Since launching in Atlanta in 2013, the Founder Institute, the world's largest startup launch program, has helped launch several promising companies in the region.
Now, the Founder Institute is hoping to launch a new semester in Atlanta this year. If you'd like to help bring a new semester to Atlanta, then fill out an Interest Form, or attend a FREE event to learn and from top startup experts. If enough people complete this form by the Launch Deadline (Oct 08, 2025), then the Founder Institute will formally launch a new 2017 semester.
To test the demand for a Atlanta - Silicon Valley Fall 2025 semester, the Founder Institute will host several FREE startup events in Atlanta:
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00pm, Apr 28, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/368781
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 8:00pm, May 05, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/369952
- What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 8:00pm, May 07, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/368779
- Corporate Innovation in Action: How to Overcome Roadblocks: 1:00pm, May 08, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/371056
- Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Nathan Beckord: 1:00pm, May 12, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/368777
- Future-proofing CPG Brands: Key Strategies for Sustainable Growth: 10:00am, May 15, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/370941
- Lessons Learned Raising from Top Silicon Valley VCs: AMA with Rajeev Behera: 12:00pm, May 29, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/371175
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 1:00pm, Jun 02, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/370530
- How to Build Your MVP Using Artificial Intelligence : 1:00pm, Jun 04, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/371318
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, Jun 09, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/370730
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Jul 07, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/370303
Running the Founder Institute's efforts in Atlanta are local startup leaders Loleta Robinson (Founder, My Home Health Store), Monique Mills (Founder & Principal, TPM Focus), Sheffie Robinson (President, Touco Direct, LLC), and Terassah Thompson (♔Website & Search Engine Optimization Consultant, All Web LLC).
Other successful entrepreneurs who have pledged their support to mentor founders in a Atlanta Founder Institute program include:
- Aakash Bakrania: Strategy Consultant, Bain & Company
- Aalap Shah: Co-Founder, SoMe Connect
- Aaron Patzer: Founder and CEO, Mint.com & Fountain
- Aaron Abram: Entrepreneur with 1 exit & Advisor., Pricestack, Kangarootime, & Osurv
- Abby Goldstein: Senior Lead Recruiter, Linkus Group
- Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
- Adam Gellert: Founder & Recruitment Advisor, Linkus Group
- Adam Besvinick: Venture Capitalist, Deep Fork Capital
- Adam Fridman: Founder, Mabbly and ProHabits
- Adam Spector: CEO & Founder, levy
- Adam Matalon: Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer, ThermaGEL Innovations
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Aditya Kumar: Software Engineer, FAANG
- Afzaal Mauthoor: Senior Partner, Profoundly
- Ahmad Fareed Al Saif: Founder & CEO , Alefredo EdTech
- Ajuma Ataguba: Managing Director, Founder Institute, Abuja
- Aki Ohashi: Vice President, Evolution Ventures
- Aki Balogh: President, MarketMuse
- Alan Chiu: CEO, Enya.ai
- Alejandra Perez: Founder - Lawyer, Investability
- Aleksandar Bradic: Chief Technology Officer, Supplyframe
- Alex Rampell: CEO, TrialPay
- Alex Sok: Co-Founder/CEO, Elluva
- Alex Raymond: Founder, Kapta
- Alexander Garcia Tobar: Principal, AGT Group, Inc
- Alexander Morsink: Managing Director, Equivesto
- Alexandra Johnson: Managing Director, DFJ Aurora
- Alexey Semeney: Founder & CEO, DevTeam.Space
- Alex M. Dascalu: Lead Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe
- Alfred Poor: Keynote speaker and virtual event expert, The Health Tech Futurist
- Ali Abbas: Founder & CEO , SEO Button
- Alina Malysheva
- Aline Hemmo: Consultant, Pilsoft
- Allen Martinez: Founder, Noble Digital
- Ameet Mehta: Founder & Partner, FirstPrinciples
- Ameet Metha: co-Founder, Arts Accelerator
- Amos Kochiyo: CEO, Damar sulwe Consultants
- Ana Baltodano
- Anayansy Hernandez: Founder, Yansy Media
- Andrea Monti: Managing Director Impact and Sustainability, Founder Institute
- Andrea Ramoino: Transformational Leader | Strategy, GTM, Product core expertise | Fintech, Payments, Digital Assets, SaaS | Proven success in Zero to One, Scaling, Exit | CEO, GM, Advisor, n/a
- Andrew Osipov: Founder & CEO, Visual Craft
- Andrew Lockley: Investor and Strategy Consultant, Andrew Lockley
- Andrew Lee: CEO, Esper
- Andrew Goldner: Co-Founder & CEO
- Andrew Filev: Founder&CEO, Wrike
- Andrew Miller: Andrew Lee Miller, Consultant
- Andrew Schwaab: Partner/Registered Patent & Trademark Attorney, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Andy Park: Consulting CFO, Escalon Services
- Andy Cox: Co-Founder & Tech Recruiter, Tech4
- Angel Hadjiev: Regional Manager , SeedBlink
- Angela Rastegar: Director, West Coast and Asia Pacific, Circle Surrogacy and Egg Donation
- Aniruddh Nagodra: Co founder & CEO , factohr.com
- Ankush Bagotra: Product Management Leader , Meta
- Anna Mikeda: Psychology & Meditation Expert
- Anthony Rose: Founder & CEO, SeedLegals
- Anthony Duran: Sr Product Manager, Wolters Kluwer
- Aram Melkoumov: CEO, Crowdlinker
- Argentino Molinuevo: General Partner, Athyna
- Asa Goldstein: Founder & CEO, BrandShine Creative Services
- Ashley Martis: Co-Founder & CEO, StartupFuel
- Ashutosh Zade: Founder, Stealth Mode Startup / Sr. Principal , Insulet
- Ashwin Sivakumar: Chief of Digital Business Strategy, JugularSocial Group
- Asta Sendonaris: Strategy advisor, Consultant
- Atul Yadav: Founder, Reclayu
- Aurelie Guerrieri: CMO, Open Systems
- Avery Lyford: Chief Customer Officer, Infostretch
- Aviv Shalgi: CEO, Solar Simplified
- Ayhan K. Isaacs: Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute
- Aytek Kanokov: CEO, Doxodoc.com
- Babak Bagheri
- Balaji BK: Head - Startup Launchpad, Deshpande Startups
- Beatriz Lopez: Principal, Coreteq Ventures
- Ben Larson: Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Vertosa
- Ben Stacey: CEO, Pitchverk
- Benjamin Young: CEO, Sworkit
- Beth Pennington: Partner, Pennington LP
- Bethany Stachenfeld: Co-founder & CEO, Sendspark
- Bhavin Shah: CEO, Refresh, Inc.
- Bill Ashlock: Founder, BOSA Advisers Pte Ltd.
- Bill Hunt: CTO & Co-Founder, Dianomic
- Biola Alabi: Partner , Acasia Ventures
- Bob Rosin: Investor and Advisor, Bob Rosin
- Bob Christopher: Director of Innovation, Diamond Edge Ventures
- Bojan Maric: Co-Founder, Workello
- Bow Rodgers: CEO
- Bram Cohen: Founder/Chief Scientist, BitTorrent
- Branden Spikes: CEO, CTO, and Founder., Spikes, Inc.
- Brandon Steelman: Founder, Clear Gene, Inc.
- Brett Murray: Vice President, Marketing, View, Inc.
- Brian Proffitt: Partner, Disruptive Capital Finance
- Brian Wong: Founder & CEO, Kiip
- Brian Liu: Chairman & Co-Founder, LegalZoom.com
- Brian M Pasalich: Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder, Behave Technologies (Formerly Syntoniq, Inc.)
- Brice Scheschuk: CEO, Globalive Capital
- Bryan Duarte: Managing Partner, BlackTech Capital
- Callum Travaglini: Strategy & Program Manager, Office of the CEO, Wealthsimple
- Carlos Ochoa: Founder & CEO, Alpha Impact 8
- Carlos Ortiz: Founder & CEO, Camionix
- Carmela Abraham, Xiggit
- Carmine Di Maro: Venture Associate
- Caroline Arzoo: Partnerships, TurboSBIR
- Carter Laren: Founder/CEO, Inara Ventures
- Chaima Torkhani: CEO, Coloc'Qui
- Chandler Koglmeier: VP, Product, Guild Education
- Chang Chen: Founder, Hockey Stick
- Charles Masters Rodriguez: Co-Founder & CEO, Autoket
- Charles Cathlin: CEO & Founder, Polaris Genomics
- Charlie Cliff: CTO
- Charlie Regis: Co-Founder, Styliff Tech
- Charlini De Almeida: Non-Executive Director & Trustee, CISI Future Foundation
- Charlotte Aschim: CEO and Co-Founder, TotalCtrl
- Chase Harmer: CEO, Wishes
- Chaya Jadhav: Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurial Wave
- Chester Ng: Co-Founder & CMO, SweetLabs
- Chinara Askerzade: Managing Partner at PocketVC early-stage VC, PocketVC Studio and PocketVC Technologies Inc
- Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
- Chris Garrett: Founder and CEO, Devil's Canyon Brewery
- Chris Holloway: Pilot, defense analyst for Cubic Applications, F-5 pilot in USMCR
- Chris Hogg: Founder & CEO, 100Plus
- Chris Praet: President, Progress Carolina
- Chris Foltz: Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Founder Institute
- Christian Behl: International Business Development, Cognition IP
- Christian Karrer: Director of Selection & Portfolio Advisor, 43North
- Christina Laskowski: Business Transformation, VMware
- Christina Reddick: Founder & CEO, Racedu
- Christina Trampota: Managing Director, Innovate Grow Scale
- Christina Holloway: Executive Coach, Compass Enterprises LLC
- Ciaran Byrne: President, Creeslon
- Cindy Liberman: Chief Marketing Officer , (Fractional)
- Cindy Mallory: Emerging Tech Strategist, Worldwide TechServices
- CJ Johnson: Marketing Consultant , Team Friday
- Claudia Bacco: Founder, Grand Prix Marketing Consultants
- Connie Kwan: CEO, Product Maestro
- Conor Swanson: Co-Owner, Code
- Conrad Kimball: CEO, ADU Works
- Cory Hewett: CEO, Gimme Vending
- Costa Alexoglou: Co-Founder & CEO, VisaulEyes
- Craig Kanarick: CEO , Mouth Foods
- Craig Swiatek: Investment Advisor
- Damien Foord: CEO, Prismonde
- Dan Gertsacov: Dan Gertsacov - CEO, Americas Region (Bogota FI)
- Dan Lopez: Chief Strategy Officer, Arkisys
- Dan Marques
- Dan Rubins: Founder & CEO, Legal Robot
- Dan Arkind: Founder & CEO, JobScore
- Dan Huru: Co-Founder, Meetgeek
- Dana Loberg: CEO, Leo AR
- Daniel Faber: CEO, Orbit Fab
- Daniel Saccani: President, Ravix Group, Inc.
- Daniel Takabayashi: CTO, Laguro.com
- Daniel Francavilla: Marketing Advisor & Brand Strategist, Daniel Does Consulting
- Daniel Steeves: CEO, Advance Advisory
- Daniel Woolfson: Senior Engineering Manager, The Engineer Experience
- Daniel Lumar: Founder, KTY
- Danielle Lee: CFO, Money Therapy
- Daniyal Ashraf: Social Media Lead, Founder Institute
- Danny Matthews: Founder of Brand-First Venture Builder, Short Story Ventures
- Danny Matthews: Founder, Short Story Ventures
- Daoud Ghannam: Founder & CEO, uMake
- Daria Boldyreva: Founder, Wunderdogs
- Dave Bullis: Management Consultant, DTB Life Science Consulting and BTG Consulting
- David Yeng: Managing Partner, Founders Venture Capital
- David Sacks: CEO, Yammer
- David Wu: General Partner, Maveron Capital
- David Clark: Venture Partner, Tera VC
- David Kidder: Co-Founder and CEO, Bionic Solution LLC
- David Anderson: GM, Kilby Silicon Valley Labs at Texas Instruments
- David Hare: Advisor, ServTrans
- Dayo McIntosh: Founder & CEO, Yateou
- Deepak Ghosh: Vice President, Product & Growth, Abra
- Denis Jacquet: Founder and CEO, TOP CREAM
- Dennis Kibirev: Chief Growth Officer, Mesh Ai
- Dennis Kibirev: Global Technology Executive, Venture Development Institute
- Diane Bailey: Head of Accelerator Growth, Founder Institute
- Diraj Goel: CEO, Managing Partner, GetFresh Ventures
- Dominique Kim, MPH: Health and Healthcare Transformation Leader, InnovatorMD
- Dr. Arundhati Banerjee: Commercialization Specialist, NASA
- Dr. Hafiz Ali: Founder and Strategic Marketing Consultant, Omnicore Agency
- Dr. Hanan El Basha: Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Maverika
- Dr. Tina Ruseva: CEO, Mentessa
- Dustin Betz: Director of Operations, White Rose Ventures
- Duygu Oktem: Investment Advisor, European Investment Fund
- Dylan Taylor: Chairman & CEO, Voyager Space Holdings
- Earl Martin Valencia: Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, Plentina
- Ed Lam: Partner, Kilby Silicon Valley Labs at Texas Instruments
- Eddie Hartman: co-Founder, LegalZoom
- Eden Bidani: Head of Strategy & Copy, CAPE.Agency
- Edmond Banayan: Entrepreneur / CEO / VP of Biz Development / Board Observer / Investor / Mentor, See LinkedIn
- Edward Liu: Director, EasyIOT
- Eileen Brewer: Director, Takween Accelerator
- Eleftheria Egel: CEO, Navigating Transformation Cons
- Eleni Lialiamou: Founder, Kimolian Academy
- Eli Schwartz: Director of Marketing, APAC, SurveyMonkey
- Elitza Stoilova: Founder & CEO, Umni.co
- Elizabeth Arnold: Founder & CEO, FLIP App
- Emiliya Strahilova: Content Marketer, Founder Institute
- Emna Ghariani: Chapter Lead Director, The Founder Institute
- Eravi Gopan
- Eren Bali: Chairman & Co-founder, Udemy
- Erette Dunn: Founder , Rever
- Eric Hsu: Corporate Attorney
- Eric Markowitz
- Erin Pangilinan: Founder, FASTER
- Eugene Lee: CEO, Socialtext
- Eunice Goh: Venture Growth Architect, Ex-Founder and CEO, SmartUp
- Fabian Geyrhalter: Founder and Principal, FINIEN
- Fabio Fulci: VP of Impact Development, Omdena Inc.
- Felix Halcartegaray
- Fion Lee Madan: Cofounder and COO, Fairly AI
- Fiorella Erni: CEO and Founder, Cheetah Stories SA
- Frank Mastronuzzi: Founding Partner, Punch Financial
- Franklin Kamnang Ngansop: Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching
- Fred Joyal: Fred Joyal - CEO & Co-Founder, Futuredontics (Los Angeles FI) , Futuredontics
- Frederic Voyer: Senior Strategy & Execution Advisor, Post-Exit Entrepreneur (multiple: SWAAAP, BVI & HR Inc.)
- Gabe Zichermann: CEO, Failosophy
- Gabor Puhalla: Co-Founder & Partner, Coreteq Ventures
- Gabriel Isserlis: Founder , Tutti
- Gabriela Oporto: Founder, Selia
- Gagan Biyani: Co-Founder, Udemy, Spring, Maven
- Gary Gaessler: SaaS Community Builder, Nylas, Co-Founder of CloudElements
- Gautam Chandna: CEO & Co-Founder, TikkTalk
- Geir Wavik: Advisor, Miles
- George Bandarian Ii: Founder & Managing Partner, ValueScaler
- Gerhard Diedericks: Founder & Venture Architect, Triniti
- Gina Bianchini: Cofounder, Ning
- Giselle Bisson: Managing Director, Chain Reaction PR
- Gleb Budman: Co-founder and CEO, Backblaze
- Gopi Mattel: Founder CEO, MaxBlox, Inc.
- Gopi Rangan: Cofounder, INSEAD Angels
- Govind Wakhlu: Product Manager, Facebook
- Greg Lindahl: CTO, Tobiko
- Guc Ozenci: Connector | Advisor, ConnectOp
- Guiti Navabi: Talent Acquisition Leader, Poynt
- Habibullah Khan: Founder, penumbra
- Hanny Sunarto: CEO/Co-founder, Mike's Naturals
- Hans Kim: Of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Harmony Oswald: Founder & CEO, Legalucy, Inc.
- Harold Hughes: CEO, Bandwagon
- Harry D'Andrea: General Partner, Global Impact Fund
- Harsh Rajnikant Patel: CEO, Sunflowee Biztech Private Limited
- Hassan Sohbi, Taylor Wessing
- Hieg Khatcherian: Senior Partner / CTO, GetFresh Ventures
- Himakara Pieris: CEO, Hydra.ai
- Himanshu Khurana: Director of Engg, LinkedIn
- HORACIO MORENO: S T A R T U P B U S I N E S S D E V E L O P M E N T , I N V E S T M E N T A N A L Y S T , E Q U I T Y O P T I O N S T R A D E R, Independent
- Hussein Kurji: General Partner, Portfolio Strategy, GetFresh Ventures Advisory Inc.
- Igor Karpachev: Head of Business Development & Partnerships, ProfiCircle SA
- Imran Azhar: Founder & CEO, AzCorp Entertainment
- Ingeborg Gasser Kriss: Board Member, Advisor , Agent21
- Ingo Juraske: Venture Partner, Inovexus
- Irene Nwaukwa: Managing Partner , INC Consulting Africa
- Irina Berkon: Member, Golden Seeds
- Iris Charabi Berggren: Leadership Coach, IRIS cb
- Isabel Weise: Member Upper Mgmt, Volkswagen AG
- Isabel Faria, COREangels
- Isabel Starck: Founder/Co-Founder, Starck Coaching, SportsCarBoutique
- Ivan Francis, Vontier
- Ivaylo Ivanov: Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe
- Ivelin Ivanov: Venture Advisor, Founder Institute
- Jaideep Singh Chavan: Director of Engineering, UnitX Labs
- Jamal Fayoumi: Co Founder and Executive in Residence , Home Go, Maru, Trusst, Basefunder
- James Jensen: Partner, Perkins Coie
- James Hong: Co-founder, HOT or NOT
- James Kaskade: CEO, Conversica
- Janet Todorova: Head of Expansion, Founder Institute
- Janne Saarikko: Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute
- Jared Goralnick: VP of Product, Upwork
- Jason Freedman: Founder, 42Floors
- Jason Jacobsohn
- Jason Randolph: Senior Vice President Marketing & Strategic Growth, Tradier
- Jason Waller: Founder, Jason R. Waller Executive Coaching
- Jason Nazar: Jason Nazar - Co Founder & CEO, Crew32
- Jason Calacanis: Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Author, LAUNCH, All In, This Week in Startups
- Javier Caruso: Founder & CEO , Webstart
- Jay Singh: Senior Technology Transfer Specialist, NASA Ames Research Center
- Jay Jamison: Founder & President
- Jeff Stewart: Managing Director , Global Public Offering Fund
- Jeff Bonforte: Jeff Bonforte - SVP, Yahoo (Silicon Valley FI) , Yahoo
- Jeff Hancock: Founder & CEO, coinpass.com
- Jeff Lee: Founder & CEO, Cost Cooperative
- Jeffrey Dachis: CEO, One Drop
- Jeni Chang: Founder | Investor | Advisor
- Jennifer Love: CEO, LivWeal Institute
- Jeremy Imlach: CEO, Argona Partners
- Jeremy Glassenberg: Product Management, APIs, Developer Experiences, Marketplaces, API Strategist
- Jeremy Geiger: CEO, Funding Lab LLC
- Jessica Alter: Founder/CEO, Founder Dating
- Jessica Korthuis: Founder & CEO, SOHUIS
- Jill Stelfox: Co-Founder , Graffiti Sports
- Jim Brenner: Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
- Jim Chappell: Managing Director, DoublEagle Management Group
- Joanna Riley: CEO & Co-Founder, Censia
- Joaquin Ayuso De Paul: CEO, Rayo
- Joe Bezdek: Co-founder, DivX, Inc.
- Joe Betts Lacroix: CTO, Vium
- Joe Garza
- John Roberts: Managing Partner, Boot64 Ventures
- John Lee: Vice President, Early Stage Banking, Silicon Valley Bank
- John Ozuysal: Head of growth, Optimonk
- Johny Tay: Entrepreneur-in-Residence (FI Silicon Valley), Idealogy Venture Partners (Owners)
- Jona Doda: Founder , Marketing On Demand
- Jonathan Okanlawon: Co-Founder/Board Executive , Global Croft Ltd
- Jonathan Eade: Venture Partner, Sansar Ventures
- Jonathan Benassaya: Owner , Milestone Factory
- Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute
- Jonathan Sun: Founder, Nifty
- Jonathan Abrams: Founder and CEO, Nuzzel
- Jonathan Zaremski: Chief Product Officer, VP Marketing, Consultant, Startups
- Jordan Vande Kamp: Founder, Klick Media Buying
- Jordan Jocius: Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Founder Institute
- Jose Carrasco
- Joseph Prabhakar: CEO, Power Communication Corp.
- Joy Chen: EIR, GSV
- J. Skyler Fernandes: Founder & General Partner, VU Venture Partners
- Juan Polanco: Founder & CEO, Optimo Capital
- Juliet Fallowfield: Founding Director, Fallow, Field & Mason
- Junada Sulillari: Lecturer/Start-up mentor, "Fan S. Noli" University
- June W Choi: Managing Partner, Serval Ventures
- Justin Wilcox: Founder, Customer Development Labs
- Justin Moore: CEO, Axcient, Inc.
- Justine Reichman: Founder, NextGenChef
- Kaan Senol: General Manager, Voyoger Consulting DOO
- Kalsoom Lakhani: Co-founder and General Partner , i2i Ventures
- Kamal Hassan: Founding Partner, Loyal VC
- Karen Johana Guillot: Co-Founder, CFO, Salvatio
- Karin Wellbrock: Executive Leadership Coach and Co-Founder, Kay Group K.K.
- Karl Shaikh: Founder , Interpreters-On-Call
- Karnika Yashwant: Founder, KEY Difference (Accelerator), KEY Difference Capital (A fund in VC Labs Cohort 11), Forward Protocol (Wordpress of Web3), and acquired/incubated many crypto-news media
- KAROLINA Bezerra: Karolina Celi, Sede De Design
- Kate Connally: Director of Growth, Dolby Laboratories
- Kelly Fitzsimmons: Co-Founder, Custom Reality Services
- Ken Ross: Founder/CEO, ExpertCEO
- Kern Eaker: Senior Sales Engineer, Bill.com
- Keshni Morar: Managing Director, Founder Institute South Africa + Investable
- Kevin Ye: Corporate Relations, Silicon Foundry
- Kevin Gabayan: CEO, Stealth Company
- Khalid Machchate: Chairman, K&W Technology Group
- Kimberly Ofori: Founder , Growth Republic & GV Studio
- Kimberly Wiefling: Founding Member, Silicon Valley Alliances
- Kimberly Hines: Technology Transfer Office Chief, NASA Ames Research Center
- Kimberly Drory
- Kimberly Minafra: Division Chief - Partnerships Development and Agreements , NASA Ames Research Center
- Kirill Markin: Founder, Head of AI Lab, ozma.io, SOAX
- Kirill Makharinsky: Co-founder, Ostrovok.ru
- Klaus Kammermeier: Coach and Mentor, Founder, InnovationLabs.Berlin
- Kristin Miller: Founder, InMotion Albums
- Kristopher Francisco: CEO, Evolute Inc.
- Lance Cottrell: Founder, Feel the Boot
- Lara Bandeira: Portfolio Associate, Founder Institute
- Laura Bryce: Co-Founder & CMO, loopt
- Laurel Mintz: Founder , Elevate Your Brand
- Lauren Chan Lee: Senior Director of Product Management, Care.com
- Laurits Just: Manager of Flippa Invest, Flippa.com
- Leila Banijamali: Leila Banijamali - CEO & Founder, Startup Documents (San Francisco FI) , Startup Documents
- Lenz Gschwendtner: founder, kitty from outer space Limited
- Leon Farrant: CEO & Co-founder, Green Li-ion & AgileHRO
- Lesa Hammond: CEO, ProfHire
- Lev Mazin: CEO, AYTM
- Linda Carlberg: CEO/Founder/CCO, SpotSyt Inc.
- Liza Rodewald: Co-founder, Instant Teams
- Logan Grizzel: Partner, MUUS Climate Partners
- Lorenzo Thione: Managing Director, Gaingels
- Luca Albertinazzi: Global Evangelist , Startup Grind
- Lucas Rocha: Investor, Unshackled Ventures
- Lucas Fox: Head of Relationship Management, Brex
- Luis Mauro Yap: Advisor, Multiple Companies
- Luis Silva V: CoFounder, Figures
- Luke Willoughby: Account Executive , Prolific
- Lukman Raimi: Dr. Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
- Maaike Doyer: Founder, Epic Angels
- Madeline Duva: Board Member, Fluxx.io
- Mahati Kumar: Senior Staff Software Engineer , Meta
- Malte Krohn: Consultant, Faciltator & Coach, mindfulstartup.school
- Manolo Obaya: Startup Coach & Head of International Growth, Founders Loft
- Mara Rada: Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
- Marc Bodner: Sr. Director of Business Development, Worldwide TechServices
- Marco De Biasi: Startups Investor & Advisor /Program Director, FI/LGA /LAAS
- Marcos Polanco: CEO, Deedit
- Margarita Tan: Chief Growth Officer, Cakap
- Maria Pienaar: Principal, First Principles
- Mariah Lichtenstern: Founder-CEO, DiverseCity Ventures
- Marion Ambiyo: Product Assistant, Made By People
- Mark Montalban: Founder & CEO, MindfulText
- Mark Balovnev: Former Co-Founder & CEO , Educhain & Vantyr
- Mark Kosoglow: Co-Founder & CEO , Operator
- Mark Frohnmayer: Founder, Arcimoto
- Markos Kiosseoglou: Mr, Re-Markable
- Marlon Nichols: Partner, Intel Capital
- Marshall Hughes: Freight Manager, Freight Companies Australia
- Martín Martinez: Founding & Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas
- Martynas Pranckevicius: FI Alumni, Habu Technologies
- Marvin Mc Taw: CEO, Sched
- Matt Mandell: Principal, PayNerd.com
- Matt Shapiro: CEO, Co-Founder, siyea
- Matt Kuta: Co-Founder & President, Voyager Space Holdings
- Matt Belitsky: Start Up Consultant, The Data Guy
- Matt Kozlov: Managing Director, 1863 Ventures
- Matthew Schwab: Founder, Omnitecht
- Matthew Cahill: President, Percipio Company
- Matthew Willis: SVP Americas & General Counsel, advantageclub.ai
- Max Shevyakov: Co-Founder & CEO, BorrowLenses.com
- Max Zheng: Director of Investments, Blockchain Founders Group
- Maxwell Walker: Co-Founder, Piton Labs
- Mayra Motta: Sócia, Mayra Motta Advocacia
- Megan Todd: Head of Admissions , Founder Institute
- Melissa Li: Managing Partner and Head of Community, Dorm Room Fund
- Mercedes Bankston: Founder, Funderstar LTD
- Meryem Eradi
- Michael Arrington: Editor, TechCrunch
- Michael Zaytsev: Founder, High NY
- Michael Diamant: Co-Founder at Cleverpup , Former Founder of Skip Hop
- Michele Chaboudy: President, MacAbbey & Associates
- Mike Lingle: Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma
- Mike Suprovici: Head of Acceleration, VC Lab
- Mike Sherbakov: General Partner, The Veteran Fund
- Mike Castagna: CEO, MannKind
- Mikel Mangold: Head of Partnerships, Cyberprotonics
- Minda Aguhob: Chief People Officer & Co-Founder, Vytality Health
- Misha Chellam: Cofounder & COO, Scanadu
- Moazzam Kamran: Director Business Transformation , REDtone
- Mohammed Kashif: Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer, Department of Motor Vehicles
- Mohan Yellapantula: Global Head - Solutions and Go to Market , Amazon Web Services
- Mona Defrawi: CEO & Founder, Radivision
- Moni Jefferson: CEO, Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs (AMSE)
- Monica Phillips: President, Spark Plug Labs
- Monika Bleszynski: CEO, Greenshoot Materials
- Moshe Mikanovsky: Product Director, Rootquotient
- Mostofa Shakib: Founder & CEO, Variant Technologies
- Mu Zhou, PhD: Head of Pathology AI, SenseTime
- Nada Khorchid: CEO, Lead For Impact
- Nadia Al-Banna, PHD, MBA: Senior Director of Product and Business Development, Allarta Life Science
- Naeem Zafar
- Nathan Beckord: CEO, Foundersuite
- Naval Ravikant: Co-founder, AngelList
- Ndambuki Mutie: Senior Lead-Talent Acquisition, M-KOPA
- Neil Shah: Founder & CEO, ThinkNimble
- Neil Shah: Founder & Creative Director, Ocote
- Neil Gehani: Principal Founder, Katen.AI
- Neil Ashman: Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer, N2
- Neil Tiwari: Business Operations, Pulley
- Nelly Yusupova: Founder, TechSpeak.co
- Newton Paskin: President & CEO, Explorer Technologies
- Nicholas Johnson: CEO, Orange Charger
- Nicholas Bennett: Director of Market Strategy, Franki Global
- Nicholas Sopuch: Talent Associate , Entrepreneur First
- Nick Jordan: CEO, Content Distribution
- Nick Hegeman: CoFounder & CEO, Paintjet
- Nicolas El Baze: Partner, Tekton Ventures
- Nicole Kelsey: General Counsel and Secretary, Amyris, Inc.
- Nima Badiey: VP Alliances, Channels, Strategic Partnerships, GitLab --> NVidia
- Nir Eyal, AdNectar
- Nitin Pachisia: Founding Partner, Unshackled
- Noah Wallach: Founder, Hope OS
- Nyasha Kasima: Founder / Director, Houston Consult ltd
- Nykki Yeager: CEO, Flight CX
- Olga Padulosi: Marketing & Partnerships, AppFollow
- Olga Filipova: Founder + CEO, Workademy
- Omar Valle: Startup Business Development, Innovation Bay
- Ondrej Lang, Feelo
- Oz Nazilli: Founder, PMF Studio
- Paloma Lecheta: Regional Director - LatAm, Founder Institute
- PASCHAL OFFORDUM: Associate , Shujaa Capital
- Pat LaPointe: CEO, Entrelliance
- Patricia O'Donnell: Former VP Strategy and Partnerships, Deserve
- Patrick Mork: Chief Story Teller, Mad Mork Stories
- Patrick Lee: Co-Founder, Rotten Tomatoes
- Paul Grimes: CTO & Founder, OK200
- Paul D'souza: President and CEO, The D'Souza Group
- Paul Mc Lean: Trademark and Copyright Attorney, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Paul Terrasson Duvernon: Life & Leadership Coach for Entrepreneurs, PTD Corporation
- Peep Laja: CEO, Wynter
- Pete Biggam: Director / Mentor / Advisor, Founder Institute
- Peter Holtz: President, Peter Holtz CPA
- Peter Schlecht: Founder & Advisor, Artificial Link & Braingrade
- Peter Ma: Co-Founder, MixPose
- Peter Voorneveld: Senior Account Executive, Amazon Web Services
- Phani Nagarjuna: President, HBSANC
- Phil Libin: Founder & CEO, All Turtles
- Philip Kaplan: Founder and CEO, ADHD Labs
- Phnam Bagley: Partner and Creative Director, Nonfiction Design
- Pietro Braguglia, Beaversity Consulting
- Pinaki Saha: Founder & CEO, Anshar Labs
- Poon Da Qian: CEO, Butler
- Pradeep Rathinam: Chief Customer Officer, Freshworks
- Pranay Suresh: Engineering Leader, Rivian Automotive
- Prashant Parashar
- Prashanthi Ramamurthy: Engineering Leader, Adobe
- Preeti Tikekar: Founder/CEO, Membition
- Preeti Talwai: Staff UX Research Lead, Google
- Prem Kumta: Co-Founder Up All Night / CEO Flavor Group , Up All Night
- Priyanka Sanghvi: Lead Product Manager, Microsoft
- Rachel Sheppard: Digital Strategist & Startup Mentor - Helping Female Founders Launch & Grow Their Businesses Around the Globe, Founder Institute HQ
- Rafael Kartaszynski: CEO, TechEdge Dynamics
- Raj Singh: Managing Director, JetBlue Technology Ventures
- Raj Sahu: Founder and CEO at , Utobo Inc
- Rajeev Behera: CEO & Founder , Every
- Rajesh Setty: Rajesh Setty - Serial Entrepreneur and Author, WittyParrot
- Rajkumar Sheth: CEO, Decalab
- Rakesh Sinha: Senior Engineering Manager, Google
- Raluca Bujoreanu: Product Innovation, Strategy & Leadership; Venture Builder
- Randy Eager: CEO, Aqualibrium LLC
- Rashad Haque: Corporate V.P., New York Life Insurance
- Rashmi Sinha: CEO, SlideShare
- Rastislav Kanocz: General Partner & Co-Founder, Coreteq Ventures
- Ravishankar Gundlapalli: CEO & Founder, MentorCloud, Inc.
- Razi Sharir: CEO, Product Management & Strategy, Xeround Inc
- Rebecca Enonchong: Founder & CEO, AppsTech & Board Chair Afrilabs.
- Ricardo Morales: Latam Merck CH Integration Leader and Health Care Associated Director, Procter & Gamble
- Rich Maloy: Managing Partner, SpringTime Ventures
- Robert Kaminski: Co-founder, FletchPMM
- Robert Burnett: Director of Startup Banking, Grasshopper Bank
- Roberto Carella: eBusiness PhD, MT-Europe
- Robin Schaffer: Principal Consultant, Robin Schaffer LLC
- Rohan Vaidya: General Manager, Elluminati Inc
- Rohin Sethi: CEO & Co-Founder, RS Consulting
- Ron Gentile: Founder, Moodfit
- Rongfei Lu
- Roxette Miranda: Director, Founder Institute Florida
- Roza Szafranek: CEO & Founder, HR Hints
- Russ Fradin: Chairman & CEO, Dynamic Signal
- Russell Brand: CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited
- Ryan Fairhurst: Founder, EchoGrowth
- Ryan Frederick: Principal, AWH
- Ryan Micheletti: Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
- Ryan Kelley: Shareholder, Corporate & Securities, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Saien Sewnath: Mechanical Engineer, SkyTech Engineering
- Saira Qayyum: Founder & CEO , Dream Factory
- Sajiv Shrivastva: CEO, Milad Marble
- Salmine Sassi: Entrepreneur in Residence, Seedstars
- Sam Merullo: CEO, ScootFleet Group
- Samantha Whitton
- Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
- Samuel Mwendwa: Sustainable Finance and Innovation Advocate, Finance Leads
- Sana Balti: Marketing Operations, Founder Institute
- Sandy Gómez: Director, FI Caracas
- Sanjai Marimadaiah: Managing Director, Spinnovation LLC
- Sanjaykumar Patel: Founder & Principal IP Attorney, EXCELON IP - Patent & Trademark Attorneys
- Sankar Jagannathan
- Sara Usinger: Entrepreneur in Residence, SwissEP
- Sarah Song: Startup Advisor, Los Angeles, CA
- Sarp UZER: Founder, Sarp
- Sathya Prasad: Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Sayanee Bhowmik: Program Operations Manager, Rx100 Startups
- Scott Wayman: Founder & CEO, Kangarootime
- Scott Landers: Co-Founder, Systems Engineer, Figure 8 Logistics
- Scott Painter: Co Founder, BrightHouse
- Scott Heiferman: CEO, Meetup
- Scout Tweedie Yates: Regional Manager , The Founder Institute HQ
- Sean Casey: Managing Director, Silicon Valley Space Center
- Seojoon Oh: Product Manager, Uber
- Serdar Yucel: Mr, Self
- Sergey Sundukovskiy: Co-Founder, CTO and Chief Product Officer, Certemy
- Seth Sternberg: co-founder & ceo, Meebo
- Shaahin Cheyene: President
- Shauna Turner: Founder Partner, Strategic Incite Investing
- Sheela Ursal: Founder, Fintech Next
- Sheikh Masud Iftekher: Key Account Controller, Ericsson Indonesia
- Shlomi Ron: Founder/CEO, Visual Storytelling Institute
- Shubhit Khaneja: Senior Product Manager, Zalando
- Siddharth Dalmia: Founder, Wealthisle Future Private Limited
- Simon Turner: Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana
- Sneha Lundia Agrawal: Founder & CEO, Step2Growth
- Sparsh Agarwal: Director of Product, Salesforce
- Srdjan Kovacevic: Vice President, Sizmek, Inc.
- Sree Lekshmi: CEO, Stealth Mode Startup
- Stacy Carlson: X, X
- Stavros Pavlidis: Head Direct and Strategic Investments, Deep Capital Group
- Stefano Tresca: Chairman, Sixth Society
- Stella Guan: Founder and CEO, Path Unbound
- Stéphane Nasser: Co-Founder, OpenVC
- Stephen Meade: Founder & CEO, MonetaPro
- Steve Mc Kay: CEO, Entone, Inc. and others
- Steve Bennet: Managing Director, Bodega Partners
- Steven Rooney: CEO, Intelligent Vehicle Briefs
- Steven Morley: Business Advisor, Success4Execs
- Steven Frisch: Serial Entrepreneur & Advisor, CentralSpark.io
- Subha Shetty: chief product and ai officer, product advisor , Wayfound.ai, adeptmind.ai
- Suhas Ghante: Entrepreneur, SVEthos
- Sujee Maniyam: Founder / Principal, Elephant Scale
- Sukan Makmuri: CEO, Startups
- Suman Talukdar
- Sumeet Sethi: Partner, TenX2
- Sunil Sharma: Managing Director, Founder Institute Toronto
- Surina Piyadasa: Lead Coach/Founder/CEO, Dynamically Speaking
- Sush Bapna: General Partner, AIDGE Ventures
- Suz Somersall: CEO, KiraKira
- Sylvester Kaczmarek: Executive, exCEO, exEntrepreneur, Board Advisor, NASA / ESA / Toyota
- Tadhg Bourke: Head of People and Places, Nuro
- Tahira Dosani: Co-founder and Managing Partner , ResilenceVC
- Taj Adhav: Founder, Leasecake
- Tanvi Shah: Principal Product Manager, Upwork
- Tarun Gulati: Founder & CEO, Contemplate
- Terry Madigan: CEO & Founder, Virtual Reality Ireland Media Ltd.
- Thea Sokolowski: Head of Marketing & Communications, Stitch
- Thomas Buckholtz, PhD: Founder, T.J.Buckholtz & Associates
- Thomas Hogan: Founder and Partner, Crowded Ocean
- Thomas DelVecchio: Founding Partner, Fc Centripetal
- Tikhon Roshchupkin: Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Flot Delivery
- Tim Seears: Angel Investor, Fourth State Ventures
- Tim Grassin: Founder and CEO, Stealth Startup
- Todd Rode: VP of Revenue Operations, Xevant
- Tom Charman: Co-Founder/CEO, Rassa
- Tony Scherba: President, Yeti LLC
- Torrey Smith: Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx
- Travis Sellers: Product Manager, RampedUp
- Trevor Longino: Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers
- Treya Tolbert: CEO, PowerPulze
- Tript Singh Lamba: Group Director, Youtube Ads, Google
- Troy Foster: Partner, Perkins Coie
- Tucker Hamilton: Commander, F-35 Integrated Test Force, US Air Force
- Tyler Durman: CEO & Founder, Ignition Growth Consulting
- Unnat Bak: Co-Founder, Chief Strategy & Partnerships, TABS Suite, Revscale
- Vaibhav Namburi: Founder , SmartWriter
- Varun Kashyap C V: CEO's Office, Zolve
- Vasanth Shenai: VP Finance
- Vasily Nikonov: Founder & CEO, Velvet.Capital
- Vassilis Magklaras: HEAD OF GROWTH, GRECA.CO
- Veronica Kirin: Founder, Asterisk Women's Health
- Vesiri Olu-Odugbemi: Managing Director , KLI Limited
- Victor Chapela: Founder & CEO, Onfire Health
- Victor A. Robledo: Founding Partner, Five Oak Grove Holdings
- Vincent Mao: Managing Partner/Global Tech Strategist, Bouken Capital/VC firms/Google/Meta
- Vincent Lui: Managing Director, Rhapsody Ventures
- Virender Ahluwalia: EVP Finance, Singularity University
- Vishal Reddy: The Entrepreneurologist , entrepreneurology.network
- Vishal Patel: Innovation Consultant, Basck
- Vivek Sonchhatra: Digital Dynamo | Igniting Brands for Digital Dominance, Selfcraft Media
- Vladimir Bushin: CEO, Bushin Consulting
- Vladimir Pletyukhin: Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck
- Wade Larson: CEO and Co-Founder, EarthDaily Analytics
- Walter Roth: CEO, Moment Sales, LLC
- Wendy Ryan: Managing Director, Golden Seeds
- Wendy Kam: Head of Ecosystem Partnerships, Google Assistant
- Wes Bush: Founder & CEO , Traffic is Currency
- Will Hunter: CEO, Thred
- Will Freeman: Founder & CEO, Freeman Ventures, LLC
- Xiaoxu Kang: CEO, KangarooHealth Inc.
- Yanick J. Steinbeck: Founder, bilateralstimulation.io, Startup Advisor
- Yaschin Mohabir: Director General - Strategy & Planning, Economic Cities & Special Zones Authority
- Yemi Oluseun: Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive
- Yuval Schwartz: Retired, Having fun Advising Founders
- Ziv Gillat: Co-Founder, Recogni Inc.`
- Zorrawa Jefferson: Zorrawa Jefferson , True Start Ventures
- And many more to be announced.
The Founder Institute is the most challenging and effective step-by-step startup launch program for talented and motivated aspiring entrepreneurs. Our program gives you a structured process and constant feedback from expert mentors and a global network of entrepreneurs. In addition, the Founder Institute is the only program of its kind that focuses on people versus ideas, accepts founders with day jobs, and shares equity with all participants.
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to transition from employee to entrepreneur, test their startup ideas, build a team, get their first customers, raise funding, and more - like Udemy, Realty Mogul, iCarsClub, Itembase, goplaceit, and Appota. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
