Early Application Day is Coming

The Institute is preparing to accept Founder applications on Friday, April 17th.

A Founder from Texas called today and asked about applying. Anyone from anywhere in the United States is invited to apply, whether you can attend the Sessions in person or not. The Institute is working to ensure that every Session will be made digitally available to participating Founders.

The Institute wants a diverse range of Founders in the program, including from the information technology, entertainment, hardware, biotech, and clean or greentech industries. The program is most useful to Founders working in high technology, though we welcome any application from a Founder that believes they will benefit.

The new site with the application form is largely complete, and it has been uploaded to the hosting company. We’re now waiting for the site to be deployed and tested in the new environment before switching over the DNS on Friday. Look for more progress updates here.

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