{"id":966,"date":"2024-12-30T15:46:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/?page_id=966"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:28:46","slug":"mark-ain-business-model-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/mark-ain-business-model-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Ain Business Model Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8442 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>The Mark Ain Business Model Competition (Fall Semester)<\/h3>\n<p>The Mark Ain Business Model Competition, established in 2007, provides aspiring student entrepreneurs at the University of Rochester an opportunity to present their business idea (in any industry) and compete for $13,500 in cash prizes. Students who wish to enter the competition must be enrolled in the Ain Foundry Program.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is open to current University of Rochester students at any level of study, and\u00a0is made possible by support from Simon alumnus and entrepreneur Mark S. Ain \u201967S (MBA), founder of Kronos Incorporated, the Chelmsford, Massachusetts-based market leader in the workforce management industry.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applications must be submitted online.<br \/>\n<strong>Submission Deadline is November 1st at 11:59pm.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mark Ain Business Model Competition (Fall Semester) The Mark Ain Business Model Competition, established in 2007, provides aspiring student entrepreneurs at the University of Rochester an opportunity to present&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-966","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mark Ain Business Model Competition - 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