Founder Institute

The Founder Institute focuses on technology and technology-enabled businesses. This can include hardware and traditional businesses such as food, eCommerce,...

Seed-accelerators like Techstars and Y Combinator typically take a company with a team, live product, and some traction and provide them with operating capi...

Pre-Accelerators exist to help you get into a seed-accelerator. While many Founder Institute Alumni do go on to seed-accelerators like Techstars, Y Combinat...

To see the full calendar, visit FI.co/program.

The local session locations are sometimes held in the same venues as the public pre-program events listed on FI.co/program, though this is not always the ca...

We do not allow remote participation. The value of participating in-person is irreplaceable, and our program is specifically designed to help you build a st...

The Founder Institute requires a minimum of 20 hours of work per week, on average. Participating founders are required to attend each three and a half hour ...

In order to complete the program, a Founder must attend the Feedback Sessions, complete all of the Growth Sprints in a satisfactory manner, and receive sati...

Attendance is mandatory, however, it is understood that founders may have emergencies, illness, or pre-planned travel that may prevent them from attending o...