Young startups looking to get the word out about their new product or service may want to enter a new competition from digital magazine publisher Alister & Paine. The New York-based company is hosting its first annual Young Entrepreneur of the Year Competition with help from digital marketing firm Pyxl and public relations social platform PitchEngine.
The winner of the competition will receive a micro-marketing campaign from Alister & Paine, as well as an interview and editorial in their weekly online magazine geared towards business executives. Pyxl will provide the winner with two free press releases, and PitchEngine is offering a free on-year subscription to their service.
The judges of the competition will be the founders and CEOs from Alister & Paine, Pyxl and PitchEngine, as well as Jeffrey Miron, the director of the undergraduate Economics program at Harvard University.
“Winners of the Alister & Paine Young Entrepreneur competition will get a terrific boost to their projects in ways which otherwise may not have been available to them,” said Miron. “Helping these young entrepreneurs now will become a boon to the economy’s future.”
Entrepreneurs must be U.S. citizens aged 18-25 and the companies must be domestically held and formed on of after January 1st, 2007. Applications are due by April 30th, and the winners will be announced a few weeks later on May 17th.
