The Founder Institute's Model for "Globalizing Silicon Valley"

THE FOUNDER INSTITUTE IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST ENTREPRENEUR TRAINING & STARTUP LAUNCH PROGRAM IN LESS THAN 4.5 YEARS 55+ 3000+ 1000+89.5% CITIES OVER SIX CONTINENTS FOUNDER/CEO MENTORS COMPANY SURVIVAL RATE COMPANIES LAUNCHED WHAT IS THE FOUNDER INSTITUTE? HOW DO I TURN MY IDEAS INTO A REAL, SUSTAINABLE HOW DO I LAUNCH MY PRODUCT AND START GENERATING TRACTION? WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BUSINESS? WORK AT A STARTUP? FOUNDER startup events and hackathons full-time incubators INSTITUTE Part-time, early-stage accelerator where you get expert training and feedback to launch your company Full-time Short duration, incubators interactive startup that provide seed-funding events W wayra. techstars Startup GRINDI Astartup angelhack Weekend WHO IS QUR TYPICAL FOUNDER? seedcamp 500 25-34 years old high fluid intelligence 60% high openness technical focus 40% business or product focur moderate agreeableness tightly-knit professional experience HOW DOES IT WORK? four pillars of siliçon valley THE FORMULA proprietary aptitude/ personality test to apply success ay-it-forward culture social-science based admissions accept the person, not the idea. Smart people WE RECREATE THIS CULTURE IN LOCAL great people MARKETS. WE CALL IT GLOBALIZING SILICON VALLEY four month structured curriculum expert training and feedback taught by mentors that are founders and CEOS of startups 54% USA Meelup zynga MENTORS 14% EUROPE ATARI Ophotobucket 20% ASIA 12% SA aligned incentives thaadbe PayPal 40% founder institute OBIETorrent Divx 3.5% WHEN ONE SUCCEEDS, EVERYONE SUCCEEDS! equity pool is shared amongst everyone in the program SIOjuaw %06 WHAT ARE THE RESULTS? exponentially better chance of success 1100+ zirtual founders memetales graduated notable graduates breezu ZAPPOTA Osiopakize PetHub ACQUIRED 1000+ companies launched* O getable IDISPO Ôndango udemy *and growing cakehealth 10,000+ retailigence jobs created GRIDBLAZE ACQUIRED skimble PuzZAzz geographic splits gender šplit 64% USA business category splits 15% 22% 73% INTERNET 17% EUROPE MOBILE WIRELESS GAMES MALE-FOUNDED COMPANIES S ENTERTAINMENT SOCIAL NETWORKING 12% ASIA DIDITAL CONTENT S MEDIA 9% 19% -COMMERCE OTHER S RETAIL 27% SOUTH AMERICA 14% SOFTWARE 828 FEMALE-FOUNDED COMPANIES BIOTECH, HEALTH, EINANCIAL, EDUCATION TRAVEL, ETC OUR GOAL? LAUNCH 1,000 MEANINGFUL AND ENDURING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES PER YEAR ACROSS OVER 75 CITIES WORLDWIDE. WE ARE GLOBALIZING SILICON VALLEY JOIN THE MOVEMENT! APPLY TO LAUNCH A COMPANY AT FL.CO/JOIN APPLY TO LAUNCH A CHAPTER AT FI.CO/LEAD knowledge-sharing ecosystem peer founders hic design by infoglyphs.com