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Adelphi Students Will Compete in Shark Tank-Style Business Plan Competition on March 7

Business Plan Competition Winners Receive Cash Prize to Start Their Business

Garden City, NY (03/04/2025) — Adelphi University's students will participate in the University's annual Shark Tank-style Business Plan Competition on Friday, March 7. The competition will take place in Adelphi's Ruth S. Harley University Center, Room 113-115, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Adelphi's Business Plan ompetition allows students to explore entrepreneurship, develop skills, turn their ideas into viable business ventures and receive feedback from industry mentors. This year, 13 students will present their business proposals in front of a panel of business leaders and Adelphi faculty members.

Finalists are competing to win $11,000 in cash prizes to start their business: $5,000 for first prize, $3,000 for second, $2,000 for third and a $1,000 award for best socially responsible approach.

This year's judges will include:

Theodore Massillon, Founder, NOM Media

Mark & John Cronin, Co-founders, John's Crazy Socks

Michael O'Donnell, Clinical Assistant Professor Decision Sciences & Marketing, Adelphi's Robert B. Willumstad School of Business

Learn more about Adelphi's Business Plan Competition.

Members of the media are welcome to attend and cover this event.

About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university in the United States with a personalized approach to higher learning

Adelphi University, New York, US, is a highly awarded, internationally ranked and powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives. It is recognized for small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training at the undergraduate and graduate level with particular strength in its 'Core Four' academic areas: the Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.

Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. It serves more than 7,250 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York-just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities-and at dynamic learning hubs in Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.

More than 119,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities, and the world.

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Group photo of the winner's from Adelphi's 2024 Business Plan Competition.

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