FUmerical
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Students and judges at the Paladin Pitch Competition.
THE IDEA PEOPLE
The Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship develops students’ startup mindset by helping them imagine, test and launch a social or entrepreneurial venture through one of its signature programs – the Paladin Pitch Competition, the Summer Business and Innovation Boot Camp, Class E Podcast and the Furman Student Entrepreneurship Association. The institute’s 2019-2020 Impact Report offers a look at the institute’s reach.
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125Ideas pitched (across eight pitch competitions)
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#1The largest pitch competition in South Carolina history (with more than 500 attendees)
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103CERTIFICATE PROGRAM GRADS of the Summer B&I Boot Camp (college students) & the Highschool Academy
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16PAID STUDENT INTERNSHIPS
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48MENTORS from the business community
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11COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES among those who attended the Business and Entrepreneurship Boot Camp