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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.
FI and @Women2 Seek Outstanding Female Founders For Spring 2013 Semesters
In our efforts to involve more women in tech we introduced the Female Founder Fellowship. This unique award is given to one exceptional female applicant each semester and provides a full scholarship to the Institute (typically $900 USD). Since implementing the Fellowship a mere two years ago, we have experienced an astonishing 62% increase in female graduates, which has now reached 26% world wide. Women 2.0 recently covered the available Fellowships in the article "Female Fellowship Program Spurs 62% Increase In Female Founder Institute Graduates, New Fellowships Available".
We are currently offering 10 Female Founder Fellowship awards for the Spring 2013 semesters. To learn more about the Fellowship and the opportunities available to women at the Institute, click here. Remember, deadlines are rapidly approaching! To be in the running for the Female Founder Fellowship in your city, submit your application by the Early Application Deadline.
In less than four years in operation, the Founder Institute has helped launch more than 150 female led companies, including CakeHealth, Zirtual, Fashioning Change, Skimble, Memetales, Ecobold, Kindara, Piggybackr and 2RedBeans.
