The Founder Institute, the world’s largest entrepreneur training program with over 9,000 Graduate companies, today is opening applications for the first 2015 semester in Melbourne.
After the recent Autumn 2014 graduations, the Founder Institute has now helped launch exactly 60 Australian companies, including highly-publicized startups like Slidefish, FoodOrbit, GeoMoby, GoFar, Cashtivity, Eternal Eve, Oddswop, and many more.
If you could benefit from expert training and advice to launch a technology startup in Melbourne, click here to apply today.
Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (Sep 29, 2019) will have their application fees waived (typically $50) and are eligible for Founder Institute Fellowships.
In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs "learn by doing" and launch a company through structured training courses and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, you are not required to quit you day job to participate, so you can begin testing and developing your startup ideas without putting your livelihood at risk.
In order to celebrate the launch, the Melbourne Founder Institute will host a "Pre-Curriculum" of free startup events for the general public:
Leading the Founder Institute's efforts in Melbourne are returning Directors Matt Allen (serial entrepreneur) and Sebastian von Conrad (development manager at Envato), while Sally Gatenby (Director at Larkspur Communications, and Co-Producer of the That Start Up Show) has joined the team to bring more marketing expertise to the program.
In addition, some of Melbourne's top entrepreneurs will help teach founders in the program, including:
- Adrian Stone: CEO, AngelCube
- Andrew Julian: Co-Founder, Digital Crossroads
- Anna Mc Laurin: Senior Manager, PwC
- Ashley Leach: Managing Director, PoE: Points of Engagement
- Cameron Rambert: Co-Founder & CEO, Frankston Foundry
- Carol Johnson: Director, Sales Enablement, Salesforce
- Collis Ta'eed: CEO, Envato
- Darcy Naunton: General Partner, York Butter Factory / Adventure Capital
- Elyse Maberley: Co-Founder, Meeum
- Gary Tramer: Co-Founder, WebReception
- Inder Singh: Associate Director, Allied Legal
- James Tuckerman: Founder, Editor-In-Chief, Anthill Magazine
- James Bertschik: Co-Founder & COO, Frankston Foundry
- Jennifer Fein: CEO & Founder, Passel
- John Webster: Founder & CEO, CoRoster
- Justin French: Chief Experience Officer, Envato
- Mark Hendrickson: CEO and Co-founder, Side Racket
- Marshall Hughes: Consultant, Freight Companies Australia
- Matthew Thurley: Principal / Associate Professor, Innovative Machine Vision
- Matthew Purvis: Managing Director, Managed Business Consulting
- Melina Chan: Advisor - Community and Culture, Inspire9
- Michael Jankie: Co-founder, LeadChat
- Mohan Perera: Founder, undivide
- Myles Foster: Partners Manager, Payment Rails
- Ngoc Le: Co-Founder, Happy Tribe Group
- Nikk Hughes: Founder, Inspire Tribe
- Oliver Garside: Co-Founder & COO, Rounded
- Paul Devereux: CO-FOUNDER, Cataliize
- Pavel Reddy: Former Managing Director, Clearpoint Ventures Pty Ltd (Formerly)
- Pete Saunders: CEO, Health Delivered
- Peter Sandor: CEO, Fearless
- Phil Richards: Director, Phil Richards
- Rahul Kumar: Director, Allied Legal
- Richard Webb: CEO & Co-Founder, Cataliize
- Ryan Tietjens: Co-founder, Interactive Accounting
- Sameer Babbar: Director, SVB Group
- Sebastian von Conrad: Solutions Lead, Envato
- Steve Glaveski: CEO and Co-Founder, Collective Campus
- Tess Guthrie: Founder & Director, WhyHive
- Thin Neu: Co-Founder, HippoBlue
- Tim Koopmans: CTO, Flood.io
- Tom Le Grice: General Manager Melbourne, Slingshot Accelerator
- Tom Howard: Co-Founder, Adioso
- Tom Williams: Principal, InnovationConsult
- And many more to be announced.
