The Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge

The Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge is targeted toward entrepreneurs in four cities in Western New York and Ontario , Canada — Rochester , Buffalo and Ithaca in Western New York, as well as the city of Waterloo , Ontario . The first-place winner will receive $100,000 in cash to help implement the winning business plan. Judges will include a select group of venture capitalists.

“This is an excellent opportunity to reach out and support entrepreneurs in Western New York and Southern Ontario, and provide them with the one, true resource they need the most— access to start-up funding,” said Duncan Moore, Vice Provost of Entrepreneurship at the University of Rochester.

Participants in the Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge must first compete at the regional level. In Buffalo, the 2008 Panasci TEC Entrepreneurial Competition will take place on April 23, 2008. The deadline for registration was January 26. 

The Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge will take place in May/June 2008 (Date TBD) and is open to the public; the cost to attend is $35.