Whitman Entrepreneurial Idea Award

Supporting student entrepreneurs with innovative ideas

Make your business dream a reality
The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship, home of dreamers and doers, is proud to announce the first annual Syracuse University Whitman Entrepreneurial Idea Award, sponsored by Jeffrey A. Linowes ’77, co-founder and principal of The Ad Solution, Inc.

We are looking for the next great business idea from Whitman School of Management students who have recently started or who plan to start their own venture. A cash prize of $2,000 will be given to the student/team that best fits the criteria listed below.

Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following criteria to be eligible to receive the LESA:

• Students earning a degree from the Whitman School of Management (major or minor) at the undergraduate level
• Entrants must complete a 2-page pitch proposal outlining: what the idea is (product/service), and why will the product/service be successful; application should include a marketing plan, overall strategy for success, and how this will be better or different if there is a similar product/service on the market,
• Winner must attend the annual Entrepreneurship Awards Ceremony that will be held on Saturday, April 14th at the Whitman School of Management
• You may enter as a team or an individual

Application
Please submit your 2-page pitch proposal and cash flow statement as outlined above in ‘Eligibility’ by April 2nd via e-mail to eeeinfo@syr.edu as a PDF.

The award winner will be notified by April 10th. Finalists may be interviewed by members of the LESA award search committee.

Seed money
Thanks to a donation from Jeffrey A. Linowes ‘77, Whitman is able to award $2,000 in startup/seed money to the new venture idea that represents the best potential for growth and development and exhibits creativity and out-of-the-box thinking.

For more information
Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship in Whitman School of Management
phone: 315-443-6899
email: eeeinfo@syr.edu