Build a Great Startup in 2024 with the FI Dallas Startup Accelerator

The Founder Institute, the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Dallas Fall 2024 program!

If you could use a structured process and a lifetime of support from Dallas's top investors and entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Dallas Fall 2024 Founder Institute today.

Since 2009, our highly-structured accelerator programs have helped entrepreneurs at the earliest stages grow quickly, know what to do next, and make connections with the largest community of startup advisors.

It all starts with our renowned ‘FI Core’ accelerator, which pushes founders at the idea and pre-seed stages to reach the milestones needed for investment and sustained growth. Alumni of FI Core then receive free access to our advanced ‘Founder Lab’ accelerators for years to come, and can get matched with prospective investors in the FI Venture Network, a collection of global funds actively investing in the earliest rounds of funding.

To celebrate the launch, the Founder Institute will host several free online startup events in Dallas, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs:

Dallas Events:

Zoom Meet & Greet with Dallas Directors & Alumni: 6:30pm, May 29, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/339445
Meet the Dallas Startup Ecosystem: 6:00pm, Jun 26, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/347199
[Restricted] Dallas Fall 2024 VIP Launch Mixer (In-Person): 11:00am, Aug 21, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/339427

Global or Regional Events:

Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas (Interactive Online Event): 12:00pm, May 08, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/339540
Innovation Series: Connecting Corporates & Startups with Open Innovation: 11:00am, May 09, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/345185
Startup Founders’ Guide to Building an Effective Go-To-Market Strategy: 12:00pm, May 15, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/342685
How to Build a Fundable Start-up Brand: 12:00pm, May 20, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/340867
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 7:00pm, May 22, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/340340
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 7:00pm, May 27, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/339541
How to Quickly Establish Safe, Reliable, and Compliant AI Startups: 12:00pm, May 29, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/340132
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 12:00pm, Jun 03, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/343411
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 7:00pm, Jun 05, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/340950
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 7:00pm, Jun 10, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/339710
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 12:00pm, Jun 12, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/341026
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 12:00pm, Jun 17, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/339881
How to Take a Value Proposition to Finding Product Market Fit: 12:00pm, Jun 24, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/341412
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 12:00pm, Jun 26, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/339809
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 7:00pm, Jul 01, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/340192
How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 12:00pm, Jul 03, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/341922
How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 12:00pm, Jul 08, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/344375
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 7:00pm, Jul 15, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/341230
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 12:00pm, Jul 17, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/341307
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 7:00pm, Jul 22, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/343939
How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 12:00pm, Jul 24, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/343114
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 12:00pm, Jul 29, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/341623
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 7:00pm, Aug 05, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/341865
How to Achieve a Product-Market Fit: 12:00pm, Aug 07, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/347115
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 7:00pm, Aug 28, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/345820
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 7:00pm, Sep 02, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/343229
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 7:00pm, Sep 09, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/344190
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 12:00pm, Sep 16, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/342322
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 12:00pm, Sep 23, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/343518
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 12:00pm, Sep 25, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/344269
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 12:00pm, Oct 02, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/342009
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 7:00pm, Oct 14, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/342430
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 7:00pm, Oct 23, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/344489
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 12:00pm, Oct 30, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/344568
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder : 12:00pm, Nov 04, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/343303
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 7:00pm, Nov 06, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/342116
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 7:00pm, Nov 18, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/344669
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 7:00pm, Nov 25, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/345407
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 12:00pm, Nov 27, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/342508
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 12:00pm, Dec 02, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/342215
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 12:00pm, Dec 04, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/345306
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 12:00pm, Dec 09, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/344761
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 12:00pm, Dec 16, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/344880
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 7:00pm, Dec 23, 2024 (America/Chicago): https://FI.co/e/342609

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The Dallas program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Javy Martinez (Managing Director, Founder Institute North Texas), Martín Martinez (Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas), Paloma Lecheta (Head of Global Community, Founder Institute).

In addition, some of Dallas's top investors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs will be participating in the program, providing them with expert feedback and evaluation. The list of startup mentors for the Dallas Founder Institute includes:

Aaron Chavez: Managing Partner, (un)conventional ventures
Aaron Gathmann: Executive Director, North Texas Angel Network
Aaron Golbin: Managing Partner and Head of Accelerators and Incubators, LvlUp Ventures
Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO Platform
Adam Root: Investor, Tricent Capital
Adam Ulevitch: Founder and CEO, Anidea
Adam Ned: Principal, LvlUp Ventures
AJ Smith, LvlUp Ventures
Alex Kogan: CTO , Hi Operator
Alexander Muse: Startup Advisor & Investor, ViewMarket
Alexander Alt: Founder | Angel Investor, Holstein Technology Ventures
Aliyah Harith: Partnership Manager, Builder.ai
Amanda Lewis: CEO, Lewie
April Dominguez: Founder & CEO, Tradiies
Ashley Connell: CEO & Founder, Prowess Project
Ben Krommick: Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences, Mercury
Brandon Maier, LvlUp Ventures
Bre Cruickshank: Founder & CEO, Radical Girl Gang
Brenda Stoner: Co-Founder/President, ByteTrail
Brent M. Eastwood: CEO / Founder, GovBrain
Bri Crow: CEO, TBO Ventures
Brian Botch: Partner, Tricent Capital
Brian Hammer: Founder & CEO, Residual Media
Bryan Chambers: Vice President of Accelerator and Investment Fund, Capital Factory
Bryon Morrison: CEO, Proxxy
Carolyn Rodz: Founder and CEO, Hello Alice
Chase Murphy: Partner and Value Architect, Baker Tilly
Chelsie Ellingson: Co-Founder, CCO, ICONIQ
Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
Chris Yeh: Founder, Blitzscaling Ventures
Chris Smurthwaite: Founder, VC Insider
Christiana Yebra: CEO, Vouch
Christy Metcalf: Business Advisor, Coach, Keynote Speaker, 2 Smart Girls
Collin Hanks: Co-Founder, BrandBridge Inc.
Court Westcott: Managing Partner, Westcott LLC
Dan Sinawat: Founder, AI Connex
Dana Marruffo: Owner, Buzz Public Relations, LLC
Dana Abramovitz: Founding Team, SXSW
Daniel Black: Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Glass-Media, Inc.
David Evans: Managing Partner, Sentiero Ventures
David Ezell: Brand Strategy and Governance, Yahoo
Demetrius Curry: CEO and Co-FounderCEO, College Cash
Denise Huginnie: President, Impact-Focus
Dennis Dayman: Startup Advisor & Seed Investor, Bluewater International, LLC
Elizabeth Tsai: Founder & CEO , HiOperator
Eric Samdahl: CEO / Founder, GHSD Group
Erica Nicole: Founder and CEO , YFS Magazine
Erin Gregor: Content & Social Strategist, Innovation Media Enterprises, LLC
Fabiana Andrade: Founder, Multiple
Fanny Dunagan: Founder, Pathlynks
Farhaj Mayan: Founder / CEO, Kanna
Gabriel Davidov
Gage Dutkin: Managing Director, Gauge Capital
Gennadiy Goldenshteyn: Managing Partner, First Principles, LLC
Guy Parker: Chief Strategy & Creative Officer, Ambient Way
Harrison Blum: ntegrated Marketing Expert | Brand Strategy | Co-Founder and COO , Social Revolt
Hazel Chappell: CEO | Founder, ishca health Inc
Holly Burrow: Startup Advisor, eqALL Business Solutions
Howard Yu: Investor, Good Protein
Jack Wrigley: VP Partner Development, Webbula - The Data Solutions Experts
Jacob Cohen: CEO, MangoRX
Jacqueline Twillie: Founder / CEO, ZeroGap
Jasmin Brand: Founder / CEO, Her Texas
Jason Taylor: Executive Director
Jason W. Taylor: President & Founder, CodeLaunch Accelerator
Javy Martinez: Managing Director | Startup Advisor | Event Host, Founder Institute North Texas
Jeff Francis: Co-Founder, ENO8
Jeremy Brandt: Founder/CEO, WeBuyHouses.com
Jessica Bahlman: CMO, Co-Founder, iOpen Innovations
Jewels Clark: Founder / CEO, How to be Social
Joe Daniels: Partner, Co-Chair - Emerging Companies, Partner & Co-Chair, Emerging Companies Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Joe Beard: Founder / CEO, Advisor
Jose Padilla
Josh Hunt: Founder / CVO, Etabolt
Josh Alballero: Co-Founder, IOOGO
Julian Mintzis: Founder and CEO, Panda Eagle Group
Kat Weaver: Founder, Power To Pitch
Katie Wallace: Founder, Hux Sustainables
Kaymon Farmer, ConcessionTeam
Kendall Castillo: Senior Manager of Events, The DEC Network
Kendrick Mobley: Founder, Veterans Grow America
Kevin Cummings: Senior Editor, Dallas Next
K.J. Royal: Co-Founder, The Startup Studio
Kristy Alballero: Co-Founder & CFO, IOOGO
Lane Campbell: CTO, Vue Ventures
Lauren Zeien: Co-Founder , Project Halcyon
Lila Smith: Founder, #SayThingsBetter
Lindy Chapman: CEO, DOSS Social Agents
Lito Rodriguez: Partner, DWX Par
Lito Rodriguez: Consultant, Nexus Care Consulting
Lyndon Mouton: Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, New Paradigm Technology Partners / Veiled Growth
Lyndsey Haper: MD, Founder / CEO, Meet Rosy
Maggie Barton: Founder / CEO, Cuffed Up
Mara Rada: CEO & Chief of Strategy, Feral (thinkferal.com)
Marcos Rodriguez: Mentor Investor, Rodriguez Capital Holdings LLC
Mark Clark: Founder, O2Works
Marley Gann: Director of Sales Operations, The Network Bar
Martín Martinez: Founding & Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas
Maryna Burushkina: Founder, GrowthChannel
Mike Breck: Principal, Acuity Thinking
Mike Romine: Business Development, R-Water LLC
Mike Solow: Partner
Mohamed Elwazer: CEO / CTO, linedanceAI
Molly Walsh: Director, Founder Institute Dallas
Monica Denais: CEO, Café with Monica
Naveed Haque: Founder / Inventor, Pearl Cha
Neal Murthy: Chairman, Haven Holdings
Nemoy Rau: Co-Founder, US Biometrix
Nikola Korać: CEO, Downstream Business Solutions
Noah Wallach: Founder, Hope OS
Paul O'Brien: CEO, MediaTech Ventures
Prasad Pillai, Mindspace AI
Prithwee Bhat: Executive Officer, Innotech Frontier
Rafael Kartaszynski: CEO, TechEdge Developers
Raheel Malik, FirstGen Agency
Raheela Ahsan: Founder, Attorney, Ahsan Law Firm, PLLC
Rahul Varshneya: CEO, Arkenea
Ram Prasad: Fractional CPO/CTO, Delence
Rama Chakaki: Co-Founder, AYA Animations
Rama Sadasivan: COO, Hypotenuse AI
Richard Delgado: Partner, ERA Capital Partners
Riley Knox: Founder, Accelerate3D
Robbie Crosier
Robert Tucci: Managing Director, HALO
Sameer Ranjan: Chief Technology Officer and Director (Data Science), Catenate
Shalini Sardana: Co-Founder, She Raises Capital Inc.
Shane Larisey: Venture Investor, VU Venture Partners
Shanna Dean: Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Shelby Stephens: Founder & CEO, GrowthMatch
Shlomi Podgaetz: Director/CEO, Rizasmart Consulting
Shuv Chowdhury: Chief Startup Evangelist, Startken
Sloan Foster: Principal , Envisage Associates
Steve Denney: Co-Founder and CEO, CityFront Innovations
Sunny Bonnell: Co-Founder, Motto
Sweta Patel: Senior Consultant, vcfo
Talha Bin Shuja: Startup and Business Consultant, High Hope International
Terri Foundray: CEO, RUMBLE
Tiana Laurence: GP, Laurence Innovation
Tiffanie Tovar: Community Manager, MassChallenge
Timo Meintjes: CEO, Farmacres Global
Tinsley Merrill: CRO / Founder, PAIRR
Tom Zheng: Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Players Company
Triet Nguyen: Founder
Uni Rosales Yost: CEO, GoAskJoy.com
Valeriya Khoadaovych: Founder, Velle Wellness
Vidhi Data, She Raises Capital
Waafaa Arbash: CEO, WorkAround
WAEL DOUKMAK: CEO, AHLAN, Inc.
Walker Lutringer
Will Coleman: Founder / CEO, Alto
Yemi Oluseun: Founder/ CEO - Fintech, SaaS Business Growth, Automation & Change Management, The Change Hive