The Founder Institute, the world's premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program, is looking for Meetup Partners to join us in our mission to "Globalize Silicon Valley."

By partnering with the Founder Institute, your organization can help local idea-stage entrepreneurs get access to our free events focused on early-stage startup education. In addition, you will be able to gain exposure to the Founder Institute's local and global network of technology entrepreneurs, spanning six continents and over 100 cities. 

How does the Founder Institute support our Meetup Partners?

• We can offer your audience discount codes for free e-courses featuring talks from some of our top global startup mentors: Startup & Go: First Steps to Building a Technology Company ($50 value), Product Hacks: How to Develop a Product for Free or Cheap ($25 value), or Become a Startup Founder ($50 value)
• We can offer Fellowships to the best applicants from their audience
• We can list their events on our local Meetup page, and promote them to our local mailing lists (size varies by city, but generally over 1000 local entrepreneurs)
• We can co-host an event with a high quality Founder Institute Mentor, such as a “Startup Ideation Bootcamp”or“Startup Pitch Bootcamp”event. 
• We can announce the partnership on the FI Blog (total readership is 75,000+ unique visitors per month interested in early-stage entrepreneurship)
• We can promote your initiatives across our social media (150,000+ people interested in early-stage entrepreneurship)
• We can include your logo, link, and description on the local Founder Institute website

	"A partnership with the Founder Institute allows us to leverage FI’s global network of mentors who will add great content and value to the Malaysian startup community." "The joint promotion and branding effort will benefit both parties, as it will provide a bigger platform for us to reach out to the startups who are looking for these types of programs” - Cheryl Yeoh, CEO of MaGIC

What is the Founder Institute?

Based in Silicon Valley, the Founder Institute is the world's premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program. In just 14 years, we have launched 7,000 companies across 200 cities, and these companies have already created over 30,000 jobs and have an estimated value of over $30BN. Our mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new startup jobs.

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To discuss a local Event Partnership, please reach out to your Local Founder Institute Director, or Contact Us today!