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With the early application deadline for the Winter 2009 Bay Area Semester fast approaching on Sunday, November 15th, we're proud to announce an informal partnership with the Hacker Dojo - an organization that shares our same passion for supporting Bay Area entrepreneurs.

The Hacker Dojo is a Mountain View-based non-profit consisting of well over 100 programmers and thinkers, with an 8000+ square foot facility that is available for for hacking, lecture series, classes, brainstorming, meetings, and more. With a $100/mo membership, you'll get near 24/7 access to a highly creative facility teeming with bright people from big and small Bay Area companies alike. It's a great place to work on your startup and learn/network at their many events, so we encourage Founder institute companies to make use of their great service.

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