The Sunmark Startup Grant entries
A handful of the entries.
We're very happy to introduce the slate of entries for the Sunmark Startup Grant.
Thirty-five projects have submitted an application for the $1,500 grant. The projects range from bakeries to mobile apps to fashion design to jazz to birthday parties for homeless kids.
We wish we could give a push to a bunch of them! But there can be only one winner. To get there, we need three finalists -- and that's where you come in.
Two of the finalists will be picked via crowd voting. And it's now open! (You should probably browse the projects first.) The last spot in the finals will be chosen by the Editors.
Voting ends this Sunday at 6 pm!
The Sunmark Startup Grant is funded by Sunmark Federal Credit Union.
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Gourmet-puree, eh?
That just completely goes against my anti-froof policy, but I'll go along with it as long as that company donates some of their profits to feeding poor children...you know, the kind of kids that would be happy to have any baby food.
Mother and child sculpture - I love it.
... said nomorefroof on May 3, 2011 at 4:17 PM | link
Since the general idea of a "start-up" is to fund a company that will eventually make money for its owners and investors, I am going to vote accordingly, and not as if this were a Pepsi Refresh challenge...
Unfortunately that eliminates all but a handful of our contestants. I can't believe there's not more true entrepreneurs in the area...
... said ike on May 3, 2011 at 6:48 PM | link
I think the rules of this contest say that it could be for a small project OR business, ike, not necessarily something that makes a profit or turns into a larger business.
Albany is not especially welcoming to growth, innovation, or genuine progress at this point, I think, so I'm not surprised that there weren't more entries.
... said mr slow loris on May 5, 2011 at 6:27 PM | link