6th Annual Queens StartUP! Business Plan Competition

Queens StartUP! Business Plan Competition gives emerging entrepreneurs the opportunity to strengthen their business knowledge, learn about business trends, gain insights about starting and growing a business and have a chance to compete to win one of three cash prizes, totaling $30,000. The competition is currently entering its 6th year and is funded through Citi Foundation and made possible through a partnership with the Queens Public Library.

LINKS TO WORKSHEETS TO COMPLETE YOUR BUSINESS PLAN. Click on the links and download the files to your computer to use them:

Business Plan Guide and Outline:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&c...
Financial Statements Workbook in Excel:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&c...
Competitive Matrix in Excel:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&c...

Here is a link for the "Social Enterprise Business Plan Guideline". It includes additional sections of the normal business plan to elaborate on your social impact:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&c...

For more information on the competition please visit our StartUP! Homepage at:
http://www.queensny.org/qedc/business/programs/startup/

If you missed our "In-Person" Orientation Session, please click on this link:
https://student.gototraining.com/r/6991402255418115328

If you missed our 1st In-Person Training Session on the Overview of Your Business, and would still like to compete in the competition, please register for this webinar and download the recording: https://student.gototraining.com/r/3117268634980182784

If you missed our 2nd In-Person Training Session on Sales and Marketing, and would still like to compete in the competition, please register for this webinar and download the recording: https://student.gototraining.com/r/364356501993237504

If you missed our 3rd In-Person Training Session on Operations and Management, and would still like to compete in the competition, please register for this webinar and download the recording: https://student.gototraining.com/r/1924097309206739712

If you missed our 4th In-Person Training Session on Understanding Financial Statements and would still like to compete in the competition, please register for this webinar and download the recording: https://student.gototraining.com/r/7306480506571270656

• Karen Booker wrote (3 weeks ago):

  Looking to creating a fanastic business plan to take my company to the next level. QEDC has been wonderful. Kudo to Darinka for her motivation.

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• Franklin Mora wrote (4 weeks ago):

  Hi Everyone,
  
  Thought this would be a good resource to test your market and beta test a website. Check out a Google Promotion to get your free website for a year: http://www.newyorkgetonline.com/

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• Franklin Mora wrote (1 month ago):

  As a start-up business you should be taking advantage of any resource out there. Please see the link below and sign-up for the Startup America Growth Kit (if you qualify):
  http://www.startupamericapartnership.org/get-registered?p...

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• Franklin Mora wrote (1 month ago):

  For all of you who are having a bit of business planning block, read this: http://www.positivearticles.com/Article/To-Entrepreneurs-...

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• Elisabeth Prescott wrote (2 months ago):

  Interesting article about social entrepreneurs.
  http://mashable.com/2011/12/15/social-entrepreneur/
  

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