The Founder Institute, the World’s Largest Startup Accelerator, announced today that it is exploring a new semester launch in Hanoi this Summer 2014.
If you'd like to help bring this great program to Hanoi this Summer, then fill out an Interest Form. If enough people complete this form by Sunday, April 27, 2014, then the Founder Institute will begin enrolling for a Hanoi Semester in the Summer of 2014.
If you would like to learn more, then please join us for a free, upcoming event:
- How to Get Your First 10 Customers Without a Marketing Team or Budget: 11:30pm, Jun 22, 2026 (Asia/Jakarta): https://FI.co/e/400820
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- Economic Development: How to Build Entrepreneurial Communities: 10:00pm, Jun 23, 2026 (Asia/Jakarta): https://FI.co/e/400978
- [Restricted] VIP Pitch Lounge: Pitch Live and Get Feedback from Investors & Advisors: 11:00pm, Jun 30, 2026 (Asia/Jakarta): https://FI.co/e/401174
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 9,000 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.
In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising 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.
Leading the Founder Institute's efforts in Hanoi are Pham Minh Tuan, Founder and CEO of the TOPICA Edtech Group; Mai Duy Quang, Founder & CEO at Biaki; and Tran Manh Cong of the TOPICA Edtech Group.
Hanoi is home to some of the country's most successful startups, including VNG, CleverAds, VCCorp, and Appota, and posesses an environment that's conducive to entrepreneurial expansion.
It's amazing when working with founders in Vietnam; they have big dreams, and teams of the talented, hungry, and foolish. I believe if they have the support, training, and guidance of the Founder Institute, they can acquire huge success." - Mai Duy Quang
Other successful entrepreneurs who have signed on to mentor founders in the program include:
- And many more to be announced.
Help bring the Founder Institute to Hanoi this Summer by filling out an Interest Form today.
