CNY Under 40 Lions Den Business Competition

Name: CNY Under 40 Lions Den Business Competition
Start: 2026-04-24T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-24T19:00:00-04:00
Location: INSPYRE Innovation Hub by CenterState

Schedule

Fri Apr 24 2026 at 01:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

INSPYRE Innovation Hub by CenterState | Syracuse, NY

The CNY Under 40 Lions Den Business Competition will be Friday April 24th at the INSPYRE Innovation Hub by CenterState in downtown Syracuse, NY (formerly The Tech Garden) Hosted by Chris Beal of CNY Professionals Under 40.
There will be 2 Business Competitions:
1:00pm to 2:30pm
College Students Competition:
This will be a Business Plan Competition for College Students with these level prizes:
$1,000 1st Place Sponsored by Nave Law Firm
$500 2nd Place Sponsored by Copurpose LLC
$250 3rd Place Sponsored by Hummingbird
There will be a maximum of 8 teams competing
To compete, college students and thier teams must submit their business plan to:
[email protected]
Judges will be:
Christian Cobb
Joseph Correia
More judges needed
Tickets to view or participate in the college competition are $40
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Entrepreneurs Under 40 Lions Den Competition. These must be actual profitable businesses looking for investors like in the TV show Shark Tank. Lions (Judges) will make offers to invest in these companies for a stake in the company. This competition will also have 3 prizes:
$1,000 1st Place Sponsored by Nave Law Firm
$500 2nd Place Sponsored by NuMe Ecosystem Management Group
$250 3rd Place Sponsored by Conscious HR / Disruptstate
Judges will be:
Jason Minnamon
Sean Kelsey
Lindsay Mastrogiovanni
Randall Hon
Emad Rahim
Indaria Jones
Joseph Viviano
Entrepreneurs Under 40 must pay the $20 application fee and email their application to:
[email protected]
Reception will be 445-7pm sponsored by TH Property Service
Hope to see you there!