Make It In Brooklyn Innovation Summit,

About the event

Make It in Brooklyn is a movement. It celebrates the entrepreneurial ethos, the grit, and the drive of the people that make this borough. It connects startups and entrepreneurs to the seed funding, mentorship, and connections needed to make it here in Brooklyn.

One conversation at one summit can create that opportunity to take a company from ‘making it’ to ‘made it’ – sometimes just being in the room is all that is needed. The Make It in Brooklyn Innovation Summit brings together the best minds making it here in Brooklyn for panels, pitch contests, networking, and inside access to the Brooklyn innovation ecosystem.

Why should you sponsor?

Not your average conference, the annual Make It in Brooklyn Innovation Summit provides a uniquely Brooklyn perspective on business, and what it takes to get a company from ‘making it’ to ‘made it’ in the world’s favorite Borough. The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is now organizing the second annual Make It in Brooklyn Innovation Summit on September 28, 2016. The 2015 Summit engaged participants and panelists from 200 companies ranging from tech, design and real estate to finance and Brooklyn’s robust cultural institutions.

This year’s summit will explore Brooklyn’s explosive growth, and give participants an inside look at the innovation ecosystem available here through a speed networking real estate breakfast, a pitch contest, talks, and panel discussions showcasing the latest real estate projects, advice on how to secure funding and what it takes to scale your business. Our list of panelists includes some of Brooklyn’s real estate titans, successful startup founders, and venture capitalists. You can check out the full agenda at www.makeitinbk.com.   

Sponsorship is a rare opportunity to engage with a variety of markets all under one roof, and with expressed interest in Brooklyn and Downtown Brooklyn. Sectors include a large showing from the real estate industry, technology and entrepreneurship and creatives. Make It in Brooklyn will also raise your brand visibility among Downtown Brooklyn’s growing community of:

#   127,000+ residents

#   60,000 office workers at 3,000 companies and small businesses

#   60,000 students at 11 higher education institutions

#   150,000 daily shoppers

The business community in Brooklyn is on the rise. New commercial office spaces and manufacturing centers in the Brooklyn Tech Triangle going on line in the next year further solidify the area as a hub for the innovation economy. Given this trend, business development shows no sign of slowing down. There is absolutely no better time to reach this explosive community than right now.

An investment in the Make It in Brooklyn Innovation Summit will serve to demonstrate your company's commitment to the Brooklyn business community and showcase its products to potential clients, while helping the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership continue to connect startups and entrepreneurs to the seed funding, mentorship, and relationships needed to make it here in Brooklyn.

Stephanie Dolan

Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is a not-for-profit local development corporation that serves as the primary champion for Downtown Brooklyn as a world-class business, cultural, educational, residential, and retail destination.

Working together with the three business improvement districts (BID) that it administers – the MetroTech BID, Fulton Mall Improvement Association, and Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn BID – the Partnership manages over 1 million square feet of public space and undertakes diverse activities including attracting new investment and improving the environment for existing companies; facilitating infrastructure development that promotes an active and cohesive community; supporting and heralding the area’s cultural assets; and encouraging a unified sense of place and an engaged civic community.

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