Today, the Founder Institute, the world's premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Belo Horizonte - Brasil Winter 2024 Semester!
If you want to build a startup in Belo Horizonte and could use expert training and feedback, then apply to the Belo Horizonte Founder Institute today, or attend a free event.
Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (mai 26, 2024) will have their application fees waived (typically $50), and if you enroll by the Early Deadline you are also eligible for Founder Institute Fellowships.
Since launching in Belo Horizonte in 2016, the Founder Institute has helped launch several promising companies in the region, and our efforts in Belo Horizonte have also been profiled by several high profile media channels.
To celebrate the launch, the Belo Horizonte Founder Institute will several free startup events for the general public, where you can meet top entrepreneurs and learn more about the program:
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 2:00pm, abr 29, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/342813
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- Co-Founders Connect: Find a Business Partner Online: 9:00pm, mai 01, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/340819
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas (Interactive Online Event): 2:00pm, mai 08, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/340843
- Innovation Series: Connecting Corporates & Startups with Open Innovation: 1:00pm, mai 09, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/345167
- Startup Founders’ Guide to Building an Effective Go-To-Market Strategy: 2:00pm, mai 15, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/342671
- How to Build a Fundable Start-up Brand: 2:00pm, mai 20, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/340863
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 9:00pm, mai 22, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/340884
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 9:00pm, mai 27, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/340899
- How to Quickly Establish Safe, Reliable, and Compliant AI Startups: 2:00pm, mai 29, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/340922
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 2:00pm, jun 03, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/343398
- Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 9:00pm, jun 05, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/340943
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 9:00pm, jun 10, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341000
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 2:00pm, jun 12, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341022
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 2:00pm, jun 17, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341042
- How to Take a Value Proposition to Finding Product Market Fit: 2:00pm, jun 24, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341397
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 2:00pm, jun 26, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341061
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 9:00pm, jul 01, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341080
- How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 2:00pm, jul 03, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341910
- How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 2:00pm, jul 08, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/344358
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 9:00pm, jul 15, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341217
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 2:00pm, jul 17, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341295
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 9:00pm, jul 22, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/343925
- How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 2:00pm, jul 24, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/343102
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 2:00pm, jul 29, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341606
- Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 9:00pm, ago 26, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341775
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 9:00pm, ago 28, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/345811
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 9:00pm, set 02, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/343217
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 9:00pm, set 09, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/344178
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 2:00pm, set 16, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/342306
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 2:00pm, set 23, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/343502
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 2:00pm, set 25, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/344255
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 2:00pm, out 02, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/341994
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 9:00pm, out 14, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/342417
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 9:00pm, out 23, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/344476
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 2:00pm, out 30, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/344552
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder : 3:00pm, nov 04, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/343287
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00pm, nov 06, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/342101
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00pm, nov 18, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/344655
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, nov 25, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/345392
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 3:00pm, nov 27, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/342493
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 3:00pm, dez 02, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/342199
- What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 3:00pm, dez 04, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/345290
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 3:00pm, dez 09, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/344745
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 3:00pm, dez 16, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/344864
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00pm, dez 23, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/342595
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.
Running the Founder Institute's efforts in Belo Horizonte are local startup leaders Artur Jeber (Sócio Diretor Executivo da empresa Butec Inovação Ilimitada) and Joao Bonomo, and supported by Managing Director of the Founder Institute in Brazil, Nima Kazerooni (Co Founder, Jupter).
In addition, some of Belo Horizonte's top entrepreneurs will mentor founders in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors for the Belo Horizonte - Brasil Winter 2024 includes:
- 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. If you are serious about launching a startup, the Founder Institute can give you the structured process, constant feedback and evaluation from expert mentors, and global network of entrepreneurs you need to start an enduring company. 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.
We hope you will join us in Belo Horizonte and launch a company in 2017.
