The Founder Institute, the World's Largest Entrepreneur Training and Startup Launch Program, is proud to announce the graduation of Cincinnati's 2016 semester on February 1, 2017.
After an intensive, four-month program of expert training sessions, challenging company building assignments, and constant evaluation and feedback from experienced entrepreneur mentors, 8 meaningful and enduring companies were able to make it through the program to Graduation.
The Cincinnati 2016 Graduates now have a company, business idea, product plan, and path to growth fully validated by experienced startup founders. In addition, the Graduates are part of the prestigious Shared Liquidity Pool, and gain access to the Founder Institute's Global Network of over 1,500 companies and 4,000+ mentors spanning across 92 countries and six continents.
Each of these Founders has learned much during their time with the Founder Institute and demonstrated the high level of passion, perseverance, and creativity it takes to build a meaningful and enduring company.
And now, without further ado, we would like to wish the best of luck to:
- MeeLance - MeeLance provides a platform for freelance markets to be created that optimize the work relationship between clients and freelance service providers.
- Invest Your Faith - Invest Your Faith helps Christians invest in businesses in which they can both earn a competitive return and feel good about what they are investing in.
- The Holistic Experience - The Holistic Experienc produces a new kind of toilet paper - it's moist on one side and dry on the other.
- Gyftsense - Gyftsense suggests gift based on the profile of the receiver, which is delivered on the day of the occasion.
- Fiero - Fiero leads college students through a career discovery process that helps them with their career choices and prepares them for success.
- Just Hire Me - Just Hire Me is a teen staffing platform where neighbors and businesses can hire teenagers within their community for small projects and light chores.
- Boonbee Inc. - To those who give and receive money as gifts for special occasions Boonbee is an application that turns this trivial event into a fun and insightful experience for all.
- Virtual Lens - Virtual Lens is creating an immersive experience for consumers utilizing a virtual and augmented reality back-end software and mobile application.
This semester would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup. We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Cincinnati Founder Institute: Bhaskar Majji (Director of Application Management Services, Capgemini), Dustin Grutza (VP Finance Ranger, Steel), Eric Fulkert (CEO, Campus Suite CMS), and Michael Hiles (Founder / Chief Disruption Officer, Intellig8). Our Local Directors play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment in Cincinnati that is conducive to building to great companies.
