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The leading student-run entrepreneurship club at the University of Illinois.

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Founders - UIUC's Premier
Entrepreneurship Community.

Our Mission: To foster a community of innovators and entrepreneurs at the University of Illinois.
 

How? By organizing large-scale, student-led events and offering valuable resources to support student entrepreneurs and startups. We take an entrepreneurial approach in everything we do.
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We Take Initiative, We Network, and We Build.

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54 is our 3-day long, hackathon-like event to pitch ideas, form teams, and launch a basic startup.

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Attend the Startup Career Fair to learn about and get hired by the fastest-growing startups in UIUC and the US.

Our largest annual student-run startup conference for established startups to network, pitch ideas, and compete for amazing prizes.

Founders Statistics

FOUNDED IN

2013

100+

Past
Events

2000+

Event
Attendees

300+

Startups
Pitched

1

Mission

40

Active
Members

200+

Mentors
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