The Founder Institute employs a worldwide network of over 400 Mentors - CEOs or Founders of technology companies who guide you through our program, help you avoid deadly mistakes, and advise you on the best practices to building a technology company. These Mentors are vested in your success - in fact, each Mentor receives a portion of the shared equity Bonus Pool, and their share depends on the anonymous ratings they receive from all program participants. Put smart people together in a room with their interests aligned, and amazing things will happen.
We've been confirming Mentors left and right for the Spring 2011 Semesters, including;
- Los Angeles - Adeo Ressi (Founder Institute), Fred Joyal (1-800-DENTIST), Kelly Perdew (Rotohog.com), Scott Painter (Zag.com, CarsDirect.com), and more.
- San Francisco - Garrett Camp (StumbleUpon), Jared Goralnick (AwayFind), Justin Moore (Axcient), Jonathan Abrams (Socializr, Friendster), and more.
- Washington D.C. - Bill Wade (Company.com), Dede Haskins (NewVision Health), Gabe Zichermann (Gamification.co), Janet Van Pelt (Webs.com), Joshua Konowe (BrandClick.com), and more.
- San Diego - Chester Ng (OpenCandy), Dan Shapiro (Ontela, Photobucket), Joe Bezdek (DivX), Jon Carder (MojoPages.com), Tyler Crowley (Open Angel Forum, Mahalo), and more.
- Berlin - Adeo Ressi (Founder Institute), Gabe Zichermann (Gamification.co), Heiko Hubertz (Bigpoint), Kai Bolik (GameDuell), Phil Libin (Evernote), and more.
- Brussels - Adeo Ressi (Founder Institute), Dries Buytaert (Drupal), Filip Tack (Nomadesk), Gabe Zichermann (Gamification.co), Phil Libin (Evernote), Robin Waters (TechCrunch), and more.
- Paris - Adam Riggs (Shutterstock.com), Adeo Ressi (Founder Institute), Gabe Zichermann (Gamification.co), Phil Libin (Evernote), and more.
- New York City - Adeo Ressi (Founder Institute), Gabe Zichermann (Gamification.co), Jeff Stewart (Urgent Career, Mimeo.com), Lorenzo Thione (Powerset), and more.
Start building your dream company with the help of our expert Mentors, and click the links above to apply. If you apply to San Francisco, New York, DC, Berlin, Brussels or Paris by Sunday Feb. 13th, your Application Fee will be waived. In addition, the best female applicant in each Spring Semester city will receive the Female Founder Fellowship - a program that provides a Free Course fee to amazing female applicants in support of FI's vision to launch 175 female-led startups in 2011.
We hope you'll join us - Apply to the Founder Institute Today!
