2020 Business Plan Competition
Winning Teams

Congratulations to the 2020 winning teams!
- First place ($25,000): Matte Black Lounges
- Second place ($7,500): farmVal
- Third place ($5,000): PediCure
The 10th Annual, and first ever virtual, Hospitality Business Plan Competition was held on April 17, 2020. The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship would like to thank all of our participating teams for their hard work and flexibility as we navigated this new format.
News
- Cornell Chronicle: Airport lounge idea wins hospitality business plan competition (April 23, 2020)
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Title Sponsor
- Sandy Solmon, P ’15
Sweet Street Desserts
Platinum Sponsors
- Stanley Sun ’00 (SHA), MBA ’05
- Bob Alter Family
Silver Sponsors
- Elizabeth Shingleton Glomsrud ’00 and Barbara Foote Shingleton ’75