Fall 2020 Recruitment
Founders is the premiere student entrepreneurship nonprofit at the University of Illinois. We're a community focused on supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs - to do this, we host events and offer resources to any UIUC student with an idea and the passion to work on it.
Having lots of startups begin at UIUC is great, but having lots of student entrepreneurs work together is better. We're in this for the long term - building the Urbana-Champaign entrepreneurship community is more sustainable and provides much more value. We believe that if you focus on the people, the results will come naturally.
The Founders Team are the people behind the curtain making it all happen. We want our members to succeed, so we maintain a strong culture and environment that educates, inspires, and motivates each of us. We are interdisciplinary, open minded, and innovative.
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This fall, Founders is actively recruiting members to join our organization. Each of our teams plays a key role throughout the year in expanding the startup culture we have here at the University of Illinois. Whether you are interested in learning more about innovation or have experience with startups, Founders can be the place for you to build important connections and contribute to creating next generation’s entrepreneurs.
More information on each our teams is listed below and if you have any questions, feel free to email us at [email protected]
Deadline to apply is Thursday, September 3rd at 11:59pm
Discovery Committee acts as the liaison between student startups on campus and Founder
Our goal is to "discover" new student startups and provide them with the critical resources they need to succeed--from mentors, microgrants, recruitment to general guidance. The team represents Founders mission in creating a more open startup community here at Illinois.
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Microgrants is a Founders' program to award equity-free grants of up to $500 to exceptional student startups at UIUC.
Our mission is to give valuable, thoughtful feedback to each startup that we meet, by assessing their pitch to a Panel of Microgrants members, while being asked questions along the way. We are committed to creating a better startup community at UIUC by giving genuine advice to improve a startup's product (no matter the stage) and preparing students to pitch to real VC firms-- with awarding money being an important but secondary focus.
<aside> 👉🏻 Apply here to join the Microgrants Team
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