Today, the Founder Institute, the world's premier pre-seed startup accelerator, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Orange County Spring 2016 program!
If you could use a structured process and feedback from Orange County's top entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Orange County Spring 2016 Founder Institute today.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities worldwide, the Founder Institute provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the critical support network and structured process needed to build an enduring company. Since 2009, the program has helped over 9,000 Graduates raise over 2BN funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.
To celebrate the launch, the Founder Institute will host several free startup events in Orange County, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:
Since first launching in San Diego in 2009, the Founder Institute has helped build several promising companies in Southern California, like RealtyMogul.com, Thesis Couture, InvolveSoft, Kangarootime, Kichink, Caylent, Smart Health Clubs, and many more. The Orange County program is led by one of the region's top startup leaders, Jeanine Jacobson (our longest tenured FI Director).
In addition, some of Orange County's top entrepreneurs, CEOs, and investors will be participating in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors for the Orange County Founder Institute includes:
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Anderee Berengian: Chairman & CEO, Cie Digital Labs
- Andrew Bermudez: CEO & Co-Founder, Digsy, Inc.
- Anurag Bist: Founder, Ashmar
- Atul Patel: CEO and Founder, Orbee
- Big Data Joe Rossi: Principal Technologist
- Bob Drobish: Investor / Board Member / Advisor
- Brendon Kensel: Founder & President, PrimaHealth Credit
- Carey Ransom: Chief Product Officer, Experian Consumer Services
- Chris Dover: CEO/Founder, Geniusly
- Chris Hawkins: Founder, SignNow
- Cori Linder: VP of Marketing, Retail Realm
- David Gerken: Associate Partner, Digital Business Strategy, IBM
- Don Vivrette: Founder & Chief Ideation Officer, Mackenzie Corporation
- Drew Cather: Vice President
- Fabian Geyrhalter: Founder and Principal, FINIEN
- Fred Thiel: Former CEO & Chairman, Local Corporation
- Henri Duong: Founder, Principal, Enclave Web Group (EWG)
- Jason James: President, Regents & Park
- Jason Taylor: Executive Director
- Jeff Jackel: CEO, Chatter
- Jeff Curie: CEO, Bitvore
- Josh Stomel: CEO, Neohire
- Kimberly Kovacs: Founder & CEO , MyJane, Inc
- Malcolm Lewis: Founder & CEO, RefGo
- Mark Surfas: CEO, Rockets and Robots
- Mark Edwards: Co-Founder, Virtu Partners
- Matthew Hannus: VP Strategy and Corporate Development , Kochava
- paul spiller: President & COO, Acorns
- Pete Deutschman: CEO, The Buddy Group
- Russell Stern: CEO, Solarflare Communications, Inc
- Sergey Sundukovskiy: Co-Founder, CTO and Chief Product Officer, Certemy
- Shawn Ahmed: President & CEO, Pivotus
- Thomas Poletti: Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
- Tim Chan: Founder | CEO, Level3 Apps, Inc.
- Vince Bianco: CEO, Advanced Medical Reviews
- And many more to be announced.
The Founder Institute is designed for founders and teams all throughout the pre-seed stage, including aspiring founders with a full-time job, solo founders, teams, and founders of established companies that are pre-funding. The Founder Institute's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
Join us in Orange County to build a great company in 2019.
Apply to the Orange County Spring 2016 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.
