Since launching in Orange County in 2014, the Founder Institute has graduated several companies in the region, including some of the area's fastest-growing startups like Boon, Momentu, and more, and out efforts in that region have been profiled by various major media channels.
Today, the Founder Institute is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Orange County Spring 2016 Semester!
If you could benefit from expert training and advice to launch a technology startup in Orange County, click here to apply today.
Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (Feb 28, 2016) will have their application fees waived (typically $50) and are eligible for Founder Institute Fellowships.
The Founder Institute is the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, with over 9,000 graduate companies spanning 200+ cities worldwide. In our four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs "learn by doing" and launch a company through structured training courses and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, you are not required to quit you day job to participate, so you can begin testing and developing your startup ideas without putting your livelihood at risk.
In order to celebrate the launch, the Orange County Founder Institute will several free startup events for the general public, where you can meet top entrepreneurs and learn more about the program:
The Orange County Chapter will be led by local leaders Aman Singha (Managing Partner for AQ Ventures) and Henri Duong (Founder & Chief Advocate at Kids In Code).
In addition, some of Orange County's top entrepreneurs will help teach founders in the program, including:
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Anderee Berengian: Chairman & CEO, Cie Digital Labs
- Andrew Bermudez: CEO & Co-Founder, Digsy, Inc.
- Anurag Bist: Founder, Ashmar
- Atul Patel: CEO and Founder, Orbee
- Big Data Joe Rossi: Principal Technologist
- Bob Drobish: Investor / Board Member / Advisor
- Brendon Kensel: Founder & President, PrimaHealth Credit
- Carey Ransom: Chief Product Officer, Experian Consumer Services
- Chris Dover: CEO/Founder, Geniusly
- Chris Hawkins: Founder, SignNow
- Cori Linder: VP of Marketing, Retail Realm
- David Gerken: Associate Partner, Digital Business Strategy, IBM
- Don Vivrette: Founder & Chief Ideation Officer, Mackenzie Corporation
- Drew Cather: Vice President
- Fabian Geyrhalter: Founder and Principal, FINIEN
- Fred Thiel: Former CEO & Chairman, Local Corporation
- Henri Duong: Founder, Principal, Enclave Web Group (EWG)
- Jason James: President, Regents & Park
- Jason Taylor: Executive Director
- Jeff Jackel: CEO, Chatter
- Jeff Curie: CEO, Bitvore
- Josh Stomel: CEO, Neohire
- Kimberly Kovacs: Founder & CEO , MyJane, Inc
- Malcolm Lewis: Founder & CEO, RefGo
- Mark Surfas: CEO, Rockets and Robots
- Mark Edwards: Co-Founder, Virtu Partners
- Matthew Hannus: VP Strategy and Corporate Development , Kochava
- paul spiller: President & COO, Acorns
- Pete Deutschman: CEO, The Buddy Group
- Russell Stern: CEO, Solarflare Communications, Inc
- Sergey Sundukovskiy: Co-Founder, CTO and Chief Product Officer, Certemy
- Shawn Ahmed: President & CEO, Pivotus
- Thomas Poletti: Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
- Tim Chan: Founder | CEO, Level3 Apps, Inc.
- Vince Bianco: CEO, Advanced Medical Reviews
- And many more to be announced.
