1st Place AgTech and Food Track Winner, and NYBPC 2nd Place AgTech and Food Track Winner)

Competition Categories/Tracks

Safety, Power & Mobility: Defense, Energy First Responder, Infrastructure, Mobility & Transportation
Health & Wellbeing: Health IT, Life Science, Medtech, Wellbeing
Food & Agtech: Agricultural Technology, Food Product, Food Service
Learn, Work & Play: Education, Entertainment, Gaming, Media, Art
Products & Hardware: General track for ventures with business models that may not apply to other tracks
Software & Services: General track for ventures with business models that may not apply to other tracks

Eligibility

Full time and part time students that are currently enrolled or were enrolled in the 2023-2024 academic calendar year, including those who graduated in December or another month, are eligible to compete.

All presenters must be eligible students in all stages of the competition. You may have team members or advisors who are not students who work with your team. For business ventures that are incorporated, your business must be majority student-owned (more than 50%). For teams that are unincorporated, the majority of contributions need to come from students, such that should an organization become incorporated, the organization would be majority student-owned.

Rulebook

CNY Participating Schools

Students apply to compete in the semifinal regional competition based on location of school, including:

Cayuga Community College
Colgate University
LeMoyne College
Onondaga Community College
SUNY Cortland
SUNY ESF
SUNY Morrisville
SUNY Oswego
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse University
Wells College

Don't see your school on the list but are located in the CNY region? For more information, email irene.scruton@oswego.edu.

Interested in Being a Judge for the CNY Business Plan Competition?

Contact irene.scruton@oswego.edu or check out Judge or Mentor Info

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