The Founder Institute, the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, announced today that it is exploring a new semester launch in Karachi this Autumn 2014.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 7,000 companies, which have created over 30,000 new jobs. The company's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
If you'd like to help bring a semester to Karachi, then fill out an Interest Form. If enough people complete this form by Sunday, November 2nd 2014, then the Founder Institute will formally launch a program in Karachi.
The Founder Institute is a part-time, four-month program where promising entrepreneurs can "learn by doing" and launch a company through structured training courses and expert feedback from business mentors. Plus, you are not required to quit your day job to participate, so you can begin building a business around your ideas without putting your livelihood at risk.
In order to test demand for a Karachi program, the Founder Institute will host several free startup events;
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, Apr 29, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/342846
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- Zoom Meet & Greet with Karachi Directors: 6:00pm, Apr 30, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345479
- How to Quickly Establish Safe, Reliable, and Compliant AI Startups: 10:00pm, May 29, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345503
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, Jun 03, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/343436
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 10:00pm, Jun 12, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345632
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00pm, Jun 17, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/339909
- How to Take a Value Proposition to Finding Product Market Fit: 10:00pm, Jun 24, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/341441
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00pm, Jun 26, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345664
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00am, Jul 02, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/340220
- How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 10:00pm, Jul 03, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345696
- How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 10:00pm, Jul 08, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344404
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00pm, Jul 17, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345744
- How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 10:00pm, Jul 24, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345757
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 10:00pm, Jul 29, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/341655
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, Aug 12, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344096
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00pm, Sep 16, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/342353
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 10:00pm, Sep 23, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/343541
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00pm, Sep 25, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344293
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00pm, Oct 02, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/342038
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, Oct 30, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344593
Leading the Founder Institute’s efforts in Pakistan are two leaders of the local entrepreneurship scene, Sumaan Azmi, and Hassan Qureshi. Sumaan is a creative workoholic by day, analytics wizard by night, and a value creation entrepreneur by heart – continuously finding ways to fill the gaps of our technology needs. Hassan Qureshi is the Founder of Carimson Commerce (a technology startup enterprise). Hassan has worked in transportation & logistics sector for over 20 years and is passionate about startups & entrepreneurship.
Other successful entrepreneurs who have pledged their support to mentor founders in a Karachi Founder Institute program include:
- And many more to be announced.
Help bring the Founder Institute to Karachi and fill out an Interest Form today.
About The Founder Institute
The Founder Institute (www.FI.co) is the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, helping aspiring founders across the globe build enduring technology companies. In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs "learn by doing" and launch a company through structured training courses, practical business-building assignments, and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, aspiring founders are not required to quit their day job to participate, so they can begin building a business around their ideas without putting their livelihood at risk.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 7,000 companies, which have created over 30,000 new jobs. The company's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
The Founder Institute was founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneur Adeo Ressi.
