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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.
New York Founder Institute Early Applications Due Today
Join us this Spring and launch a company with the New York Founder Institute!
This Sunday, February 24th is the Early Application Deadline for the Spring 2013 New York Founder Institute. If you or someone you know could benefit from expert training and feedback to launch a technology startup in New York, then click here to apply today.
Those who apply by this Sunday's Early Application Deadline get to take the Predictive Admissions Test for free (it is typically $50), and are also eligible to receive one of several Founder Institute Fellowships.
Through the Founder Institute's part-time, four month program, existing and prospective founders can launch their dream company with expert training, feedback, and support from experienced startup CEOs - while not being required to quit their day job. Our unique Graduate Liquidity Pool also enables graduates and mentors to share in the equity upside of each class, creating strong teamwork-based startup ecosystems where great companies can flourish. In less than four years of operation, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 750 companies across 40 cities and five continents, and we are excited to continue helping entrepreneurs launch startups in New York.
If you would like to learn more, then join a free event we will be hosting in the coming weeks:
- Startup Pitch Bootcamp: March 6th (6:30pm)
- Information Session: March 8th (6:30pm)
Leading the Founder Institute’s efforts in New York, are local leaders Gabe Zichermann, Editor of Gamification.CO and Bryan Janeczko, Founder of Wicked Start.
Helping our founders in New York with critical feedback and guidance are;
- Alexandra Wilson, Founder and Chief Merchandising Officer, Gilt Groupe
- Andrew Lee, Senior Advisor, U.S. Small Business Administration
- Andrew Beinbrink, CEO, SportsForce
- Charlie Kim, Founder & CEO, Next Jump
- Cindy Gallop, Founder, IfWeRanTheWorld
- David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital
- David Beatty, Managing Director, Golden Seeds
- Divya Gugnani, CEO, Send the Trend/Behind the Burner
- Lorenzo Thione, Co-Founder, Artify It, StartOut
- Pavel Asanov, Founder - CEO, PlayFitness.com
- Rob Principe, Founder & CEO, Scratch Music Group, Inc.
- Shahab Kaviani, Co-Founder, Chief Entrepreneurs Office, CoFoundersLab
- And many more to be announced.
The program 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 unemployed.



