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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 Palestine's top investors and entrepreneurs, then apply to the Palestine Virtual 2022 Founder Institute today.

We will be hosting several free startup events in Palestine 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 Palestine accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Daoud Ghannam, Hazem Tirhi, Lama Amro, and Yousef Khatib. In addition, some of the region's top entrepreneurs will be participating as mentors in the program, including:

  • Abeer Abu Ghaith: Founder and CEO, MENA Alliances Group
  • Ali Salhi: Founder, Arabi tools
  • Ali Tazami: Co-Founder and CEO, Inggez
  • Ambar Amleh: Managing Partner, Ibtikar Fund
  • Amin Shanaa: Founder, Startups
  • Aws Alnabulsi: CEO, Gamiphy
  • Baker Bozeyeh: Co-Founder & CEO, Flowless
  • Bashir Assi: Mr. , Assi Law Firm
  • Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
  • Christina Trampota: Managing Director, Innovate Grow Scale
  • Christina Ghanim: CEO, Kenz
  • Daoud Ghannam: Founder & CEO, uMake
  • Dawoud Zahran: Founder & Director , MISSION
  • Eman Hylooz: CEO, Abjjad
  • Eva Dimitrova: Inventor, Go-To-Market Canvas
  • Fadi Rabi: Owner, K-Home
  • Fadi Bishara: Angel Investor, Entrepreneur, Advisor, Blackbox
  • Faris Zaher: CEO, Encore
  • Feras Kayali: CTO, Harri
  • Firas Zaghal: CEO, Dimensions Consulting
  • George Khadder: Managing Director & Founder, SUN BIRD GROUP
  • Habib Hazzan: Managing General Partner, Ibtikar Fund
  • Haya Saad: Digital Marketing Consultant , Digitarian
  • Hisham Kassim: Managing Partner, Kassim Legal
  • Husam Barkawi: CEO, ITG
  • Hussien Nasser-Eddin: Co-Founder and CEO, Crownox
  • Joseph Shomali: CEO, Play 3arabi
  • Kefah Abukhdeir, EduReach e-Learning
  • Khaled Abu Al Kheir: COO, SocialDice
  • Khaled Abu Alkheir: Access To Finance Program Manager, DAI - IPSD
  • Lama Amr: Executive Director, BuildPalestine
  • Lewa Abukhait: CSO, Kleen
  • Luma Al Adnani: CEO, Adam Wa Mishmish
  • Madeline Duva: Board Member, Fluxx.io
  • Maher Santarissy: Managing Director, moment
  • Maher Saleh
  • Mahmoud Barham: Technical Director, Palestinian Incubator for Energy, CEO Azr Technologies Co.
  • Mahmoud Kaiyal: Co-Founder and CEO, Wikaya
  • Mahmoud Shayeb: CEO, Secretsville Inc.
  • Mahmoud Thaher: Co-Founder, Turqat
  • Mahran Ismail: Branding Expert, Mahran
  • Majd Manadre: Co-founder , Hakini
  • Majdi Mafarja: Computer Scientist | AI & Machine Learning Specialist | PhD University Professor | Entrepreneur | Founder | CEO, LogesTechs
  • Mark Montalban: Founder & CEO, MindfulText
  • Mercedes Bankston: Founder, Funderstar LTD
  • Mohammed Kilany: Founder and CEO, SnapGoal
  • Mohammed Jebrini: Co-Founder and CTO, Mashvisor
  • Mohd Santarissy: Co-CEO, Relatively Fund
  • Mohenad Itayim: Managing Director, Oculus Ventures
  • Mosab Azizi: Founder, Badia Ventures
  • Omar Assi: CEO, Arkan Consulting
  • Omar Hamayel: Business Valuation and Financial Management Consultant, Consultant
  • Paul D'souza: President and CEO, The D'Souza Group
  • Phnam Bagley: Partner and Creative Director, Nonfiction Design
  • Rabea Zioud: Co-Founder, Hasoub
  • Reem Qawasmi: CFO-in-Residence , Ibtikar Fund
  • Richard Cristina: Co-founder (MentorLabs), Founder (Bloom), Bloom
  • Saeed Zeidan: CEO, ULTIMIT Advanced Turnkey Solutions
  • Saeed Zahran: Co-founder & CEO, AGM
  • Samer Bejjani: Founder, Growth Levers
  • Shadha Musallam: CEO, Agritopia for Agricultural Technology
  • Subhi Maraa'beh: CTO, Inggez
  • Suna Zoabi Othman, Tawazon (by starting NewLife)
  • Thaer Ayasi: CEO, Transcend
  • Torrey Smith: Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx
  • Walaa Hamdan, Neama Ventures
  • Waseem Aref: CEO, FinBloom
  • Yara Meizer: Associate II, Andersen in Palestine
  • Yousef Khatib: Founder, MNJM, Ykhatib Studio

  • 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.

The results speak for themselves: FI Alumni have raised over $1.85BN in funding, and are building impactful businesses across 200+ cities and 100+ countries all across the globe. (see the FI 50 Report here).

Join us in Palestine to get funded and build a global business. 

Apply to the Palestine Virtual 2022 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.  

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