Since launching in Orange County in 2014, the Founder Institute has graduated several companies in the region, including some of the area's fastest-growing startups like Boon, Momentu, and more, and out efforts in that region have been profiled by various major media channels.
Today, the Founder Institute is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Orange County - Southern California Fall 2024 Semester!
If you could benefit from expert training and advice to launch a technology startup in Orange County, click here to apply today.
Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (Apr 28, 2024) will have their application fees waived (typically $50) and are eligible for Founder Institute Fellowships.
The Founder Institute is the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, with over 7,000 graduate companies spanning 200+ cities worldwide. In our four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs "learn by doing" and launch a company through structured training courses and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, you are not required to quit you day job to participate, so you can begin testing and developing your startup ideas without putting your livelihood at risk.
In order to celebrate the launch, the Orange County Founder Institute will several free startup events for the general public, where you can meet top entrepreneurs and learn more about the program:
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00am, Apr 29, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342864
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- Co-Founders Connect: Find a Business Partner Online: 5:00pm, May 01, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/338056
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas (Interactive Online Event): 10:00am, May 08, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339362
- Innovation Series: Connecting Corporates & Startups with Open Innovation: 9:00am, May 09, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345242
- Startup Founders’ Guide to Building an Effective Go-To-Market Strategy: 10:00am, May 15, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342715
- How to Build a Fundable Start-up Brand: 10:00am, May 20, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/338803
- FI Veteran and SoCal Graduation w/ Kelly Perdew, VC at Moonshots Capital: 10:00am, May 21, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343031
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00pm, May 22, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340360
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 5:00pm, May 27, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339405
- How to Quickly Establish Safe, Reliable, and Compliant AI Startups: 10:00am, May 29, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340155
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00am, Jun 03, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343461
- Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 5:00pm, Jun 05, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340978
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 5:00pm, Jun 10, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339727
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 10:00am, Jun 12, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339783
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00am, Jun 17, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339933
- How to Take a Value Proposition to Finding Product Market Fit: 10:00am, Jun 24, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341467
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00am, Jun 26, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339841
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00pm, Jul 01, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340244
- How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 10:00am, Jul 03, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341958
- How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 10:00am, Jul 08, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344432
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 5:00pm, Jul 15, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341255
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00am, Jul 17, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341355
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 5:00pm, Jul 22, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343968
- How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 10:00am, Jul 24, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343155
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 10:00am, Jul 29, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341681
- Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 5:00pm, Aug 26, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341809
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 5:00pm, Aug 28, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345839
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00pm, Sep 02, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343252
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 5:00pm, Sep 09, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344218
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00am, Sep 16, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342378
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 10:00am, Sep 23, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343565
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00am, Sep 25, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344316
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00am, Oct 02, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342064
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 5:00pm, Oct 14, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342458
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 5:00pm, Oct 23, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344518
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00am, Oct 30, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344617
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder : 10:00am, Nov 04, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343351
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 5:00pm, Nov 06, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342163
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 5:00pm, Nov 18, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344702
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 5:00pm, Nov 25, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345444
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00am, Nov 27, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342556
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00am, Dec 02, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342263
- What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 10:00am, Dec 04, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345354
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00am, Dec 09, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344810
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 10:00am, Dec 16, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344929
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 5:00pm, Dec 23, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342639
The Orange County Chapter will be led by local leaders Aman Singha (Managing Partner for AQ Ventures) and Henri Duong (Founder & Chief Advocate at Kids In Code).
In addition, some of Orange County's top entrepreneurs will help teach founders in the program, including:
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Anderee Berengian: Chairman & CEO, Cie Digital Labs
- Andrew Immerman: CTO, TrustCommerce
- Andrew Bermudez: CEO & Co-Founder, Digsy, Inc.
- Andrew Medal: Founder , Agent Beta
- Anurag Bist: Founder, Ashmar
- Arie Shen: Vice President
- Atul Patel: CEO and Founder, Orbee
- Azad Virk: Corporate Attorney, Stradling
- Big Data Joe Rossi: Principal Technologist
- Bob Drobish: Investor / Board Member / Advisor
- Brendon Kensel: Founder & President, PrimaHealth Credit
- Carey Ransom: Chief Product Officer, Experian Consumer Services
- Chris Dover: CEO/Founder, Geniusly
- Chris Hawkins: Founder, SignNow
- Cori Linder: VP of Marketing, Retail Realm
- Costin Tuculescu: VP Collaboration, Product & Engineering, Intermedia
- David Gerken: Associate Partner, Digital Business Strategy, IBM
- David Stevens: Founder & CEO, Hydroponic Creations
- Don Vivrette: Founder & Chief Ideation Officer, Mackenzie Corporation
- Drew Cather: Vice President
- Fabian Geyrhalter: Founder and Principal, FINIEN
- Fred Thiel: Former CEO & Chairman, Local Corporation
- Henri Duong: Founder, Principal, Enclave Web Group (EWG)
- Jason James: President, Regents & Park
- Jason Taylor: Executive Director
- Jeff Jackel: CEO, Chatter
- Jeff Curie: CEO, Bitvore
- Josh Stomel: CEO, Neohire
- Kimberly Kovacs: Founder & CEO , MyJane, Inc
- Lisa Taylor: Founder & CEO, CrashLabs
- Malcolm Lewis: Founder & CEO, RefGo
- Mark Surfas: CEO, Rockets and Robots
- Mark Edwards: Co-Founder, Virtu Partners
- Matthew Hannus: VP Strategy and Corporate Development , Kochava
- Nessim Medjoub: CEO, Clickbye
- paul spiller: President & COO, Acorns
- Pete Deutschman: CEO, The Buddy Group
- Rizwan Kassim
- Ross Meador: Partner, TechLaw LLP
- Russell Stern: CEO, Solarflare Communications, Inc
- Sergey Sundukovskiy: Co-Founder, CTO and Chief Product Officer, Certemy
- Sergio Munoz: Senior VP Investment Division, HOTB Software
- Shawn Ahmed: President & CEO, Pivotus
- Steven Haines: Founder and President, Sequent Learning Networks
- Thomas Poletti: Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
- Tim Chan: Founder | CEO, Level3 Apps, Inc.
- Vince Bianco: CEO, Advanced Medical Reviews
- And many more to be announced.
We hope you will join us in Orange County and launch a company in 2015.
