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Startups Manager

Salvador Dueñas is the Startups Manager at Future Founders. In this role, he supports the development of 18 to 30-year-old founders in Chicago and across the country, with a focus on recruitment and partnership development.

Sal began his career at Future Founders supporting the Discover program by helping develop and implement youth entrepreneurship programs for middle and high school students in Chicago. Prior to his time at Future Founders, he was the Lead Designer and a Co-Founder of AnySpace, an “AirBnB for event space” website. 

Outside of Future Founders, Sal serves as an associate board member for the Chicago Scholars Foundation and is also the founder of Prairy, a new social media app that lets you go viral in your city without having a single follower.

Sal believes strongly in making entrepreneurship more accessible so that we can drive economic growth through unique and impactful businesses.