How the Founder Institute has Launched 415 Startups in Just 2.5 Years

THE FOUNDER INSTITUTE IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST IDEA-STAGE INCUBATOR IN LESS THÂN 2.5 YEARS 20+ 700+AM 415+ 160+ CITIES OVER FOUR CONTINENTS FOUNDER/CEO MENTORS PARTNERS COMPANIES LAUNCHED WHAT IS THE FOUNDER INSTITUTE? HOW DO I TURN WHAT'S IT LIKE TO WORK AT A STARTUP? MY IDEAS INTO A REAL, SUSTAINABLE HOW DO I LAUNCH MY PRODUCT AND START GENERATING TRACTION? BUSINESS? FOUNDER startup events and hackathons full-time incubators INSTITUTE GLOBALIZING SILICON VALLEY Full-time Short duration, Part-time, idea-stage incubator where you get expert training and feedback to launch your company incubators interactive startup that provide seed-funding events WHO IS OUR TYPICAL FOUNDER? Y Combinator Astartup Weekend techstars 500 STARTUPS 34 years old high fluid intelligence %09 technical focus high openness 40% buşiness or product focus moderate agreeableness professional experience HOW DOES IT WORK? four pillars of silicon valley THE FORMULA predictive social science success admissions Pay-it-forward culture test scientific admissions accept the person, not the idea Smart people WE RECREATE great people THIS CULTURE IN LOCAL MARKET. WE CALL IT GLOBALIZING SILICON VALLEY four month structured curriculum expert traíning and feedback taught by mentors that are founders and CEOS of startups 60% USA MENTORS Meetup zynga 10% EUROPE ATARI Ophotobucket 20% ASIA 10% SA aligned incentives thraadless Mude e Me PayPal 40% founder institute DIVX equity is shared amongst everyone in the program WHEN ONE SUCCEEDS, EVERYONE 30% mentors SUCCEEDS! WHAT ARE THE RESULTS? exponentially better chance of success 483 founders graduated * giv.to memetales notable graduates breezy rentcycle intheDoor jet jaw 415 ShareSquare D IDISPO Öndango companies launched udemy OBOOKBREWER 41% retailigence SKYDERAC3 funded graduates skimble PuzZAZZ geographic splits gender split 74% ÚSA business category splits 19% INTERNET 82C GAMES 79% MALE-FOUNDED COMPANIES MOBILE WIRELESS & ENTERTAINMENT 15% EUROPE 9% SOUTH ASIA AMERICA 29 SOCIAL NETWORKING DIGITAL CONTENT & MEDIA 21% FEMALE-FOUNDED COMPANIES 11% E-COMMERCE & RETAIL 14% SOFTWARE 828 24% OTHER BIOTEČH, HEALTH FINANCIAL, EDUCATION TRAVEL, ETC OUR GOAL? LAUNCH 1,000 MEANINGFUL AND ENDURING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES PER YEAR ACROSS OVER 30 CITIES WORLDWIDE. WE ARE GLOBALIZING SILICON VALLEY JOIN THE MOVEMENT! APPLY TO LAUNCH A COMPANY AT FI.CO/JOIN APPLY TO LAUNCH A CHAPTER AT FI.CO/LEAD Knowledge-sharing ightly-knit ecosysten 20% founders infographic design by infoglyphs.com