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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.
Los Angeles Founder Institute Final Applications Due Today
Join us this Summer and launch a company with the Los Angeles Founder Institute!
Sunday, May 19th is the Final Application Deadline for the Spring 2013 Los Angeles Founder Institute. If you or someone you know could benefit from expert training and feedback to launch a technology startup in Los Angeles, then click here to apply today.
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 LA.
The Los Angeles chapter will be led by Jeanine Jacobson, co-founder of FounderList, a community of Founders that share and exchange information about resources for Founders in San Diego and around the globe.
Expected Mentors for the program include;
- Alex Lightman, CTO, Fortune Nest Corporation
- Cliff Boro, Managing Partner , Team Ventures, LLC.
- Fred Joyal, CEO & Co-Founder, Futuredontics
- Jay Samit, Former CEO, SocialVibe
- Scott Painter, CEO, Zag
- Steen Strand, Co-Founder & COO, ICON Aircraft
- Walter O'Brien, CEO, Scorpion Computer Services
- 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.



