Time to Build: Applications Now Open to Founder Institute Florida 2023

Founder First, Founder Always. Join us in 2022: Founder Institute is the #1 place in the world to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.

Today’s economic 'New Normal' is full of reshuffling industries, and new problems in need of solutions - now is a time for entrepreneurs to act.

Whether you need to test and validate early hypotheses before making a large financial commitment to your startup idea, or you are ready to push your startup to the next level through aggressive weekly growth sprints to refine your vision, improve key metrics, and prepare for investor diligence, Founder Institute has the proven processes and network to help you do it.

If you could use a structured process that tells you what to focus on when, and a lifetime of support from Florida's top investors and entrepreneurs, then apply to the Florida 2023 Founder Institute today.

We will be hosting several free startup events in Florida over the coming weeks, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs all from the comfort of home:

Florida Events:

Startup Grind: Q&A w/ Jonathan Greechan (Co-Founder/CEO, Founder Institute): 6:00pm, May 22, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341384
Zoom Meet & Greet with Florida Directors & Alumni: 6:00pm, May 28, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344969

Global or Regional Events:

Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
Startup Founders’ Guide to Building an Effective Go-To-Market Strategy: 1:00pm, May 15, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342690
How to Build a Fundable Start-up Brand: 1:00pm, May 20, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/338762
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 1:00pm, May 22, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/340343
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, May 27, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/339390
How to Quickly Establish Safe, Reliable, and Compliant AI Startups: 1:00pm, May 29, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/340134
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 1:00pm, Jun 03, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343416
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 8:00pm, Jun 05, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/340954
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00pm, Jun 10, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/339711
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 1:00pm, Jun 12, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/339759
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00pm, Jun 17, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/339888
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Jun 26, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/339814
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 8:00pm, Jul 01, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/340199
How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 1:00pm, Jul 03, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341929
How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 1:00pm, Jul 08, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344382
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, Jul 15, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341234
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 1:00pm, Jul 17, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341315
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 8:00pm, Jul 22, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343943
How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 1:00pm, Jul 24, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343122
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 1:00pm, Jul 29, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341632
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 8:00pm, Aug 05, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341868
How to Achieve a Product-Market Fit: 1:00pm, Aug 07, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/347123
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 1:00pm, Aug 12, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344075
The Startup Founders’ Guide to Building AI Products Quickly & Easily : 1:00pm, Aug 14, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/347923
Pitch Lounge: Practice Pitching Your Business Idea to Startup Experts : 8:00pm, Aug 19, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341734
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 8:00pm, Aug 26, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341791
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00pm, Aug 28, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/345823
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 8:00pm, Sep 02, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343233
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 8:00pm, Sep 09, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344195
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 1:00pm, Sep 16, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342331
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 1:00pm, Sep 23, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343523
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00pm, Sep 25, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344275
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Oct 02, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342017
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 8:00pm, Oct 14, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342435
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00pm, Oct 23, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344493
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 1:00pm, Oct 30, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344573
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder : 1:00pm, Nov 04, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343312
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, Nov 06, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342124
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 8:00pm, Nov 18, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344674
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 8:00pm, Nov 25, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/345413
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 1:00pm, Nov 27, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342517
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Dec 02, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342224
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 1:00pm, Dec 04, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/345312
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00pm, Dec 09, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344768
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 1:00pm, Dec 16, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344887
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 8:00pm, Dec 23, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342614

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Make better, faster business decisions in 2022 by sharing your latest progress, challenges, and strategies for constant feedback and evaluation from our expert mentors and advisors, every step of the way–scale your team, develop new business opportunities, and recruit an amazing advisory board with the world's largest network of international startup founders, CEOs, advisors, and investors.

The Florida accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Janet Todorova (Head of Expansion, Founder Institute), Molly Walsh (DIRECTOR, Fourth State Ventures), Roxette Irvine (Director of Florida , Founder Institute Florida). In addition, some of Miami's top entrepreneurs will be participating as mentors in the program, including:

Aaron Chavez: Managing Partner, (un)conventional ventures
Alessandro Annoscia: Founder & CEO, 1Apeiron
Alexander Rodriguez: Partner, International Blockchain Legal LLP
Alexander Loveyko: Attorney, ChaseLawyers
Alexander McElfish: Partner, Argent Strategies
Alfredo Ferrari
Amlan Nanda
Andrea Chico: Business Development Manager, Ferguson Ventures
Andreas Calabrese: General Partner, Tampa Bay Ventures
Andres Hurtado Rangel: Founder, & President, BiZiON GROUP
Andres Hurtado: CEO, SynerTechCloud
Angelo Biasi: FoundeR & CEO, MassiveU
Antonio Garrido: President, and Co-Founder, Absolute Sales Development, Sandler Miami
Ashley Flucas: Angel Investor, Flucas Ventures
Aviv Shalgi: CEO, Solar Simplified
Benjamin Vides: Director, Products, Watsco Ventures
Bernardt Vogel: Sr.Associate, VU Venture Partners
Bianca Diosdado: VP, Octagon Technology
Bo Megginson: Managing Partner, Gold Coast Angel Investors
Bob Dakin
Brandon Evans: Purpose Driven Founder // Advisor // Investor Focused on High Growth + Social Impact Companies, 1heart
Brian Boroff: Founder & CEO, AdFone
Carlos Garrido: CEO, Absolute Sales Development
Carlos Icaza: CTO, RCTSports
Carlos Blanco: CEO, Pigs on the Roof
Carlos Romero: CEO, LiVi - Live stream by request
Carolina Forero: Director Digital Solutions, Visa Inc.
Carolina Mandil: CEO, DIGIREP
Casey Pond
Chelsea Oppenheim
Chris Anderson: General Partner, A2ZVenture.com
Chris Adamo: Investor & Senior Advisor, Conscience VC
Chris Houghtaling
Christian Busch: Venture Scout, GGV Capital
Christos Kritikos: Startup Consultant - Product and Growth | 100+ Startups, $15M+ Raised, Emerging Humanity
Claudio Pairot: CEO, Puntilla Films
Dan Holahan: Director of Member Experience, Embarc Collective
Daniel Buelhoff: Founding Partner, Springtech Partners
Daniel Nelson: Recovering Accountant, Startup Economics
Daniel Di Maria
Daniel Pardo: CEO , DPC Labs
David Collado: Investment Banker, 1st BridgeHouse
David Koretz: Founder & CEO, Plum
David Zinn: Managing Director, Ocean Azul Partners
David Chitester: Founder, SeedFunders
Dean Hatton: Founding Partner, Las Olas VC
Deon Bradley
Derick David: Cofounder & CEO, Hikre School
Diana Sanchez
Donna Abood: Principal, Managing Director - Miami, Avison Young
Douglas Scott: Co-Founder & CEO, The HighBoy
Dr. Lascelle A. Sweetland: Managing Director, Laspainc Consulting
Edwin Rivera
Elisabetta Bell: Marketing Operations Manager, Caterpillar Inc.
Emiliano Abramzon: Co-founder & Head of Customer Success, Nearpod
Eryka Gemma: Director, Timelock Ventures
Esteban Reyes: Founding Partner, Las Olas Venture Capital
Esteban Elias: Expert Lawyer, PAG.law
Etienne Gillard: Head of Ventures, Mana Tech
Federico Halperin: Founder & CEO, Kubikware
Felipe Fernandez: Executive Partner, Altenergy & Ecosolutions
Fernando Cariello
Gabriel Cabrera: Omni Channel Strategist, Avon
Gabriel Cabrera: Advisor to the Board, Silverback Concepts, LLC
Gary Aksamit: Founder, Aksamit Resource Management
Geoffrey Keith: Chair of Managers Committee, Seedfunders LLC
German Hornstein: Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Goutam Jain: CEO, Sygnius, LLC
Greg Taffet: Managing Partner and CIO, Taffet Associates
Gregory Sukornyk: Founder & CEO, Good World Games
Guillermo Sierra: Founder & CEO, Alentha Inc
Gustavo Fernandez: Founding Member, Royal Oak Kapital
Hector Figallo: Managing Partner, TamboWorks
Howard Marks: Founder, StartEngine
Hubert Reinfeld: Creative Director, TOTUMA COMMUNICATIONS & DESIGN
Hugo Perez: Managing Partner, United Data Technologies (UDT)
Imran Khan: Founder & CEO, TechNerds.com
Jahn Karsybaev: Founding Partner, Big Sky Capital VC
Jamaila Holder: CEO/Lead Advisor, Holder Advisory and Associates
James Irvine: Founder, 305 Works and Pitch Night NYC
Janet Todorova: Head of Expansion, Founder Institute
Jason Blilie: Owner, Blilie Law
Jeff Brown: Founder | Accredited Angel | Mentor, Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation, FIU SJMC
Jeff Brown: Founder, Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation
Jeff Alexander
Jeffrey Harris: Founder, SpringBIG
Jessica Shraybman: CEO, Shraybman Law
Jim Ryan: Founder and CEO-Chairman, Talk2Rep, TechNearshore
Joan Zhang: Chapter Co-Director, Startup Grind Miami
Joe Daniels: Partner, Co-Chair - Emerging Companies, Partner & Co-Chair, Emerging Companies Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Joe Tremols: CEO, StreamGuard
John Price: Managing Director, Americas Market Intelligence
John Wensveen: Chief Innovation Officer, Nova Southeastern University
Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute
Jonathan Cole: Managing Director, Rio Vista Advisors
Jonathan Fichman
Jose Rocha: Assistant Professor of Management, Gus Machado School of Business, St. Thomas University
Juan Meza: Director, Visa
Juan Colmenares: Growth Lead, Graphite Growth
Juan Patron: CEO, The 2020 Agency
Kathy Chiu: Managing Partner, DeepWork Capital
Ken Roberts: President, WorldCity
Ken Hall: Vice President, DeepWork Capital
Kerstin Holm: Founder & CEO, Summus Inc.
Kevin Levy: Shareholder and Chair of Technology Business Law, GrayRobinson, P.A.
Kirsty Barany: CEO / Founder, RxGenesys Biotech / Clear Sparrow / Kompass Group
Kjell De Orr: Managin Director, Newlink Research
Kjell De Orr: Managing Partner, Newlink Group
Kristen Corpion: Founder, CORPlaw
Kristina Momchilova: Founder, The Better Kind
Kwamara Thompson: Founder, TEC, LLC
Laura Gonzalez Estefani: CEO, The Venture City
Leonel Azuela: CEO & Founder , Quaxar
Logan Paull: Investment Banker, Growthink Capital
Lorenzo Thione: Managing Director, Gaingels
Lorenzo De Leo: Managing Director, Rokk3r
LUIS Murguia: Managing Partner, Murguia Associates LLC
Luis Antonio Bergas Vilardell: Partner , AI8 Ventures
Madeline Aufseeser
Marcelo Ricigliano: CEO, 4Geeks Academy
Marcos Polanco: CTO, Bellwether Coffee
Mario Cruz: Founder & CTO, Choose Digital
Mario Cruz
Mark Volchek: Founder, Las Olas Venture Capital
Mark Cuda: Founder, Ancient Strength
Marshall Swatt: Founder, SocialSplendor
Marty Schultz: Founder, Objective Ed
Mary Ann Knaus
Matt Quinn: Ecosystem Growth Director, Nervos Foundation
Matthew Lally: CEO, Lex Lally Corp
Matthew Capala: Founder, Alphametic
Melisa Pinto-Rivera, MS: Consultant/ Founding Partner , Stella Sophia Global
Melissa Krinzman: Co-Founder, Krillion Ventures
Michael O'donnell: Principal, StartupBiz.com LLC
Michel Legros: CEO & Founder, Normandy Print
Michel Triana: CEO, Mean DAO
Miguel Molina Cosculluela: Managing Partner & Co-Founder , Analytikus
Mike Dannheim: Founder & CEO at SENSIE, Former VP at Groupon
Mike Lingle: Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma
Mike Teichberg: Founder, InventivHR
Mike Mumola
Molly Walsh: Director, Founder Institute Dallas
Nathaniel Vasel: Associate, Las Olas Venture Capital
Neil Kleinberg, DiliVer
Neil Steinhardt: Founder, ClassWallet
Nelly Yusupova: Founder, TechSpeak.co
Nelson Telemaco: CEO, Proximity Works, LLC
Nestor Villalobos: CEO, Tudor Ice Company
Nev Terzieva: Co-Founder & President, Clinical Solutions Division, ChronWell, Inc
Nico Berardi: Partner, Magnetico Ventures
Noah Wallach: Founder, Hope OS
Oren Klein: Director of Strategy, Finaben llc
Oscar Perez: COO, 8Base
Oscar Perez: COO, Infosys Consulting
Pablo Trench: Founder & CEO, THE LAB IDEAS
Pandwe Gibson: Founder , ECOTECH VISION
Peter Livingston: Entrepreneur & Investor
Pilar Fernandez Hermida: Founder i-Expand (We help Health Tech companies go global), i-expand
Rajeev (Raj) Seshadr: CFO, Escalon
Ramit Singh: Director of Startup & Entrepreneurship Programs, Tampa Bay Wave
Randy Wood: Co-Founder, Citrix
Ricardo Taveras: Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Taveras Private Holdings
Richard Munassi
Richard Greco: Managing Member, Treasure Investments LLC
Rob Strandberg: Founder & CEO, Datamax Inc
Rob Panepinto: President , Florentine Strategies
Rob Matzkin: Co-Founder , myQuest.co // RobMatzkin.com
Rob Lundstrom
Robert Robert Himelfarb: Partner, Randall Investment Partners
Robert Hacker
Rodo Novarini: Managing Partner, INCUBING
Rodolfo Novarini: Director, Founder Institute South Florida
Rodolfo Saccoman: CEO & Co-Founder, AdMobilize.com
Roger Hoss
Ron Tarro: VP, New World Angels
Ronaldo Bastos: Partner, Weston Capital Insights
Roxette Miranda: Director, Founder Institute Florida
Roy Wolman: Finance Director , Diamonds International
Ryan Whittemore: Chief Investment Officer, Florida Funders
Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
Sandra Finn: Founding Partner, EdgeCraft Advisors
Satish Movva: Founder & CEO, CarePredict
Scott Greenhouse: Founder
Scott Rivello: Partner, EY
Silvio Frank Pupo: CEO, Logos Capital Group
Spencer Lyon: Director of Industry Relations , Realdax
Sujee Jeganathan: Managing Director, Pursuit SCC Inc.
Tahl Milburn: Investor, New World Angels
Terence Bentley: Cofounder, The Venture Mentor Team
Terri Ann Brown: Mentor, Venture Team
Thomas "Tigre" Wenrich: CEO, LAB Miami Ventures
Tigre Wenrich: CEO, LAB Miami Ventures
Tim Hasse: Founder, General Provision, T R I M
Tim Hawkes
Timothy Cartwright: Chairman, Tamiami Angel Funds
Valerie Lopez: CEO, Shoot My Travel
Vojkan Dimitrijevic: Principal, Blackloft Ventures
Walter O’Leary: Managing Partner, South Pointe Capital

And many more to be announced.

Since 2009, Founder Institute’s highly-structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,000 entrepreneurs to grow quickly, know what to do next, and make key connections through the largest community of startup advisors in the world.

It all starts with our renowned ‘FI Core’ accelerator, which pushes founders at the idea and pre-seed stages to reach the milestones needed for investment and sustained growth. Alumni of FI Core then receive free access to our advanced ‘Founder Lab’ accelerators for years to come, and can get matched with prospective investors in the FI Venture Network - a collection of global funds actively investing in the earliest rounds of funding.

The results speak for themselves: FI Alumni have raised over $1.75BN in funding, and are building impactful businesses across 200+ cities and 100+ countries all across the globe. (see the FI 50 Report here).