The road to $55,000 begins here.
Meet the MYPN NH Start Up Challenge Semi-Finalists

Join us at the abi Innovation Hub on May 17th when MYPN will introduce the five NH Start Up Challenge semi-finalists. The semi-finalists will each give a live elevator pitch as to why they believe their business plan deserves to win $55,000 in cash and in-kind services.

The evening event will include networking, remarks from MYPN leaders and sponsors, and elevator pitches from the semi-finalists. This is a great opportunity to learn more about MYPN’s New Hampshire Start Up Challenge, visit with judges, and experience the abi Innovation Hub.

Thursday May 17, 2012
5:30pm – 7:30pm
abi Innovation Hub
33 S. Commercial Street
Manchester, NH 03101

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Thinking about buying a home?  Too overwhelmed by the process to even start?

Are you looking for an excellent way to connect with the community, expand your contacts, gain leadership experience, and make a real difference in the Greater Manchester area?

The MYPN NH Startup Challenge is back; bigger and better than ever.  Do you have an idea or a project you’ve been working on, but need that push to take it to the next level?  This is your opportunity!

Join us Thursday, March 1st at NH’s largest and oldest innovation center, the abi Innovation Hub, for our kickoff event announcing this year’s comeptition.  Come hear from past winners, meet with the organizers and the MYPN board, and most importantly, network with other aspiring entrepreneurs.

Who should enter:

Early stage entrepreneurs with projects or startups.  Only have an idea?  That’s okay; this competition is still for you.

What you get:

To start, how does $25,000 in cash sound?  That’ll go a long way at helping take your startup to the next level.  But that’s not all.  This year, we have truly raised the bar and will be bringing you a prize package like never before.  Come to the event and find out more!

March 1, 2012
5:30pm -7:30pm
abi Hub
33 S. Commercial Street
Manchester, NH 03103

Join MYPN as we take a “behind the scenes” tour of the historic Palace Theatre in downtown Manchester. The Palace is a nonprofit performing arts center that hosts its own professional company, youth and teen program and presenting acts. It is committed to achieving its mission through preserving the historic facilities of the theatre and responding creatively to the cultural and entertainment needs of the community by providing a broad range of live, high quality, professional and community performances, as well as educational opportunities for performers and audiences of all ages. This is an event you won’t want to miss! Come network with other young professionals, take a “behind the scenes” tour, and learn more about the Palace – its history and its future, its business partnerships, its advisory board and membership opportunities, and arts and culture in the Manchester area. We hope to see you there!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Palace Theater
80 Hanover Street
Manchester, NH 03101

Please join us for a presentation and roundtable discussion led by Attorney Douglas Verge, a partner at the local law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass and Green, touching on important entrepreneurial topics relating to the legal issues that face young professionals when starting a business. Attorney Verge works specifically within the areas copyright and intellectual property law and may address those topics as they relate to young professionals as well.

This MYPN Power Lunch will be held at the newly opened, comfortable and friendly wine bar, Vino Aromas at 997 Elm Street in Manchester (http://www.vino-aromas.com/).

January 19th 2012
12p-1p
Vino Aromas
997 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101