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Silicon Valley Spring 2013
Applications: Mar 17, '13
Sessions: Apr 01, '13 - Jul 09, '13
Vision
Our vision is to Globalize Silicon Valley by creating and fostering local startup ecosystems in promising markets across the globe. We aim to help launch 1,000 technology companies per year in over 50 cities worldwide.
Sponsors
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier legal advisor to technology and growth enterprises worldwide, as well as the investment banks and venture capital firms that finance them. Over the past four decades, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has established its reputation by having an unmatched knowledge of its clients' industries and deep and long-standing contacts throughout the technology sector. The firm's legal expertise serves clients at all stages of growth, from venture-backed start-up companies to multibillion-dollar global enterprises. The firm's clients include some of the most recognized names in the technology, retail, life sciences, venture capital, and finance sectors. The firm has offices in Austin, Palo Alto, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C.
First Republic Bank and its subsidiaries provide private banking, private business banking and the full range of wealth management services with an emphasis on exceptional relationship-based service and a solid commitment to responsiveness and action.
Ravix Group - Ravix Group Inc.provides seasoned consulting expertise to outsource the finance, human resources, and facilities functions of early-stage and middle market companies so that management can focus on their priorities to increase the value of their company.
Purplepatch Services is a strategy consulting firm offering technology firms Marketing Communications and User Experience Design solutions.
Founder Institute Launches Tel Aviv Chapter - Apply Now
We are very excited to announce our first chapter in Israel, and our 26th location overall: Tel Aviv.
If you or someone you know could benefit from expert training and feedback to launch a technology startup in Israel click here to apply. Final Applications are due on Sunday, May 20th.
Tel Aviv has quickly become a hotbed for startups, with well-known companies such as Wibiya, Billguard, Soluto, Boxee, Face.com, and The Gifts Project with offices in the city. In fact, the Startup Genome Project just named Tel Aviv the 5th best place to live if you're starting a startup.
The 4-month program will run from May 27th until September 7th, with sessions every Monday night. The Founder Institute is open to existing and prospective technology founders of all kinds: with or without an idea, young or old, and with a full-time job or 100% on the startup.
The Tel Aviv program will be lead by Local Directors Boaz Fletcher and Yossi Dan. Boaz is a serial entrepreneur and partner in the consulting firm StartUps, Inc., and Yossi is a founder and the business development manager at KidsCash, sits on the board of Challengy, and was formerly the country manager for Adobe in Israel.
Confirmed mentors already include:
- Adeo Ressi, Founder of the Founder Institute (San Francisco);
- Alicia Roisman Ismach, Co-Founder of SeerGate;
- Allon Mason, CEO of XPlace.com;
- Alon Atsmon, CEO of iOnRoad;
- Boaz Zilberman, CEO of Project-RAY;
- Donna Abraham, Boyer Communications Group;
- Efraim Pettersson Ivener, CEO of eKita;
- Eran Savir, Co-Founder & CEO of SeatID;
- Gabe Zichermann, Founder of Gamification.co (New York City);
- Ofer Shoshan; CEO of OneHourTranslation;
- Ori Lahav, Co-Founder & CTO of Outbrain;
- Ron Gavriely, Co-Founder & CEO of SellInApp;
- Shira Abel, CEO of Hunter & Bard;
- Yoni Bloch, Founder & CEO of Interlude;
- Ziv Gillat, Co-Founder of Eye-Fi (San Francisco)
- And many more to be announced soon.
