2024 PowerUP Awards Ceremony

Please join us for the 21st annual PowerUP Business Plan Competition Awards Ceremony. More than $40,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to the competition’s top entrepreneurs to start their business in Brooklyn. Find out who will be this year’s winners of the top prizes of $20,000, $10,000, and $5,000! Help us celebrate the ingenuity and hard work of all who participated.

Also, five PowerUP entrepreneurs will participate in a pitch competition for the $1,000 Audience Choice Award. YOU will choose the winner during the ceremony! Join us for a fun opportunity to vote for the business you want to support based on the strength of their business idea. To vote, you will require a computer, tablet or phone. 

You can find more information regarding BPL's PowerUP Business Plan Competition for Brooklyn entrepreneurs on our 20th anniversary website.