Since launching in Saint Petersburg in 2015, the Founder Institute has helped launch several promising companies in the region.
Now, the Founder Institute (http://FI.co) is exploring launching a new semester in Saint Petersburg this Fall 2015.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 7,000 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 new semester to Saint Petersburg, then fill out an Interest Form. If enough people complete this form by 2015-07-26, then the Founder Institute will formally launch a new semester.
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 new Saint Petersburg 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 Saint Petersburg are local leaders Jane Smorodnikova, CEO at LikeHack.com; Pavel Pravdin, Partner at Coffeelab.vc; and Arcady Khotin, Managing Director at Ardin Software OY.
Other successful entrepreneurs who have pledged their support to mentor founders in a Saint Petersburg Founder Institute program include:
- Alexey Stepanenkov: ТОП-менеджер, Embria
- Alfiya Muhametova: CEO , IdealMachine
- Andrei Maiboroda: CEO , GreenBusiness
- Andrey Mima: Co-founder, Qbaka
- Andrey Jeglov: CMO, CoffeeLab
- Anna Kuchuganova: Сhief product officer, MailBurn
- Anton Gladkov: Founder, feasy.me
- Arkadiy Hotin: Founder, Arcadia
- Diana Sorina: Co-founder, Piligrimxxi
- Dmitry Platonov: Vice President Intellectual Property, Yota Devices
- Dmitry Dubograev: Managing Partner, Femida.us
- Ilya Chernetski: Product Executive, Fotostrana.ru
- Ilya Antipov: Co-Founder, Biomedical Modeling LLC
- Ilya Kurilin: CEO, Octopod, Inc
- Ivan Kuts: CEO , VIRTUAL FITNESS
- Jane Smorodnikova: CEO, CoffeeLab.vc
- Jan Erik Nyrövaara: Jan Erik Nyrövaara (Saint Petersburg FI)
- Konstantin Gladyshev: Business development manager
- Konstantin Kalinov: Founder, Aviasales.ru
- Kristina Stoyanova: Head of User Experience, Yandex.Money
- Luiza Alexandrova: CEO, Saint-Petersburg Business Angels Organization
- Lyubov Simonova: investment manager, RVC SeedFund
- Mark Martemianov: Creative Director, PLUS8
- Max Malyy: Analyst, IdealMachine
- Maxim Rydlev: Sales Director, Segmento.ru
- Maxim Smirnov: CEO, Aglaya.net
- Mike Fedorov: Founder, Plan B media
- Mikhail Belyaev: Regional Manager , 1C-Bitrix
- Nikolay Strakh: Трекер, ФРИИ
- Nikolay Vyatkin: Deputy CIO, Lenta
- Oleg Shchegolev: CEO, SemRush
- Olga Pavlova: Founder, Pavlova.cc
- Pavel Pravdin: Partner, CoffeeLab.vc
- Pavel Timofeev: Co-Founder & CTO, Cooper Pet Care B.V.
- Roman Polyak: BizDev, VP, Engageya
- Sasha Andreev: Founder and CEO, SoftJoys
- Sergey Galeev: CEO, AddReality
- Sergey Suchkov: СEO, Radario
- Tatyana Savelieva: General manager of the Russian branch, Wrike
- Yaroslav Pankov: CEO, Cup.Li
- Yulia Poslavskaya: PR Director, Veeam Software
- Zoya Nikitina: CEO & Founder, E-Contenta
- Валентин Домбровский: Head of Market Relations, Excursiopedia
- Григорий Петров: Технический Евангелист, Voximplant
- Даниил Павлючков: CEO, MailBurn
- Евгения Барченко: Consultant, Ingria
- Любовь Симонова: Principal , RVC SeedFund
- Михаил Зельдин: Со-основатель, Crowdhunters
- Наташа Гермогентова: UX-copywriter, Yandex.Money
- Ник Филатов: Director, Go2See.ru
- Николай Тихвинский: CPO & co-founder, Go+
- Сергей Дулин: CEO, Teslawatch
- And many more to be announced.
Help bring a new Founder Institute semester to Saint Petersburg and fill out an Interest Form today.
