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 Houston's top investors and entrepreneurs, then apply to the Houston 2023 Founder Institute today.
We will be hosting several free startup events in Houston over the coming weeks, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs all from the comfort of home:
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
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 Houston accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including James Phelan (Investment & Growth, The Cannon), Martín Martinez (Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas), Mery Ramirez (Founding Partner, DataNexum Consulting), Natasha Gorodetsky (Founder & CEO; Head of Product, Product Pursuit). In addition, some of Houston's top entrepreneurs will be participating as mentors in the program, including:
- Aaron Chavez: Managing Partner, (un)conventional ventures
- Aaron Hines: Co-founder, Darbe
- Aaron Swinton: Co-Founder & Managing Director , ShockVentures
- Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
- Abe Chu: Co-founder & CMO, NextSeed
- Adrianne Stone: Principal Product Manager, Big Cartel
- Akeel Bernard: Community Development Manager , Impact Hub Houston
- Ali Syed: CEO / Founder, Emerald Labs
- Alice Gong: Managing Partner , US UNICORN FOUNDATION
- Allie Danziger: Founder, Integrate
- Amina Buric: CEO, Aeolus Group
- Amy Tran: B2B AI-Blockchain-Cyber Venture Builder, IMPAVIDUS
- Ana Rojas Bastidas: Founder & CEO, Orolait
- Andrea Sager: CEO, Legalpreneur
- Andreea Marinescu: CEO, Tech Add-Venture
- Andres Gomez: Founder, Editeer
- Anh Mai: Founder, Company of Nomads
- Anurag Bihani: Data Scientist, SLB
- Armando Mualumene: Founder and Project Developer & Team Leader, The iDEASLab
- Ashley Connell: CEO & Founder, Prowess Project
- Ashley DeWalt: Managing Director, DivInc
- Atul Patel: CEO and Founder, Orbee
- Austin Langley, ASL Consulting
- Bade Aluko: Managing Partner, White Hibiscus Capital
- Ben Stacey: CEO, Pitchverk
- Ben Ghazi: Co-founder and CTO, Codiac
- Bram Cohen: Founder/Chief Scientist, BitTorrent
- Brandy Guidry: Executive Director, The Cannon
- Brianna Flemings, Jem
- Carolyn Rodz: Founder and CEO, Hello Alice
- Cassandra Iku: Community and Operations Coordinator, SheSpace
- Chantell Preston: Co-founder/CEO, Facilities Management Group
- Charles Dauber: CEO, Warm Commerce
- Christa Clarke: Co-founder & CEO, Speakhaus
- Christine Galib: Founder, road less traveled enterprises
- Christy Cardenas: Managing Partner, Grit Ventures
- Creig Graham: VP Partnerships, Budapop Bottling Co.
- Curt Olivares: 2x Founder | Startup Advisor | Tech Career Coach, Product Saint
- Dana Marruffo: Principal, Buzz Public Relations, LLC
- Dana Abramovitz: Founding Team, SXSW
- Didar Bekbauov: Founder and CEO, Xive Inc
- Eduardo Buelna: Director Structured Products, BP Energy
- Elizabeth Tsai: Founder & CEO , HiOperator
- Elizabeth Gore: President, Hello Alice
- Eric Fishhaut: President, MKB Services
- Erin McClarty: Principal, Erin McClarty, PLLC
- Erin Fitzpatrick: President, MendIt, Inc.
- Fareed Zein: Founder and CEO, Unytag
- Farell Duclair: CEO, Starborn Solutions LLC
- Fernando Moguel: Creator, The Syneverse
- Franklin Kamnang Ngansop: Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching
- Gabe Zichermann: CEO, Failosophy
- Gaby Rowe: Co-Founder, The Ion Houston
- Gary Katz: Patent Attorney & Managing Attorney, Katz Law Group
- Gina Bianchini: Cofounder, Ning
- Gina Morales: Founder & CEO, a Mana Project
- Giselle Bisson: Managing Director, Chain Reaction PR
- Grace Rodriguez: CEO, Impact Hub Houston
- Graciela Perez: Founder & Lean Start Up Coach, Lean Sigma Tech, LLC
- Guillermo Barrera: Founder and President , CliniCore International
- Gustavo Sanchez: Founder, Pandata Tech
- Guy Parker: Chief Strategy & Creative Officer, Ambient Way
- Harini Bhamidipati: Founder & CEO, Bearable
- Haris Ali: Chief Executive Officer, Vertechx Technologies Private Limited
- Harvin Moore, Frontera Technology Ventures
- Heath Butler: Founder/Managing Partner, Gestalt Growth Advisors
- Heather Harde: Former CEO, TechCrunch
- Heather Mezher: Sr. People Business Partner, Code42
- Huan Le: General Counsel, DiCentral
- Indrajit Datta: Co-founder & President, Equipt Innovation, Inc.
- Ivelin Ivanov: Venture Advisor, Founder Institute
- Jag Singh: Managing Director, A.R.M. Consulting
- James Kaskade: CEO, Conversica
- James Phelan: Investment & Growth, The Cannon
- James Adams: Director of Operations, Gallant
- Jasmine Victoria: Founder & CEO, The Cathexis Project
- Jason Assir: Principal Consultant, Opex Digital Consulting
- Jason Trahan
- Javier Fadul: Chief Innovation Officer, HTX Labs
- Jay Jamison: Founder & President
- Jay Patel: Co-Founder & CEO, Enlight
- Jc Garrett: Chief Executive Officer, Dashfire
- Jeff Scott: CoFounder/ CEO, Workflow Logic AI
- Jess Hughes: Founder and President, Citizen Pilates
- Jessica Reitmeier: Co-Founder, Pandata Tech
- Jessica Seidel: Principal, Signify Marketing
- Jo Clark: Founder and CEO, Circle.ooo
- Joe Betts Lacroix: CTO, Vium
- Joey Jones: Co-Founder/Chief Revenue & Compliance Officer, CurveBlock Ltd
- John Young: principal, Alkimie Pte. Ltd.
- John Ngo: DBA, John&Partners Global
- Jonathan Abrams: Founder and CEO, Nuzzel
- Joshua Wang: Software Engineering Career Coach, Over the Shoulder Coding
- Joy Hutton: Founder and CEO, Joy of Consulting
- Juan Felipe Campos: Partner, Manos Accelerator via Google Launchpad
- Juliana Garaizar: Lead Investor, Portfolia
- Julie Hartman: Founder/President, J. Hartman
- Justin Moore: CEO, Axcient, Inc.
- Kate McGinley: Scaling Health Tech Startups with Buyer-Aligned Growth | Fractional CGO/CRO, 210 Healthcare
- Katerina Zhukova, JohnDuttonLaw PLLC
- Katie Wallace: Founder, Hux Sustainables
- Kelsey Ruger: Chief Product & Technology Officer, Hello Alice
- Ken Cohen: Managing Principal, Grow Associates, LLC
- Kenley Clark: Founder and CEO, TC Energy
- Kennie Matthews: Chairman & CEO, M Infrastructure, Inc.
- Kerry Rupp: General Partner , True Wealth Ventures
- Kian Gohar: Founder & CEO, Geolab
- Krishna Vattipalli: Founder and CEO, Imaginnovate Techsolutions
- LaGina R Harris: CEO / Visionary / Founder, The Us Space
- Landi Spearman: Founder, iSHIFTx
- Levi Baer: Co-Founder, Second Shift
- Levi Velez Reed: Venture Partner, Loyal VC
- Lila Smith: Founder, #SayThingsBetter
- Lina Mateus: Founder and CEO, Digi-Clicks
- Lindsay Eulenfeld: Senior Director of Operations, MassChallenge
- Lori Freese: Principal, FreeseMediaGroup
- Marco Antonio Morales: Co-Founder, SOPLIX
- Marcos Polanco: CEO, Deedit
- Maria Fernanda Burgos: Founder & CEO, Startup Advisor
- Mariana Muntean: Founder & CEO, Cinevva
- Mark Friedman: Mentor, retired
- Martín Martinez: Founding & Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas
- Matt Mandell: Principal, PayNerd.com
- Meghan Hendley Lopez: Co-Founder; Director of Corporate Engagement , SUNN and TekRevol
- Mery Ramirez: Founding Partner, DataNexum Consulting
- Miao Yan: Global Product Manager-Alternate Energy, Xylem
- Michael Umansky: Co-Founder & CEO, Edgy Labs
- Michael Girdley: Investor and Entrepreneur, Geekdom Fund
- Mike Breck: Principal, Acuity Thinking
- Mike Francis: CEO, Nanotech
- Mona Defrawi: CEO & Founder, Radivision
- Munjal Shah: CEO, Like.com
- Muriel Foster: Chief Operations Strategist, Intentionally BLCK
- Naeem Vehvaria: Director of Information Technology, Meticul Solutions
- Natasha Gorodetsky: Founder&Head of Product, Product Pursuits
- Neal Murthy: Chairman, Haven Holdings
- Noah Wallach: Founder, Hope OS
- Noah Fons: Coordinator, Greater Houston Partnership
- Olayinka James: President/CEO, CYBEROPS INC.
- Oleg Lysiak: Partner Success Manager, Honeycomb Software
- Parag Jain: Dr, Children’s Medical Center, Dallas
- Paul O'Brien: CEO, MediaTech Ventures
- Paul Kwiatkowski: Co-Founder and CTO, GroupRaise
- Payal Patel: Principal, Softeq Ventures
- Phil Libin: Founder & CEO, All Turtles
- Rafael Kartaszynski: CEO, TechEdge Dynamics
- Rahul Agarwal: Principal Technical Product Manager, Hasura
- Rahul Brahmbhatt: Investor / Mentor, Day One
- Raja Mawad: Founder, Thrv.health
- Rajesh Setty: Rajesh Setty - Serial Entrepreneur and Author, WittyParrot
- Rajneesh Dwivedi: Co-Founder and CEO, Second Medic
- Ram Prasad: Fractional CPO/CTO, Delence
- Richard Jones: Partner, Healthseers
- Richard Munassi: Co-founder, Blackfin Technology Partners
- Richard Seline: Cofounder, Resilience Innovation Hub
- Richard-Sebastian Alexander: Founder & CEO, Darbe.co
- Riley Knox: CEO & Co-Founder, Accelerate3D
- Robert Tucci: Managing Director, HALO
- Robert Pieroni: Director of Economic Development, Central Houston Inc.
- Roberto Moctezuma: Founder and CEO, Fractal River
- Ron Palmeri: Founder/CEO , Layer, Inc/MkII Ventures
- Russ Fradin: Chairman & CEO, Dynamic Signal
- Ryan Micheletti: Fouder, Illuminate Nootropics
- Saima Siddiqui: Director of Product Management, Joyride.com
- Salvatore Grignano: Marketing Officer, Italian Trade Agency (ITA) - Houston
- Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
- Sanjaykumar Patel: Founder & Principal IP Attorney, EXCELON IP - Patent & Trademark Attorneys
- Santiago Sanchez: Founder & CEO, Etailers Ecommerce
- Sarah Hein: CEO, March Biosciences
- Sarah Vega: Former Product Owner, Innowatts
- Sarika Tyagi: Chief Product & Operations Officer, My22BMI
- Sarika Tyagi: Product Leader, ScarletFreshShoe | Amazon
- Sebastien Long: Founder & CEO, Lodgeur
- Shlomi Podgaetz: Director/CEO, Rizasmart Consulting
- Sloan Foster: Principal , Envisage Associates
- Sneha Lundia Agrawal: Founder & CEO, Step2Growth
- Sophia Clark: Founder & Creative Director, Galiatea
- Stephen Meade: Founder & CEO, MonetaPro
- Steve Jennis: Founder and CEO, Jennis Consulting Group
- Stewart Pisecco: Director of Innovation (Ret.), Pearson
- Tabbie Saenz: Founder, Business and Trade Alliance
- Talha Bin Shuja: Startup and Business Consultant, High Hope International
- Telha Ghanchi: Managing Director, Valhalla Investment Group
- Tiana Laurence: GP, Laurence Innovation
- Tim Marx: Venture Partner, Baird Capital
- Tim De Silva: Founder & CEO, Culture Pilot
- Tovit Neizer: Chief Storyteller, Yellow Bricks
- Travis Baldwin: Managing Partner, J. Galt Finance Suite
- Ty Audronis: Founder/ ceo, Tempest Droneworx
- Vern Chan: Certified Startup Coach, Your Pivot
- Vijay Sekhara: Director Of Strategic Partnerships, MassChallenge
- Vladimir Pletyukhin: Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck
- Wade Pinder: Founder, Product Houston
- WAEL DOUKMAK: CEO, AHLAN, Inc.
- Wenceslao Casares: CEO, Bling Nation
- Will Bunker: Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of One-and-Only (became Match.com)
- Will Moore: Principal, MoreThan Capital Advisors
- Willy Verbrugghe, SCORE & Vehoco
- Winston Choe: Founder/CEO, Innoscape
- Yared Akalou: CEO/Founder, Alcove Group
- Yemi Oluseun: Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive
- Yj Lin: Senior Program Manager, Dell
- Ziv Gillat: Co-Founder, Recogni Inc.`
- And many more to be announced.
Since 2009, Founder Institute’s highly-structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,500 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.
Join us in Houston to get funded and build a global business.
Apply to the Houston 2023 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.
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