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The Founder Institute is the world’s premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program. Through a challenging curriculum and strong post-program support, we provide aspiring entrepreneurs with structure, mentorship, and a network to start an enduring company. Learn More
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Leaders of the world's fastest growing companies have used our program to form and improve their business ideas, create an advisory board, recruit co-founders, improve their pitch, launch a product, raise capital, generate revenue, and more. The scale of our successful alumni is unprecedented.
See our Graduates2,700+
Companies
Launched
78%
Company
Survival Rate
$15B
Estimated
Portfolio Value
Stronger Together
Through a unique Liquidity Pool, the Founder Institute creates strong local communities where Graduates, Directors, and Mentors all receive equity in the companies formed. These strong local networks are also connected to a massive global ecosystem that spans six continents.
Learn our Methodology9,900
CEO & Founder
Mentors
170
Global
Chapters
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Ellis Rosenberg
Vice President, Sales, WellDoc, Inc
Senior Sales, Marketing, and Operations Executive
Rosemarie Truman
FI Mentor
I'm the Founder and CEO of the Center for Advancing Innovation; our mission is to identify breakthrough inventions and maximize...
Paul Schwinn
Associate Attorney, Shulman Rogers
Paul M. Schwinn is an associate in the Firm’s Business & Financial Services Department, counseling business clients on a variet...
Jeb Ory
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Phone2Action, Inc.
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Phone2Action, Inc.
Allyson Redpath
Board Member, Westchester Land Trust
Kathie Brady
CEO Group Chair, Vistage
Ms. Callahan Brady is a entrepreneur, with more than 25 years of executive-level experience in IT, real estate & business devel...
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