The Founder Institute (http://fi.co), the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, announced today that it is exploring a new semester launch in Tallinn 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 Tallinn, then fill out an Interest Form. If enough people complete this form by Sunday, September 28th 2014, then the Founder Institute will formally launch an Autumn 2014 program.
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 an Autumn 2014 program, the Founder Institute will host several free startup events;
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
Even though Estonia is small in size, the country consistently produces several meaningful and enduring technology startups every year. The Founder Institute aims to help promising entrepreneurs build global businesses in Estonia, through our training and global network of resources"
- Adeo Ressi, Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute
Leading the Founder Institute's efforts in Tallinn is two leaders of the Estonia startup ecosystem; Mari Suviste, the Founder of aHack, and Lauri Antalainen, Co-Founder of CoreGrow and GameFounders.
Other successful entrepreneurs who have pledged their support to mentor founders in a Tallinn Founder Institute program include:
- Antti Perli: Member of the Board, SmartCap
- Calum Cameron: Managing Director, Startup Wise Guys
- Eero Tohver: CEO, Uptime
- Erik Anderson: Marketing, Startup Wise Guys
- Heidi Kakko: Managing Director, EstBAN
- Henrik Aavik: Sales Executive, Applaud
- Indrek Kelder: Investment Manager, SmartCap
- Kati Nikopensius: Co-founder, Uschanka
- Kristjan Lepik: Head of Smart Specialization, Estonian Development Fund
- Lauri Antalainen: founder & CEO, Avocado Games
- Liisa Toompuu: Product Lead, Toggl Business (previously Onboarding Manager), Toggl
- Linnar Viik: Co-owner, Member of the Board, Strategy&Investments, Mobi Solutions
- Peeter Mark: Founder, Cloutex
- Rain Rannu: Founder & CEO, Fortumo
- Rauno Rüngas: Founder & CEO, Qminder
- Riina Einberg: ex-General Manager, ZeroTurnaround
- Siim Lepisk: CEO, Prototron
- Sven Illing: Investment Adviser, Buildit
- Taavi Lindmaa: UX design and lean startup evangelist, Trinidad Consulting
- And many more to be announced.
Help bring the Founder Institute to Tallinn 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.
