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Finland Winter 2012
Applications: Nov 04, '12
Sessions: Nov 19, '12 - Mar 12, '13
Vision
Visionamme on tuoda Piilaakson osaaminen ja menestystekijät Suomeen. Haluamme että Suomalaiset start-upit menestyvät globaaleilla markkinoilla. Avaamme yrittäjille ovet maailmanlaajuiseen yhteistyöverkostoon viidellä mantereella. Olemme mukana mukana perustamassa 1.000 teknologiayritystä vuosittain yli 50 paikkakunnalla.
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
Kalliolaw- Attorneys at Law is a Finnish mid-size commercial law firm. It specializes in serving growing companies and corporations commencing as of the initial planning stages through IPO’s.
We serve start-up’s comprehensively relating to legal issues faced by start-up’s such as drafting various agreements, assisting with fund raising and intellectual property rights’ strategy, assisting with personnel related questions and building up a roadmap for overall legal matters to make the start-up to achieve its goals, whether it is fund raising, exit or getting into new market area.
KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. Worldwide, we have more than 152,000 outstanding professionals working together to deliver value in 156 countries and in Finland we are over 750 professionals in 16 locations.
For start-ups KPMG equals with accessing the knowledge and expertise that will help shape and deliver strategies of the future. We provide our support for example within financial reporting, tax advisory, business development and internationalization.
Institute News
This Week’s Must-Read Articles for Entrepreneurs
Each week we scour the web for insightful articles to share with the FI network.
This week's top articles include insights from Adeo Ressi on Startup Ideation, building a startup community, raising capital, finding a great startup idea, and more.
Read on to see our picks for this week's top articles:
Need Help on Your Startup Idea or Pitch? Get Help from Adeo Ressi at a Free Event in San Francisco
As we previously announced, Adeo Ressi (Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute) will lead his first ever San Francisco Founder Institute semester this summer. To celebrate the launch, Adeo will host a number of free events in San Francisco in May, to help aspiring founders improve their ideas, perfect their pitch, and find co-founders.
Click here to see the schedule...
Funding: What’s Changed, and What Needs To, by Adeo Ressi
Last week, Founder Institute CEO Adeo Ressi shared his thoughts on the recent changes in the funding landscape, and the risks he sees for the future. This article originally appeared on Women 2.0 and has been republished to the FI blog.
Read on for Adeo's insights on the future of funding.
Fundraising Advice from Scott Painter, Who Has Started 37 Companies and Raised $1.5 Billion
Inside FI gives you exclusive access inside the training sessions of the Founder Institute.
In this talk from the Los Angeles Founder Institute, Scott Painter, Serial Entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of TrueCar, shares his experiences from 37 companies started and over $1 billion raised. In his opinion, raw passion, a calculated business model, and an understanding of the language of investors is imperative.
Grad News Roundup: Big Awards, M&A’s, and Demo Days
The Founder Institute has helped launch over 750 new technology companies across 40 cities and five continents.
This past week, Shopalize was acquired by 24/7; Puzzazz's TouchWrite technology won Innovation of the Year; Vibease was featured in TechCrunch; CipherPoint released a new version of their software; and PetHub was given big honors in Seattle.
Startup Mentor Superheroes: The Top Founder Institute Mentors for 2012
When a founder is in need of advice, support, or feedback, Founder Institute Mentors come to the rescue... sort of like Startup Superheroes.
While all of our 2500+ Mentors help our companies, among these great individuals, there are some that stand out. Here we present to you the League of Extraordinary Mentors (aka: the 2012 Founder Institute Mentor Award Nominees).
Free #Startup Events this Week from the Founder Institute
We will be hosting a number of free events across the next few weeks.
These "Startup Bootcamps" are hands-on, intensive workshops that are modeled off a real Founder Institute session. In just three hours, FI and leading local entrepreneurs will help you improve your ideas and pitching skills, come up with new ideas, and even recruit potential cofounders.
See the full list of upcoming events here: http://fi.co/events.
This Week’s Must-Read Articles for Entrepreneurs
Each week we scour the web for insightful articles to share with the FI network.
This week's top articles include tips for how to negotiate with VCs, advice from Evan Williams, why now is the best time to be an entrepreneur, and more.
Read on to see our picks for this week's top articles:
50 Tips to Outsource Successfully, by Ashwin Ramasamy
Founder Insight gives you feedback from the startup trenches.
The question of whether or not your startup should outsource is one every founder will have to ask themselves at some point or another. According to Ashwin Ramasamy, he believes outsourcing really depends on who you are and where you are in your startup pursuit.
Getting the Most Out of Your Investor Meetings, by Wim Vernaeve
Inside FI gives you exclusive access inside the training sessions of the Founder Institute. To get updates when we release new videos, follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
In this talk from the Medellin Founder Institute, Wim Vernaeve gives tips on how to get the most out of investor meetings, what to focus on during your presentation, equity allocation, and more.
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