Contest Helps Brooklyn Residents Start Businesses

What a fantastic idea! More entrepreneurs and small business in the city ought to be supported. Hear hear!

Yep. I love the idea. It gets people involved, not only in their community, but it also helps them financially.

Went to meetings for the Manhattan version of it...it's an excellent idea all around.

Went to meetings for the Manhattan version of it... excellent idea all around.

I wonder if they'll give me the money to open a bookstore. My neighborhood needs one.

You gotta apply and spend some months researching to write a good business plan. I get the feeling the winners will be people who seem serious about doing the legwork and making a good case for why the business will be viable. That's half the battle anyway. Try it next year if you're feeling serious about it and think it might be how you want to make your income in the future.

@BroadwayBK: Anything worth trying is worth doing. I didn't hesitate when I started my full time writing business, despite some opposition. If you are passionate about it, go for it, especially if it helps your community.

@BroadwayBk go for it I say -you have nothing to lose and everything to gain and I love bookstores even in this age of kindles and ipads I love reading a few lines of a book/magazine every night before I retire.