Sarah Beardsley
Alumnus, Business Administration
President of Venus Holding, LLC and Venus Zine
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Sue Becker
Alumnus, Accounting
Founder of From Piles to Smiles
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Dustin Canter
Alumnus, Accountancy
Illinois Launch, Class of 2010-11
Founder of My College Storage
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Jocelyn Carter-Miller
Alumnus, Accountancy
Founder of TechEdVentures
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Ashton Clark and Ryan Clark
Alumni, Accountancy
Illinois Launch, Class of 2010-11
Founders of UTicketIt.com
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Blaine Fahey
Alumnus, Information Systems and Information Technology
Illinois Launch, Class of 2010-11
Founder of Illini Crime
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Jason Gendron
Student, Finance
Illinois Launch, Class of 2010-11
Founder of CouponRelay.com
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Jeff Kibler and team StashVerify |
Daniel Klein and Patrick Tannous
Alumnus, Finance
Illinois Launch, Class of 2010-11
Founders of Tiesta Tea
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August Knecht, Adam Steele, and Will Leinweber
Alumni
Illinois Launch, Class of 2010-11
Founders of Merge.fm
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Cirilo McSween
Alumnus
The first African American entrepreneur, McDonald’s franchisor |
Steven Miller
Alumnus
Founder of Origin Ventures
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Gabriella Risatti
Alumnus, Industrial Distribution Management
Founder of Gabriella New York Bridal Salon
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Lise Schleicher
Alumnus, Busines Administration, Labor and Industrial Relations
Founder of Basketworks |
Donald Shannon
Alumnus, Finance
Founder of Interior Investments, LLC
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Peter Trenchard
Alumnus, Finance
Founder of National Golf Course Association |
Madhu Viswanathan
Faculty, Business Administration
Developed course Product and Market Development for Subsistence Marketplaces
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Dirk and Jennifer Williams
Alumnus, Business Administration
Owners of Beverly's Best Bakery
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Kevin Yun
Student, Finance
Cofounder Fitoodle
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Heather Acton
Alumnus, Engineering
Founder of Envision Lake County, Freelance web designer
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Irfan S. Ahamad
Executive Director at the University of Illinois Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Founder and President of Avicenna Community Health Center
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Bruce Artwick
Alumnus, Electrical Engineering
Founder of SubLOGIC
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John Bardeen
Faculty, Electrical Engineering
Inventor of transistor
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Donald Bitzer
Alumnus, Electrical Engineering
Inventor of plasma display
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Edward Boon
Alumnus, Mathematics & Computer
Creator of Mortal Kombat
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Alex Bratton
Alumnus, Computer Engineering
Founder of Lextech Global Services
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Channing Brown
Alumnus, Computer Science
Founder of Greencourt Software
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Michael Callahan
Alumnus, Systems & Entrepreneurial Engineering
Founder of Ambient Corporation |
Rui Cai
Student, Technology and Management
Participant, Illinois Launch
Founder of Effimax Solar |
John Cioffi
Alumnus, Electrical Engineering
Founder of Amati Communications and ASSIA, Inc
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Scott Daigle and Marissa Siebel
Students, Mechanical Engineering and Kinesiology
Participant, Illinois Launch
Founders of IntelliWheels
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Tracy and Brian Frizzell
Alumni, Human Resources and Family Studies & Electrical Engineering
Founders of Economic Awareness Council
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Ping Fu
Alumnus, Computer Science
Co-founder of Geomagic, Inventor of Digital Shape Sampling and Processing (DSSP) Software
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Matt Gornick
Alumnus, Computer Science
Founder of OrangeQC
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Nick Holonyak
Alumnus and Faculty, Electrical Engineering
Inventor of light-emitting diode (LED)
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Zach Kaplan
Alumnus, Mechnical Engineering
Founder of Inventables, Inc.
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Jared Karim
Alumnus, Computer Science
Co-founder of YouTube
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Shahid Khan
Alumnus, Mechanical Engineering
Owner of Flex-n-Gate
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Jeff Kibler and team StashVerify
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Robert Layton
Alumnus, Mechanical Engineering
Founder of Bicycle Illinois |
Brian Lilly
Alumnus and Faculty, General Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering
Founder of Smart Solutions, Inc. |
Jonathan Naber
Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Illinois Launch, Class of 2010-11
Founder of Illini Prosthetics Team |
Gordon Nameni
Alumnus,
Materials Science and Engineering
Founder of Jangee |
Zeba Parkar and Nihal Parkar
Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Illinois Launch, Class of 2010-11
Founders of Silver Screen |
John Rogers
Faculty, Material Science and Engineering
Co-Founder and Director of the Device Companies MC10 Inc. and Semprius Inc. |
Suraj Samaranayake
Alumnus, Computer Science
Co-founder of Scheedule.com
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Arpan Shah, Chris Cortez, Tom Patterson, Kartikeya Dubey, Thomas Jacobs
Students, Computer Science
Illinois Launch, Class of 2010-11
Founders of PrintEco |
Joseph Tykociner
Faculty, Electrical Engineering
Creator of modern television
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Peggy Wainscott
Alumnus, Computer Science Engineering
Founder of Peg's Purses
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Patrick Walsh
Alumnus, Physics and Economics
Co-founder of Greenlight Planet, Inc. |
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Eric Benson
Faculty Fellow, Art + Design
Founder of Re-nourish
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Christine Betsill and Johannah Wininsky
Alumni, Dance
Founders of Thread Meddle Outfit
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Amanda Bleatman
Alumnus, Painting
Founder of A.M.B. Jewelry
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Carlton Bruett
Alumnus, Graphic Design
Founder of CarltonBruettDesign
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Margi Cole
Alumnus, Dance
Founder of The Dance COLEctive
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Jack W. Davis
Alumnus, Graphic Design
Founder of Jack W. Davis Graphics
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Marty Dubin
Alumnus, Acting
Member of Ensemble 113
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Justin Gordon and Morgan Peter Brown
Alumni, Acting
Founders of FallBack Plan Productions
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Nancy King Nertz
Alumnus, Painting
Founder of Artful Framer Studios & ArtDe Triumph Art Gallery and Studio
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Jill Morenz
Alumnus, Interior Design
Founder of Interior Solutions by Jill Morenz
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Bryce Rutter
Alumnus, Industrial Design, Kinesiology
Founder of Metaphase Design Group
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Beverly Washington
Alumnus, Dance Education
Founder of Image Factor, Inc.
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Stephen West
Alumnus, Dance
Founder of Westknits
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Marcia Wolter
Alumnus, Art Education
Founder of Dundore Dolls
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Ann Abbott
Faculty Fellow, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese
Develops and teaches Spanish in the Commmunity and Spanish and Entrepreneurship
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Edward Boon
Alumnus, Mathematics & Computer
Creator of Mortal Kombat
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Bill Boulanger
Alumnus, Chemistry
Founder of Obiter Research, LLC
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Matt Cheney and Zack Rosen
Alumnus, Information Science
Co-founder of Chapter Three and Mission Bicycle
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Rik Chomko
Alumnus, English
Founder of InRule Technology, Inc.
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Andrew Czarnik
Alumnus, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry
Co-founder of Illumina
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Bruce Erickson
Faculty, English
Teaching Principles of Business Communications
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Helene R. Foellinger
Alumnus
Founder of Foellinger Foundation and News Publishing Co.
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Robert Johnson
Alumnus, History
Founder of Black Entertainment Television
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Michael Olesen
Alumnus, Economics
Founder of Geneva investment Group and Stockholm's Pub and Brewery
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Eboo Patel
Alumnus, Sociology
Founder of Interfaith Youth Core
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Bob Shopes
Alumnus, Biophysics
Founder of Favrille, Inc.
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Patrick Walsh
Alumnus, Physics and Economics
Co-founder of Greenlight Planet, Inc.
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