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 Chennai this Fall 2015.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 9,000 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 Chennai, then fill out an Interest Form. If enough people complete this form by the Launch Deadline (Sep 27, 2022), then the Founder Institute will formally launch a Fall 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 Fall 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 Chennai are Gopi Mattel (Founder and CEO, MaxBlox, Inc), Kumaran Mani (CEO, Tenth Planet Technologies Pvt Ltd), and Sanal Sankar (Director of Technology, CellarStone).
Other successful entrepreneurs who have pledged their support to mentor founders in a Chennai Founder Institute program include:
- Anu Hasan: Director, AH Positive Limited
- Ashok G: CEO & Co-founder, STARTUP360 India
- Atul Yadav: Founder, Reclayu
- Bharath M. S: Founder, Kria Law
- Bhoo Thirumalai: Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Aspiration Energy
- Boniface Pascalraj: Director, Founder Institute Chennai
- Chandrashekar Kupperi: Founder, ANOVA Corporate Services Private Limited
- Dhenesh R: Head Clinical Operations, Mehta Multispecialty Hospitals India Private Limited
- Dimitris Polychronopoulos: Former Oslo Chapter Director, FI Mentor
- Dr N Raveendran Narasimhan: Principal Consultant, Xsentinel Risk and Claim Advisory pvt Ltd
- Gopi Mattel: Founder CEO, MaxBlox, Inc.
- Jahabar Sadique: Co-Founder & CEO, Chai Kings
- Jay Duraisamy: CTO | SVP Technology , Fiserv
- Kayar Raghavan: Lead Angel Investor, Multiple Angel Networks
- Lakshmidevi Somanath: Partner, Surana & Surana International Attorneys
- Naveen Puttagunta: Co-founder and CEO, Divami Design Labs
- Prabhu Rangarajan: Co-founder, M2P Fintech
- Pramod Harith: Founder, CMO Axis Outsourcing Services
- Rajiv Bansal: Founder, CEO, Opoyi
- Ramkumar Rs: Director, RSR Innovations
- Sam Mehta: Chairman, the Atlas Family Office
- Sriram Bharadhwaj: Serial Entrepreneur, Technologist, Strategist & Mentor, Smartemes Capital Advisors LLP
- Sudhir Ravindran: Attorney-At-Law, Solicitor (England & Wales), Altacit Global
- And many more to be announced.
Help bring the Founder Institute to Chennai 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 9,000 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.
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