Thanks to Entrepreneur.com's Amy Reinink for featuring both TheFunded.com and The Founder Institute in her latest article, "5 Lifelines for Your Startup." It reads;
"The Funded is an online networking group for startups seeking venture capital, following the same entrepreneurs-helping-entrepreneurs model as Ultra Light, with a focus on sharing information about investors. Founder Adeo Ressi says the free networking site lets its more than 12,000 members dish about specific investors anonymously. Ressi adds that a thorough application process ensures members are actually business owners.
'Who better to ask about how good an investor is to work with than an entrepreneur who's already working with one?' Ressi says.
The Funded's sister company, the Founder Institute, offers a four-month, $450 program with classes on topics such as fundraising, branding and intellectual property. There's also a $50 application fee. Classes, taught by experienced CEOs, are held both in the San Francisco area and online.
'I don't think starting a company will ever be easy," Ressi says. "But I'd like to make all the mundane and bureaucratic aspects secondary to executing the vision.'"
See the full article here.
