Space Frontier Foundation and NASA Announce $110,000 in NewSpace Business Plan Competition Prizes

by Space Frontier Press February 2, 2012 Enablers

The Space Frontier Foundation will host the annual NewSpace Business Plan Competition during its NewSpace 2012 Conference at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley on July 26-28. The competition helps entrepreneurs creating startups and firms developing supporting, problem-solving and game-changing technologies in support of the NewSpace space industry. As many as 10 finalists will present their plans to a distinguished panel of judges, featuring venture capitalists, angel investors and business development leaders. They’ll receive professional feedback and exposure to the public, press and investor community. The winner will awarded a $100,000 Grand Prize funded by a grant from NASA Ames. This grant also funds a $10,000 Second Prize.

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SFF Announces $25,000 First Prize for the NewSpace Business Plan Competition

by Space Frontier Press June 8, 2011 News

The Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) announced today that additional prize money to be awarded to the top three businesses competing in the 2011 NewSpace Business Plan Competition. These generous prizes, totaling $32,500, will help launch paradigm-shifting NewSpace companies while the competition itself will provide all the finalists with practical guidance from investors and business professionals. The SFF will host the NewSpace Business Plan Competition during its NewSpace 2011 Conference and competition details can be found at www.newspacebpc.com. The conference will be held at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley on July 28-31. Register at newspace.spacefrontier.org.

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Registration Opens for NewSpace 2009 Conference in Silicon Valley

by William Watson April 13, 2009 SFF News

The Space Frontier Foundation announced that conference and hotel registration for NewSpace 2009 is now open and available for space professionals and enthusiasts everywhere. Held at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, the conference will open on Friday, July 17, with a public screening of the documentary film Orphans of Apollo. Conference programming will run July [...]

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