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 Penang this Winter 2016.
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 Penang, then fill out an Interest Form. If enough people complete this form by the Launch Deadline (May 02, 2017), then the Founder Institute will formally launch a Winter 2016 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 Penang 2017 program, the Founder Institute will host several free startup events;
Leading the Founder Institute's efforts in Penang are Heislyc Loh (Founder & CEO, CoRate), Howie Chang (Co-Founder & Head of Product, The Commissioned), and Kee Siak Chan (Founder and CEO, Exabytes Network Sdn Bhd).
Other successful entrepreneurs who have pledged their support to mentor founders in a Penang Founder Institute program include:
- Aaron Lim: Managing Director, Goody Technologies Sdn Bhd
- Charles Tang: CEO, InstanteStore
- Chau Ging Li: Managing Director, CG Computers Sdn Bhd
- Chon Leong Dato' Yoon: Director, Penang Science Cluster
- Clarence Leong Chee Yee: CEO, EasyParcel.com
- Douglas Khoo: Co-Founder, Qunar.com
- Dr.Ganesan Velayathan(Ph.D): Angel Investor, Fun & Cool Ventures Inc.
- Eric Lee: Pied Piper . Creative Generalist . Entrepreneur, Refruit
- Ganesh Kumar Bangah: Executive Chairman, Commerce.Asia
- Heislyc Loh: Founder, Devs Asia
- Howie Chang: CEO, Hello Howie, Ayuh Bina
- Jeffrey Paine: Founding Partner, Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore
- Johnson Lam: Founder, KakiDIY Dot Com
- Kee Siak Chan: Founder and CEO, Exabytes Network Sdn Bhd
- Kwee Bee Chok: Managing Director, Teak Capital Sdn Bhd
- Lee Daqing: Principal Consultant, Info Trek
- Luke Cheah: Director, PINTAS Solution Sdn Bhd
- Radin Baidrul Ikram Radin Soenardi: Co-Founder, Managing Director, Pearl Maternity Hospital
- See Mei Chow: Head of Designer, Piktochart
- Siak Keng Ang: Partner, ZICOlaw
- Suan Sear Tan: Co-founder, DeliverEat
- Su Yuen Chin: Founder & CEO, MomoCentral
- Tzu Ming Chu: CEO, www.impersuasion.com
- Winston Teo: Founder & Product Architect, Singapore Power
- Yin Tan: Founder and CTO, SmartShopper & Trilobyte
- And many more to be announced.
Help bring the Founder Institute to Penang 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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