Since launching in Melbourne in 2014, the Founder Institute has helped launch several promising companies in the region, like CoinCraft, Echo Wearables, and KidUpTo, and our efforts in Melbourne have also been profiled by several high profile media channels.
Now, the Founder Institute is exploring launching a new semester in Melbourne this year.
If you'd like to help bring a new semester to Melbourne, then fill out an Interest Form, or attend a free event. If enough people complete this form by the Launch Deadline (Nov 12, 2019), then the Founder Institute will formally launch a new 2016 semester.
The Founder Institute is the most challenging and effective step-by-step startup launch program for talented and motivated aspiring entrepreneurs. If you are serious about launching a startup, the Founder Institute can give you the structured process, constant feedback and evaluation from expert mentors, and global network of entrepreneurs you need to start an enduring company. In addition, the Founder Institute is the only program of its kind that focuses on people versus ideas, accepts founders with day jobs, and shares equity with all participants.
In order to test demand for a Melbourne 2019 semester, the Founder Institute will host several free startup events in Melbourne:
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to transition from employee to entrepreneur, test their startup ideas, build a team, get their first customers, raise funding, and more - like Udemy, Realty Mogul, iCarsClub, Itembase, goplaceit, and Appota. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
Running the Founder Institute's efforts in Melbourne include local startup leaders Ian Hopkinson (Founder, Mad Scientist Digital) and James Kyd (Advisor, LaunchVic).
Other successful entrepreneurs who have pledged their support to mentor founders in a Melbourne Founder Institute program include:
- 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.
Help bring a new Founder Institute semester to Melbourne and fill out an Interest Form today.
