Author of the original post here. To start of I&#x27;d just like to clarify that I&#x27;m a student at the University and have no ties to any of the administration.<p>The goal of the post was not to try and take credit for the successes of alumni, I rather wrote it to highlight how some of our alumni have gone on to do great things. I decided to write it after an experience I had this summer while I was interning at a VC firm in NYC. While there, I met the managing partner for one of NYC&#x27;s biggest VC firms (I&#x27;ll leave it unnamed) who basically said: &#x27;oh, you go to UIUC.... they&#x27;ve produced one famous tech entrepreneur (Marc Andreessen), maybe you can be the second&#x27;. That&#x27;s a sentiment I saw echoed throughout my time there and through previous experiences (especially on the East Coast).<p>In terms of the helping alumni with their ventures after graduation, I&#x27;d argue that the school has actually done a lot to help founders through the resources and early-stage funding available (a lot of these have sprung up recently). It&#x27;s hard to compare it to Stanford&#x2F;MIT&#x2F;Harvard which are based in thriving tech cities where alumni and VCs can hop by on campus whenever.<p>Update: I&#x27;d also love to know (from everyone that sees this) what programs other universities have done to help alumni after graduation. Just because UIUC hasn&#x27;t already done this doesn&#x27;t mean we (students and alumni) can&#x27;t start it. Just take a look at the awesome stuff that alumni from Harvard do for their community (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;harvard.splashthat.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;harvard.splashthat.com&#x2F;</a>). It&#x27;s entirely alumni managed + organized.