Overview

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Startup 2012 is NYC's premier business plan competition and entrepreneurship conference. It covers all the crucial topics in entrepreneurship, and one winner goes home with $75,000 worth of cash, goods, and services at day's end.

Amazing speakers: Hear from serial CEO Kevin Ryan, HuffPo Founder and Editor Arianna Huffington, and the founders of Fab, Lot18, Dwolla, TaskRabbit, and more.

Outstanding networking: 700 innovation junkies gather in one place. Startup CEOs, angel investors, serial entreprenuers. All the people you read about in the news and, perhaps more importantly, plenty you haven't heard of -- yet.

Parties: A little libation makes new friends. After the onsite cocktail reception, head out together to an after-party at a nearby nightclub.

Real, applicable content: BI events are designed like the website: fast-paced and to-the-point. You'll get genuine business intelligence. And attendees never sit for more than an hour without a networking and coffee break.

Vote for a winner: Seven companies will present and only one winner will be crowned. You help decide who.

Know first: The dean of the new $450 million+ New York technology campus that the city government is creating with Cornell University will share how YOU can benefit from the project.

Go behind the scenes: The event takes place at New World Stages, on the set of the Tony and Pulitzer-winning musical Rent. Now see the stage set with startup founders dishing on topics like pivoting and fund-raising. They'll share the inside story that entrepreneurs need to hear.

Join us for a day of inspiring presentations, insights from entrepreneurs and moguls, and a mega-dose of networking.

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