The planned or existing business must be physically located in the Bradford, PA region.  The Bradford region includes the City of Bradford, Borough of Lewis Run, Bradford Township, Corydon Township, Foster Township, or Lafayette Township. The business owner(s) must currently have a legal residence within a 40 mile radius of Bradford, PA.

All deadlines and guidelines for submission must be adhered to. Materials must be submitted on or before the specified due date. No late submissions will be accepted. Any submissions that are greater in length than specified will not be considered.

The applicant must participate in the Pitch Event, in person, on the designated date and time. Only applicants submitting the business plan will participate in the Pitch Event.

Submitted business plans must represent original work, i.e. no copyrighting of ideas.

 All submissions will be treated as confidential. The only persons with access to the entry materials will be judges and select members of the advisory committee. Materials will not be distributed to any other party. No other or special provisions are made to protect intellectual property.

Judging will be performed by a panel of independent judges. Any entry is subject to minimum criteria in terms of its market potential, viability and other factors, as determined by the judging panel’s experience. If no entries meet the minimum criteria, the prize may not be awarded. All decisions of the judges are final.

Prize money is granted only to the to-be-formed or existing business entity, not to individuals.  The winner will have up to eight months after the competition to form their business entities. This is the specified period of time. Prize money will only be distributed when its principal place of business is in the specified Bradford region and legal residency is proven.  If the winner fails to form the business entity or fails to establish its business entity in the Bradford region and requests the prize money within the specified period of time, the prize money will be forfeited and will not be dispersed. Prize money will be granted only to reimburse the original invoices of the business entity for expenses relating to the submitted business (e.g. no substitutions may be made without the approval of the Bradford Area Alliance).

The winner is responsible for any tax consequences of the prize money. Prize money will be distributed with evidence of PA formation of the business entity.

The Bradford Alliance reserves the right to disqualify, in its sole and absolute discretion, any candidate and/or winner from the competition at any time and for any reason. Reasons for disqualification may include, but are not limited to: plagiarism and any other form of dishonesty, misappropriation or infringement of the intellectual property of others, and any failure to comply with these rules, regulations. All applicants, candidates and winners shall agree to indemnify and hold the Bradford Area Alliance and all its  representatives thereof harmless from any and all claims, actions, changes, damages, liabilities, obligations and losses arising out of or relating in any manner to the business plan, the Harvey L. Golubock Business  Competition, any award made or forfeited, the business started or operated by any one or more members of the  business entity or any other individuals or entities claiming that the candidates or winners has infringed on the intellectual property rights, of any third parties or engaged in any other illegal or inappropriate activities.

All applicants must electronically submit business plan and receive an acknowledgement of receipt. It will be up to the applicant to seek an acknowledgement. Applicants are highly encouraged to not submit at the last moment.