Brooklyn Public Library launches annual PowerUP! Business Plan Competition
The Brooklyn Public Library’s 15th annual PowerUP! Business Plan Competition will allow entrepreneurs to compete for $41,000, the highest cash prize total ever awarded in the competition. And this year’s top winner will receive $20,000 for their entrepreneurial skills.
Since its inception in 2003, the competition has nurtured over 7,900 entrepreneurs and awarded $360,000 in seed money.
Some of Brooklyn’s most renowned businesses—including Greenlight Bookstore, Tinsel Experiential Design, Island Pops, Brooklyn Sandbox, Shipwrecked Miniature Golf, Argyle Yarn Shop, Green in BKLYN and Human Root—got their start in the competition.