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LatAm Fall 2026

El Founder Institute ofrece un curriculum semanal de sesiones de creación de empresas diseñado para ayudar a empresarios a pensar en cada aspecto de su negocio desde la idea núcleo hasta el modelo de ingresos. Cada sesión semanal es lliderada por tres Mentores CEO quienes comparte sus diferentes y exclusivos opiniones sobre los temas. Los Fundadores Participantes reciben tareas para construir los aspectos claves de sus negocios entre las sesiones que se completan en Trabajo de Grupos con sus compañeros.

Kickoff

Meet the Cohort

Date: oct 03, 2026
Starts at: 06:00 pm (America/Bogota)

During the Accelerator Kickoff, you will meet the Local Leaders and your cohort of Founders, and establish how your startup will use the program to push your business forward.

Vision

Define a strong business vision

Date: oct 04, 2026
Starts at: 06:00 pm (America/Bogota)

In each weekly Feedback Session, Founders will pitch and outline their strategies/ progress to the Mentors for feedback, get tips and insights on the week's topic, and have multiple opportunities to ask questions. This week you'll get tips on how to develop a strong vision for your business.

Validation

Analyze your customer feedback

Date: oct 11, 2026
Starts at: 06:00 pm (America/Bogota)

In this Feedback Session, Founders will present any customer development progress to the Mentors to examine if they are pursuing a scalable business with a clear and actionable customer problem. The Mentors will also provide tips on how to validate your key assumptions, interview potential customers effectively, and best interpret the feedback you receive.

Model

Validate a scalable revenue model

Date: oct 18, 2026
Starts at: 06:00 pm (America/Bogota)

In this Feedback Session, Founders will share their pitch and revenue model with Mentors for feedback and continued refinement. You will also get tips on how to sustain your startup before receiving financing or revenue, identifying the most lucrative revenue source for your business, testing different revenue sources with your target customers, and more.

Development

Learn how to build a great pitch

Date: oct 25, 2026
Starts at: 06:00 pm (America/Bogota)

An entrepreneur never stops pitching, so this session focuses 100% on helping you build a great pitch. First, the mentors will share the latest best practices for pitching your startup - whether the pitch is for investors, team members, customers, partners, or otherwise. Then, you'll share your most recent pitch and receive constructive feedback on how to improve.

Idea Review

Test the core business on a mentor panel

Date: nov 01, 2026
Starts at: 06:00 pm (America/Bogota)

This is the first big checkpoint in the program to determine your progress. During the Mentor Idea Review, you will present a longer presentation to a panel of FI Mentors for extensive review. You will receive a rating, as well as feedback on the long-term viability of your offering, revenue model, growth strategy, and more.

Formation

Review your legal infrastructure

Date: nov 08, 2026
Starts at: 06:00 pm (America/Bogota)

In this Feedback Session, startup lawyers and CEOs will explain various legal agreements, startup legal components (such as equity), cap tables, how to protect intellectual property, the best practices for managing a law firm, and more. As usual, Mentors will also provide Founders with ratings and feedback on their startup pitch and progress.

Launch

Improve your strategy to launch or scale

Date: nov 15, 2026
Starts at: 06:00 pm (America/Bogota)

In this Feedback Session, Mentors will provide Founders with feedback on their current go-to-market plans and progress, and cover topics like marketing messaging, unit economics, customer acquisition, and more.

Traction

Get feedback on your product roadmap

Date: nov 22, 2026
Starts at: 06:00 pm (America/Bogota)

In this Feedback Session, Mentors will provide Founders with feedback on their current product, and/or product roadmap. Expert in product development will also discuss best practices in product management, roadmapping, managing product teams, and more.

Fundraising

Test your progress on a mentor panel

Date: nov 29, 2026
Starts at: 06:00 pm (America/Bogota)

Similar to the Mentor Idea Review, the Investor Progress Review is the second major test in the program. In this session, Founders will focus on give a long presentation their progress and traction to a panel of Investors and Advisors for a detailed review. Founders will be evaluated based on their progress in the program, the company's scalability, and more.

Demo Day

Improve your team and hiring

Date: dic 06, 2026
Starts at: 06:00 pm (America/Bogota)

In this Feedback Session, Founders will receive feedback from Mentors on their team plans and product progress. In addition, Mentors will discuss how to identify the roles needed to build a world-class company, how to develop a strategy to recruit, onboard and retain the best people, and more.