Online Event
How to Identify High-Potential Founders: Insights from a Global Accelerator
Learn from FI's 14+ years of experience in recruiting great entrepreneurs
Date
Aug 01, 2023
Time
12:00 pm - 01:30 pm
Address
Online Event
The greatest variable in the success or failure of a startup is the Founder, especially at the earliest stages. Still, most investors and accelerators rely on old-fashioned interviews and 'gut feeling' to judge Founders. At this live event, Jonathan Greechan (Co-Founder and CEO of Founder Institute) will share insights from FI's Entrepreneur DNA Assessment, leveraging 14+ years of data and research of top-tier Founders. If you are interested in learning how your organization can make better investment decisions based on social science, you won't want want to miss this.
About the Speaker:
- Jonathan Greechan - CEO & Co-Founder at Founder Institute - Since 2009, Jonathan has grown and scaled the world's largest pre-seed accelerator to chapters in over 200 cities and 100 countries, producing over 6800 portfolio companies with an estimated value of $35BN. He also serves as an Advisor to Oxford Entrepreneurs (Oxford University), Horasis, and the USC Incubator (University of Southern California). Previously, Jonathan was a Partner of TheFunded.com, the first website for founders to rate and review venture capitalists, and an Executive Producer of the Founder Showcase, a leading Silicon Valley startup conference that hosted speakers like Elon Musk. Jonathan’s writing has been featured in Fortune, TechCrunch, and Entrepreneur Magazine, and he has spoken at startup conferences on four continents.
What You'll Learn
- Best practices to identify high-potential entrepreneurs using a data-driven approach
- Insights from FI's Entrepreneur DNA Assessment, including the 9 Entrepreneur Profiles
- Specific steps to improve your Founder selection process
Upcoming Bootcamp:
If you want to access more of the Founder Institute's structured methodologies for building amazing accelerator programs, join the Accelerator Lab Bootcamp. This course will be hosted by FI's leading accelerator instructors and consists of 4 interactive sessions spread over 4 weeks. The program is designed to help you improve your accelerator in the shortest amount of time possible, and each week includes one live workshop with optional exercises and networking opportunities.
Additional Resources:
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About Founder Institute:
The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,300 entrepreneurs raise over $1.8BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 100 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,300 entrepreneurs raise over $1.8BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 100 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
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