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SuitUp
SuitUp is a 501c3 education non-profit that increases career readiness for students in underserved communities through innovative business plan competitions. Through SuitUp, students (10-18 years old) experience solving a realistic corporate…
SuitUp is a 501c3 education non-profit that increases career readiness for students in underserved communities through innovative business plan competitions. Through SuitUp, students (10-18 years old) experience solving a realistic corporate challenge, such as designing a new product for Nike. They have the opportunity to interact with corporate volunteers who coach them on marketing, design, financing, and strategy as well as professional "soft skills", before helping them pitch virtually to judges for a cash prize.
SuitUp partners directly with companies to sponsor and volunteer during each competition. Since inception, SuitUp has worked with over 300+ companies, serving 10,000+ students, and engaging 8,500 corporate executives.
Lauren Reilly
Our Story
SuitUp’s vision is to align the incentives of schools and corporations to ensure that all students have the access and awareness to pursue the college and career of their choosing. We envision a world in which all companies have a corporate… SuitUp’s vision is to align the incentives of schools and corporations to ensure that all students have the access and awareness to pursue the college and career of their choosing. We envision a world in which all companies have a corporate executive that can call themselves a SuitUp alum. Lauren Reilly is the Executive Director of SuitUp, a national non-profit that increases career readiness for students in low-income communities through business programming. Lauren is a Teach for America alum and has received the SOCAP Entrepreneurship and Gratitude Network Fellowships and has been recognized by the Obama administration as a White House Champion for Change.