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3.4 Founder Insight 9/28/11
TheFunded.com Open Letter
Posted by Gopal Kamath on 2011-09-28
Founder Insight is a weekly newsletter that provides global insights from the people building great startups. Each week we’ll send you an exclusive training video from inside the Founder Institute, as well as other helpful resources from startup communities around the globe. Click here to subscribe
Editor’s Note: Last February we unveiled a new program named the Female Founder Fellowship, to grow the number of female tech founders by providing free Course Fees for the best female applicants to the Founder Institute. The FFF program helped spur a 30% increase in female graduates globally in just a few months time. I'm happy to report we have now graduated nearly 100 female founders: 21% of our total.
To continue increasing the number of female founders, we are reinstating the FFF program for all ten of our Fall 2011 Semesters. Our partner Women2.0 covered the story yesterday here. Any female who applies is eligible, and applications for Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris are due this Sunday. Apply here today: http://founderinstitute.com/join
Inside the Founder Institute
'Bad Markets Create Zombie #Startups’ by Kirill Makharinsky- In this talk from last year's Brussels Founder Institute, Kirill Makharinsky, Co-Founder of Quid, YouNoodle, and Ostrovok.ru, shares insights on startup market research.
Great Discussions on TheFunded:
Need Help With Changing the Terms of a Convertible Promissory Note
Is it Bad Form to Tell Other Investors that You Have a Term Sheet?
Recommended Resources:
Women Wired to be Better Entrepreneurs [Women 2.0]
How Startups Should Report Financial Results [Teten Advisors]
Upcoming Events:
Washington D.C. Startup Ideation Bootcamp
Date/Location: October 5, 2011 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Washington, D.C.
Description: In just three hours the Founder Institute will help you improve your startup ideas, come up with new ideas, and find a cofounder. Best of all it's free, and many local CEOs will be in attendance. This event will sell out, so reserve your spot today.
San Diego Startup Ideation Bootcamp
Date/Location: October 5, 2011 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM: San Diego, CA
Description: In just three hours the Founder Institute will help you improve your startup ideas, come up with new ideas, and find a cofounder. Best of all it's free, and many local CEOs will be in attendance. This event will sell out, so reserve your spot today.
Chicago Startup Ideation Bootcamp
Date/Location: October 11, 2011 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Chicago, Il
Description: In just three hours the Founder Institute will help you improve your startup ideas, come up with new ideas, and find a cofounder. Best of all it's free, and many local CEOs will be in attendance - including Sal Cilella, and David Roth. This event will sell out, so reserve your spot today.
FailCon 2011
Date/Location: October 24, 2011 from 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM: San Francisco, CA
Description: FailCon is a one-day conference for tech entrepreneurs, investors, developers and designers to study their failures and prepare for success. As an entrepreneur, you will inevitably encounter failure; it is overcoming it that is the biggest challenge. FailCon helps you do just that. Join founders from Color, Cuil, Airbnb, PBworks, and more as share advice on how to reach success. Founder Insight readers get 15% off here.
8th Founder Showcase
Date/Location: November 8, 2011 from 3:30 PM-10:00 PM: San Francisco, CA
Description: The Founder Showcase brings together leading investors, founders, and press for one action-packed night to network, hear talks from leading CEOs, and help launch a startup company to greatness. The 8th Founder Showcase will once again be our largest crowd yet (500+). Guests will be treated to a great keynote speech, an entertaining Pitch Competition featuring 10 promising startups, and drinks and appetizers in a networking hall full of emerging companies competing in a Demo Table Competition. This event has sold out the last five times, so register today. Founder Insight readers get 25% off using the code 'insightful'.
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