<span style="font-size:smaller"><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(100, 100, 100); line-height: 21px">If your local organizing team decides to use the legal structure, than the 3DS non profit takes 0.5% of '''dilutable '''equity in companies that are formed based around ideas that are presented during the final pitches. The purpose of this is to protect ideas and founders by establishing a clear chain of legal ownership for the ideas. The 3DS organizers never profit or make any money from any work you do.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-sizefamily:smalllucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-familysize: georgia,serifsmall">From 3daystartup.org:</span><br/></span>
<span style="font-sizefamily:smalllucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-familysize: georgia,serifsmall"><span style="line-height: 21px">The weekend is designed with two specific goals in mind: kick-start new student-run companies and build entrepreneurial capabilities in students and their university communities.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-sizefamily:smalllucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-familysize: georgia,serifsmall"><span style="line-height: 21px">3 Day Startup is primarily focused on building and funding technology based student-run companies.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-sizefamily:smalllucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-familysize: georgia,serifsmall"><span style="line-height: 21px">After the 3 days are over, 3 Day Startup hopes to maintain the entrepreneurial momentum</span> through the ecosystem networks by linking academic institutions, investors, incubators and accelerators, and student entrepreneurship organizations.</span></span>
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