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Spark Festival Event by Founder Institute: Navigate the Advisory Minefield
Spark Festival event by Founder Institute: Navigate the Advisory Minefield
Date
Sep 24, 2026
Time
01:00 am - 03:00 am
Address
Hall Chadwick, 40/2 Park St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Graduate of Founder Institute Sydney - Jakomi founder of Goto.health - moderates this panel on choosing and working with advisors, board members and investors: who actually helps, what good governance looks like early, and how to tell the difference before you hand over equity.
Please RSVP here: https://luma.com/ymq28qb5
- Jakomi Mathews (Moderator),
- Benjamin Chong (Founder Institute and Right Click Capital),
- Josh Ayscough (Utiliti Ventures),
- Brinley Meagher (HWLE)
- Trinity Woolnough (Hall Chadwick)
Who Should Attend:
- Prospective Founder Institute applicants
- Founders navigating the advisory minefield now
- People who want to hear the downsides
- Anyone curious what the Founder Institute startup portfolio looks like.
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About Founder Institute: Founder Institute is the World's Largest AI-Native Company Builder, giving idea-stage, first-time founders, and employees making the leap to entrepreneurship the tools, global network, and proven methodology to build an AI-powered startup from zero to funding. Since 2009, our structured programs have helped over 9,000 founders across 100 countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 6 continents, our mission is to empower talented and motivated people everywhere to build impactful, AI-powered companies.
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