Your central hub for startup knowledge — actionable guides, founder tools, and expert articles, organized around what matters most at each stage.
New essays, free webinars, and invites to events in your city — every week.
Applications now Open for Seattle and New York City
Inside FI: Dont Run Out of Gas Before You Finish the Race by @wbunker
Grad News Roundup: November 29th, 2011
Fashioning Change Launches Green Shopping Recommendation Engine
FI Grad @Zirtual Opens Memberships for Black Friday Weekend
Inside FI: How to Embody a #Startup Winner by @kristihedges
Give out Some #Startup Thanks Today
Tools For Building Your #Startup In The Cloud via @Elance
Gross Anatomy: Getting to Fundable, by Mike Thompson
Guides, tools, and frameworks that helped 10,000+ founders worldwide build their startups.
A standardized template to formalize founder–advisor relationships and lock in the right equity from the start.
Curated AI tools to help founders validate, build, and launch faster.
Discover your entrepreneurial strengths in a 30-minute assessment, built from 17+ years of founder research.
Join the FI Agentic Program: an AI-powered curriculum, world-class mentors, and free AI agents to turn your idea into a fundable company.
Our programs helped launch Udemy, Esusu, and thousands more, with a portfolio worth an estimated $20B. Yours could be next.
A global network of founders, mentors, and investors building enduring companies, with free AI agents to help you do the work.