{"id":63894,"date":"2016-05-09T23:05:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T03:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=63894"},"modified":"2016-05-09T23:05:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T03:05:50","slug":"the-queens-economic-development-corporation-and-the-citi-foundation-announce-startup-business-plan-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=63894","title":{"rendered":"The Queens Economic Development Corporation and the Citi Foundation Announce StartUP! Business Plan Contest Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Queens Economic Development Corporation \u2014 with funding from the Citi Foundation \u2014 announced the winners of the tenth annual StartUP! Business Plan Competition, a five-month challenge-and-instruction course, during Queens Taste 2016 on May 3. The winners were awarded $10,000 each to jumpstart their businesses.<\/p>\n

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Daphne Yeh, who operates Yeh\u2019s Snacks & Trading Company Inc. (yehschips.com), took top honors in the \u201cFood-Based\u201d category. She makes and distributes Daphne\u2019s Jerky Chips, a pork-based crisp inspired by Taiwanese cuisine.<\/p>\n

In the \u201cCommunity\u201d category, Richard Mumith and Queens Food Tours (foodsofqueensny.com) were the winners. Mumith leads off-the-beaten-path walking tours of Long Island City, focusing on the area\u2019s architecture, culture, food, history, and local attractions.<\/p>\n

Four computer engineers \u2014 Michael Piggott, Zachary Boyd, Orel Walker, and Gabriel Velez \u2014and their GameChat (getgamechat.com) app prevailed in the \u201cInnovation\u201d category. This service connects gaming consoles for instant cross-platform messaging. It gives users access to all their accounts and their friends\u2019 accounts in one app.<\/p>\n

Over the course of this year\u2019s StartUP!, about 350 participants received technical assistance and training on such business topics as pricing, marketing, and tax filing, while also enjoying access to entrepreneurial resources at Queens Flushing Library. Then, 46 teams submitted business plans to selected judges, who determined the winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Queens Economic Development Corporation \u2014 with funding from the Citi Foundation \u2014 announced the winners of the tenth annual StartUP! Business Plan Competition, a five-month challenge-and-instruction course, during Queens Taste 2016 on May 3. The winners were awarded $10,000 each to jumpstart their businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-up-to-date-news-on-everything-asian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63896,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63894\/revisions\/63896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}