The Founder Institute (http://FI.co), the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, announced today that it is exploring a new semester launch in Chengdu this Winter 2015.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 8,100 companies - including fast-rising startups across 6 continents like Udemy, Realty Mogul, iCarsClub, Itembase, goplaceit, Appota, and many more. The company's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
If you'd like to help bring a semester to Chengdu, then fill out an Interest Form. If enough people complete this form by the Launch Deadline (Sep 06, 2015), then the Founder Institute will formally launch a Winter 2015 program.
The Founder Institute is a part-time, four-month program where promising entrepreneurs can "learn by doing" and launch a company through structured training courses and expert feedback from business mentors. Plus, you are not required to quit your day job to participate, so you can begin building a business around your ideas without putting your livelihood at risk.
In order to test demand for a Winter 2015 program, the Founder Institute will host several free startup events;
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
Leading the Founder Institute's efforts in Chengdu are local startup experts Chao Qiu and Rugui Xu.
Other successful entrepreneurs who have pledged their support to mentor founders in a Chengdu Founder Institute program include:
- Yingpiao Gu: 莹飘 古 - 创始人，董事长, Easytouch Tech. (Shenzhen FI) , Easytouch Tech.
- 佳 田: 联合创始人, 健康优选
- 健婷 左: 资深法律顾问，投融资法律主管, Acfun弹幕视频网
- 军 李: CEO, 北京炜衡（成都）律师事务所
- 唯劼 刘
- 天峻 赵: 董事长, 成都集润品牌管理有限公司
- 宏亮 周: 董事总经理, 中以高投
- 富元 林: 发起人，副董事长，执行董事, MultI-Dimensional Venture Partners，Chinalabs，高盈创投
- 幻成 代: 中国西南区总经理, 神州数码智慧城市服务集团
- 建 肖: CEO, Partners
- 恒 吴: 创始合伙人, 洪泰基金
- 振华 殷: 联合创始人 执行董事, 优客逸家
- 春龙 郭: 创始人, 百合网
- 毅 黄: CEO, 抹茶美妆
- 江 李: 华友会会长, Exhwer Club
- 燕成 夏: CEO, 艾可思互动，四川茂盛电子商务有限公司
- 睿 蒋: 知识产权法律高级顾问, GE 中国
- 科 赵: 招聘负责人, 腾讯
- 虎 田: 成都研发中心总经理, 北京微影时代科技有限公司
- 贵全 赖: CEO, 成都易达公司
- 飞虹 马: 投资合伙人, 汉能投资集团
- And many more to be announced.
Help bring the Founder Institute to Chengdu and fill out an Interest Form today.
About The Founder Institute
The Founder Institute (www.FI.co) is the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, helping aspiring founders across the globe build enduring technology companies. In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs "learn by doing" and launch a company through structured training courses, practical business-building assignments, and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, aspiring founders are not required to quit their day job to participate, so they can begin building a business around their ideas without putting their livelihood at risk.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 8,100 companies, which have created over 30,000 new jobs. The company's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
The Founder Institute was founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneur Adeo Ressi.
(Chengdu at night image by Shutterstock)
