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In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs participate in weekly training and feedback sessions that are led by Founder Institute Mentors. 

Our Mentors provide the passion, experience, and support that helps our Founders launch meaningful and enduring companies.

Rather than bringing in consultants and academics who teach theory, we bring in experienced Founders and CEOs to give our companies the most relevant and valuable advice. In a confidential setting, they share horror stories, best practices, and realistic feedback to help our Founders avoid "rookie mistakes" and be successful.   

In the upcoming Hyderabad Summer 2016 Semester, we have secured a truly exceptional roster of Founder Institute Mentors, including many from out of town.

See the full list below;

  • Abhishek Srivastava: Investment Professional, Ventureast Tenet
  • Ajay Jain: Managing Director & Founder, Silverneedle Ventures
  • Ajay Kolla: Founder & CEO, Wisdomjobs.com
  • Bipin Pendyala: Founder & MD , SuVitas Holistic Healthcare
  • Chaitanya C
  • Dileep Mangsuli: CEO, GE Technology Center
  • Hersh Haladker: Founder, instillmotion consulting pvt. ltd.
  • J Ramachandran: CEO , Gramener
  • Jitendra S Joshi: CEO, Nipura.in
  • Krishna Lakamsani: Chairman, Lakamsani Group
  • Krishna Tammireddy: CSO ( Chief Sales Officer ), JunoTele
  • Madhu Avalur: Founder & CEO, Angaros Group
  • Murali Bukkapatnam: CEO & Managing Director, GetdomesticHelp.com
  • Murali Kakarla: Founder & CEO, Innobox
  • Naidu Darapaneni: Founder & C.E.O, Versant Online Solutions (MeraEvents)
  • Naveen Gattu: Co-Founder & COO, Gramener
  • Percy Italia: Founder & Partner, Italia & Associates
  • Pradeep Mittal: Executive Chairman
  • Prasad Ikkurthy: Director, Navlok Ventures
  • Prasad Vanga: Founder & Chief Accelerator
  • Prasanna Boni: Co-founder COO, Edutor Technologies
  • Raju Vanapala: Founder & CEO, LearnSocial.com
  • Rakesh Bhatia: Mentor / Investor
  • Ramesh Rao: Partner, Aquila Partners LLC
  • Raviprasad Pisupati: Co-founder and Managing Partner
  • Rimpal Chawla: Founder & CEO
  • Ripul Kumar: CEO, Kern UX
  • Sachin Tummala: Managing Director, Corpus Group
  • Safir Adeni: Managing Partner, Ineda Venture Group
  • Sanjay Jesrani: Founder & CEO, Go North Ventures
  • Santha John: Founder Director, CoachLife
  • Satish Madhira: CEO, ZeMoSo Labs
  • Sharat Chandra K: CEO, Butterfly Fields
  • Sreedhar Peddineni: Co-founder and Vice President of Engineering, Gainsight
  • Sri Peddu: Managing Director, Powerhouse Ventures
  • Srini Chandupatla: Co-Founder & COO, Manjeera Digital Systems
  • Syama Peela: Director & Partner , Evoke Technologies
  • Tom Thomas: COO, IIIT-H Foundation
  • Viiveck Verma: Cofounder, Anaptyxi People Consult Pvt. Ltd.
  • Vijay Gummadi: Founder & CEO, CarZ
  • Vijay Chandrasekaran: Product Architect, Zemoso Technologies Pvt Ltd
  • Vineel Nalla: Vineel Nalla, NBOS Technologies

  • And many more to be announced. 
                                         
                                     We hope you will join us in Hyderabad and launch a company in 2014.

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