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.
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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