Online Event
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder
Hear different points of view from experienced startup founders
Date
Apr 07, 2025
Time
01:00 pm - 02:30 pm
Address
Online Event
Do you want to start your own technology company, but don't know where to begin? You are not alone. Every day millions of people go to jobs they don't enjoy, but few do something about it. At the "Employee to Entrepreneur" event, you can hear the stories, tips, and best practices of those who left their jobs to pursue their own startup company. Listen to the experiences of people just like you who have made the transition, and discuss any questions or concerns that you have. Afterwards, attendees will have an opportunity to network with other aspiring entrepreneurs and share their ideas for feedback.
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone who dreams of launching their own company.
- Anyone with an idea for a new business either launched inside their employer or independently.
- Anyone curious about being an entrepreneur someday.
What Are Some of the Topics?
- What is the difference between being an employee versus being a founder.
- What to consider before becoming an entrepreneur.
- How do you know when the time is right to quit.
- What are the first steps in the entrepreneurial journey.
Featured Speaker:
- Ines Da Silva Costa - Founder of Omnia, a startup revolutionizing mental health support and individual growth within enterprises through AI, she has a background in biological engineering and extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Her contributions to governance, processes, and operations have resulted in several awards and recognitions. After seven years of driving organizational change, she expanded her focus to personal transformation, founding ToW, a wellness brand that curates immersive experiences to promote holistic health, personal growth, and better interpersonal relationships.
- Renata Redondo Bonaldi - Co-Founder & CEO at SleepUp, a digital Therapeutics IoT Platform offering personalized, clinically validated treatment, monitoring, and diagnostics for sleep disorders and neurological diseases - using proprietary mobile software and an EEG headband. Renata is a passionate entrepreneur driven to create positive change through science, innovation, and accessible healthcare. With more than 18 years of academic and industry experience, Renata’s work spans intelligent textiles, wearables, R&D, product development, IP, open innovation, and new business development.
Host:
- Martín Martinez - Advisor, Host & Speaker, and Executive Producer, he is a 20-year event producer and public speaker with the soul of an entrepreneur. He leads Partnerships at the Founder Institute. He is the Founding & Executive Director at Founder Institute Texas, with chapters in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, established in 2017. He is also the Co-Executive Producer of the FounderX Texas Conference, scheduled for March 4-6, 2025, in Austin, Texas.
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About Founder Institute:
The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,000 entrepreneurs raise over $1.75BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 100 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,000 entrepreneurs raise over $1.75BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 100 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
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