I wanted to share with you the following article that was published by Time Warner Cable News:

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It's the chance of a lifetime for New York students. The sixth annual Business Plan Competition is underway and students could win more than $500,000 in prizes. Barry Wygel caught up with last year's winner, who was able to expand her company's research on glaucoma medication.

It's been one year since Karen Torrejon and her company Glauconix won the New York Business Plan competition.

"The future is bigger than I expected it to be a year ago," said Karen Torrejon, CEO of Glauconix. "The money we got from the business plan competition helped us a lot."

Karen's company uses technology invented at SUNY's Polytechnic Institute and utilizes it to test glaucoma medication for effectiveness. While the average person would be baffled as to where to even start, Karen had a plan.

"We are tightly intertwined with this school. From licensing this technology, to applying for Start-Up New York to just trying to get our lab ready, they are helping us settle here, our headquarters at SUNY Polytechnic Institute," said Torrejon.

For more information on how to enter, visit  http://www.sunycnse.com/ NewYorkBusinessPlanCompetition/2015Program.aspx.

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By Barry Wygel