The deadline to apply for 43North is this week.
May 24 to be exact.
11:59 p.m. to be extra exact.
43North is a startup competition that is kick-starting our entrepreneurial ecosystem in Buffalo. Winning companies will win $500,000 or the grand-prize of $1 million(!) and move their operations to Buffalo for a minimum of one-year. But if we’re being honest, Buffalo has so much to offer, why would you stay for just one?
Here are 43 reasons to both apply to 43North and start up business in Buffalo Niagara:
- $5 million available for startups
- Culture of innovation
- Ping pong
- Dynamic entrepreneurial community
- Center for Computational Research
- Buffalo Manufacturing Works
- Start-UP NY
- Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
- Innovation Center
- D!G
- Center for Advanced Technologies Research Funding (CAT)
- Z80 Labs Incubator & Fund
- Business incentives
- Accessible local business leaders/mentors
- Available sites
- Annual Pre-Seed Workshop
- Ranked #1 Favorite City (Travel and Leisure)
- Buffalo Startup Weekend
- Startup Grind Buffalo
- Home of America’s First PC tablet assembler
- Work and play
- History
- Canalside
- America’s Most Affordable City (Forbes Magazine)
- Niagara Falls
- Two professional sports franchises #OneBuffalo
- A revitalized downtown core
- Most Affordable Major U.S. Housing Market (National Association of Home Builders)
- Livable, walk-able communities
- Bike-friendly city
- Craft breweries and distilleries
- Home to masterworks of America’s greatest architects
- Buffalo Olmsted Park System
- Critical Path Life Science Accelerator
- Great Lake city on the Erie Canal terminus
- International border community
- 21 local colleges and universities
- LaunchNY Venture Development Group and Seed Fund
- Average commute time 20.6 minutes (5.2 min. faster than the national average)
- Second largest city in New York State
- Ranked a Top 10 City for Career Opportunity (Smartasset)
- Third best food city worldwide (National Geographic)
Most importantly, Buffalo wants you. And doesn't everyone want to be wanted?
With $5M in prizes in the 43North startup competition, Buffalo, NY could be the right place for you.