University of Illinois Foundation
LEADER
Building an online community of Illini entrepreneurs.

Like Bigfoot, the list of Illinois startups was a mythical compilation of examples heard far and wide across campus. LEADER used social media and digital advertising to dramatically grow the crowd-sourced collection of Illini-founded startups at entrepreneurship.illinois.edu.

LEADER Status

Scale Ongoing

LEADER Team

Jed Taylor

  • S19

Katy Swanson

  • S19

Matt Wszolek

  • S19
PlayIllinois Startups List
PlayWatch the Pitch
PlayWatch the S20 Update

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Illini Esports

Expanding philanthropy and engagement through Esports

GrayKea

Offering a unique and personalized ecosystem for alumni to support at-risk students in ways that traditional gifts cannot

Team SR

Marrying financial data for development, stewardship, and budgeting into a cohesive platform that can support all advancement constituencies

ADVANCEmedia

Allows marketing and advancement to share and view paid marketing efforts in one, single convenient workspace

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