FI Orientation Deck for Directors

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Founder Institute
Silicon Valley
*Insert City name and a background picture of your city
Welcome to Orientation!

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Mike Suprovici
• EIR / Head of Grad Group at Founder Institute
• CEO of Explorence - FI Graduate
Ryan Micheletti
• Director of Global Operations at Founder Institute
• Cofounder of Vet-Tech Accelerator and Shield Corps Security
Adeo Ressi
• CEO @ Founder Institute
• 9x Entrepreneur - Startup Maven
Director Team
Scout Tweedie-Yates
• Regional Manager of Europe and Africa at Founder Institute
• Program Manager – Silicon Valley Chapter
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Empower communities
of talented and motivated people
to launch enduring and impactful
technology-enabled companies
worldwide.
Vision
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Can you…
Run it for 20 years?

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Can you…
Create 500 jobs?

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Can you…
Change 1M lives?

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Program

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You are strong

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• 50k people have
taken the test
• Results correlated
with 2,700+
graduates

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What do we look for?
Entrepreneur
DNA
High Fluid Intelligence
Someone’s ability to quickly learn a rule set and
apply the learned logic to solve novel problems.
Moderate Agreeableness
Measures someone’s cooperation vs antagonism
(the best founders are in the middle)
High Openness
Someone’s creativity and their propensity to accept
risk and challenge accepted norms.
Other Traits
Including Emotional Stability, Industriousness,
Extraversion, and more.
Learn more: FI.co/DNA

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Founding is hard
80+
Hours per Week

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The program is hard
20+
Hours per Week
60%
Drop Out

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Results
Survival Thriving Funding
80%+ 60%+ 50%+
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Graduate
40%
Post-Program

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$600M Raised

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$150M Last Year

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Udemy
AMERICAS
• Online platform to
create and take
courses
• Raised $170+ M
TravelCar
EUROPE
• Peer to Peer
Carsharing at airports
• Raised $22+ M
ICARSCLUB
ASIA
• Web and mobile app
to rent your car in
Asia
• Raised $100+ M

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Personal

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Hard Work
Excellence
Leadership

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Business

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Vetted Idea
Incorporated
Growth Plan

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Methods

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Sessions

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Hotseats

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Working Groups

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Assignments and Office
Hours

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Dropping Out

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Weak Idea
Low Effort
Bad Attitude

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It’s OK to drop out.

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100% refund in first
week.

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Re-enroll in next
semester for free.

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Bonus Pool

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You give 4% of your
company in a warrant.

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1% Founders
1% Mentors
1% Directors
1% Institute

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FI HQ Team
Cofounders GradsOperations Marketing
CEO FinanceCofounder Operations Admission
s
Partners Regional Legal
Regional Expansion Support
Accounting Grads Branding Content
Content Social
OPERATIONS
The Founder Institute has a
efficient team of 16 full-time and
1 part-time employees.
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The Network
175+
500+
2,700+
10,000+
Cities with Training Programs
Running Semi-Annual Semesters
Program Graduates
Portfolio Companies
Program Mentors
Experienced CEOs and Investors
Program Directors
Local Ecosystem Leaders
100,000+
Aspiring Founders
Event Attendees (Annually)
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Post Program Support
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Beta Angel Seed
✓ Dedicated support contact in Silicon
Valley
✓ Private Grad mailing lists
✓ Access to 7500+ mentors
✓ $2M+ in partner discounts
✓ Invites to FI sessions & network
events (FounderX)
✓ Economic upside in Liquidity Pool
✓ Dedicated fundraising coach in Silicon
Valley
✓ Access to shared database of investors
& advisors
✓ Pitch deck editing/ feedback
✓ Virtual training sessions
✓ Assistance on building investor
pipeline & term sheet negotiation
✓ Deal syndication across “Founder
Angels” lists
✓ Facilitated introductions to investors
& advisors
✓ Virtual Demo Days
✓ Office Hours with FI team
✓ Elite partner deals
✓ Business development & PR
assistance

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250+ partner offerings.
$2M USD to help you
launch your business.

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Graduate Meetings

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Closing

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You are responsible for
your own success.

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Everything in the
Institute is a test
because startups are
hard.

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There is no right way to
make your dream
company.

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Welcome to
Silicon Valley Winter
2018
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