2023 New York Business Plan Competition Rulebook can be found here.

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 The Rulebook was created in collaboration with participating regions in New York State.

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Team/Student Eligibility

In order to be eligible to apply for and participate in the NYBPC, all teams must meet the following criteria: 

• “Students” are any graduate, undergraduate, and/or community college students enrolled part- or full-time in accredited New York colleges and universities during the current academic year. Students who graduate during the Fall semester are eligible to compete in the competition during the Spring semester.  Exchange students are also eligible.

• Presenters must be eligible students in all stages of the competition.

• Teams may compete in only one region per year.  

• Students may not participate on more than one team per year.

• Grand prize winners from previous NYBPC competitions are not eligible to participate in the competition.  (They are encouraged to participate as speakers, mentors, volunteers, and judges!) Individual members of winning teams may return with new teams in subsequent years. 

• Cumulative public and private capital raised may not exceed $100,000. This does not include research funding that may have supported the development of the technology in an academic laboratory.

• The business venture must be at least 80% owned by eligible students.

Teams do not need to have incorporated legal entities to compete. The NYBPC reserves the right to withhold prizes from winning teams who do not comply with the eligibility requirements.

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