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54 hours to create a successful startup BY SAMANTHA BOYLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
For three days in September, students at the University came together to form teams and develope entrepreneurship skills. Students first formed teams on Friday, Sept. 22, and then came up with startup ideas that they would work on for the next 54 hours. The event, called 54, is run by Founders, a student entrepreneurship organization. Ankith Subramanya, sophomore in LAS, created a team of four people this year. They developed a startup for an app designed to help travelers manage their budgets. “Our application basically lets the user input his budget and his calendar,” he said. “And the app generates a feed so when he’s planning a trip, he basically just scrolls through his feed and selects the one he likes.” Subramanya’s team won third place for this startup. “We were pleasantly surprised,” he said. Subramanya and his team have plans to continue developing their app. Because they were one of the top teams this year, they will have resources from 54 to continue working on their project.
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University students had 54 hours to form teams and put together a startup Sept. 22 to 24. Organizers are currently deciding whether or not to host a spring session due to the success.
One of the judges, Reza Farivar, even told Subramanya that the app idea was something he was thinking about for a while and will meet with the team in November to continue to develop this project. Co-director and former competitor Matthew Rastovac said that a lot of students that come into the event are some sort of engineering major. This is something that Rastovac wants to change about 54. “To make a successful startup, you need a broad, diverse skill set that everyone can contribute to a little bit,” he said. Rastovac said that the
Founders team behind 54 really care about entrepreneurship and want to make it successful for all of its attendees. “It’s not just another event to us; it’s something that we actually care about, because entrepreneurship is something we are passionate about,” he said. Rastovac said that in order to find a diverse group of student backgrounds this year, they have been targeting a lot of LAS, Business and ACES students. “Anyone can come, and that’s the thing that we try to emphasize,” he said. Anusha Haidry, sophomore in LAS, said that
the event seemed interesting, even without having a business or engineering background. “It’s something that intrigues me on the side, like making a team of people and creating something,” Haidry said. The event typically takes place in the fall, but because of the recent success of 54, a spring session might be organized as well. “Just come ready to persist with your team, work on your idea and have some fun, because it’s all about meeting people and learning,” Rastovac said. sjboyle2@dailyillini.com
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valued around $180 to an unknown person, who took the sweatshirt but never electronically transferred the money to the victim as agreed. A theft was reported at the Illini Union, located at 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, on Thursday. According to the report, cash was stolen from a lost and found. An arrest was made on charges of disorderly conduct on the 1000 block of Clark Street around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. According to the report, the victim believed the 22-year-old male arrestee would have “shot” someone with the all-black airsoft gun he was using for a class project.
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