Startup in a Day

222 Waverly Avenue,Syracuse NY 13244

23 October, 2021

Description

Open to Syracuse University and SUNY ESF students. Come to a startup idea fest, meet people and pitch for a chance at four $1,000 prizes. Must be a Syracuse University University or SUNY ESF student and sign up with your syr.edu e-mail Must be new to entrepreneurship and innovation and have never won money at a pitch competition before Must be willing to have fun, think outside the box, meet new people, form teams and rapid pitch ideas to other student startups Must want to spend an enjoyable day of food and fun -- from lunch at noon, to an energized kick off with speakers, ice breaker games, goodies, team brainstorming with awesome other innovators and creatives, dinner at 5:30 p.m., rapid fire pitches at 6 p.m. and four $1,000 prizes announced at 7 p.m. Winners have the chance to go on to a national competition and win $10,000. T-shirts and giveaways to the first 50 registrants Master of ceremonies, LaunchPad Program Manager Sam Hollander, top prize winning student founder at Syracuse University in 2020 - 2021 Free for students, including lunch and dinner. RSVP by October 21 Read more: Do you have an early stage idea? Do you need funding to work on it? This program is designed for students who are brand new to the world of innovation and have very early-stage ideas. The new signature program, supported by cash prizes through the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, is designed to help encourage students to take the first step with a simple and easy chance to compete virtually for campus awards, as well as the opportunity to move on to a network-wide round. Applications are due by October 21. It’s simple, easy and fun. Here’s how it works: Fill out this form: https://syracuse.startuptree.co/event/s/QBoB3sEvZUpTtjbbHPPau6/Blackstone-LaunchPad-by-StartupTree-Ideas-Competition At the event, you'll work in groups to refine an idea, your target customer, a plan to generate revenue, your passion and your leadership potential.The top track winners of the campus round will each take home $1,000. Then, four finalists from each campus will advance to the network round to compete for an additional $10,000 and coaching by experts to develop branding, technology and product strategy.This competition is particularly geared to first time entrants. Are you part of a Syracuse Learning Community? Are you taking a EEE class in Whitman and working on an idea for a class project? Are you taking an IDS class in the iSchool and working on ideation? Are you exploring a digital media platform in Newhouse? Are you playing around with an idea related to sports entrepreneurship or food entrepreneurship in Falk? Are you a VPA student thinking about launching a career as a creator? Are you a Maxwell student thinking about impact engagement and how you can make a difference in the world? Are you an education student thinking of ways that system could be improved through programs or new technology? Are you a School of Architecture student who has an idea about a design project? Or, an Engineering and Computer Science who has been drawing product ideas in a notebook, or fooling around with an idea for a new app? We want to hear from you, even if it is just the earliest seed of an idea. Because that’s where creativity and innovation start — at the very beginning of a journey. We’re excited to discover some of the best ideas germinating on campus. Submit them here for a chance to win cash awards for the top ideas. For questions, email [email protected]. Follow us on social media @LaunchPadSYR Visit us at http://launchpad.syr.edu/ E-mail us:  [email protected]