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Introducing: Jakarta Founder InstituteIndonesian Startups, Global Network

The Founder Institute is a global network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch meaningful and enduring technology companies.

Our Vision

The Founder Institute aims to improve the rate of startup success by providing high-potential entrepreneurs with expert training, critical objective feedback, and peer support.

Our Formula

Great People + World Class Training + Aligned Incentives = Exponentially Better Chance of Success

Great Companies Start With Great People

Proprietary Predictive Admissions Test to find the best people. This social science test was developed along with leading university social scientists, and is regularly calibrated to identify entrepreneurial personality traits and remove all forms of subjective bias.

World Class Training

A four-month program with weekly company-building assignments guided by a worldwide network of over 500 Mentors that are founders themselves.Our curriculum was initially crowdsourced by the 15,000+ CEO members of TheFunded.com, and has since been improved using the Institute's experience running chapters in over 15 cities.

Aligned Incentives

The Founder Institute employs a unique Bonus Pool where everyone shares equity in the companies formed from each semester. Each Graduate contributes 3.5% of their company equity in warrants to a 10-year Bonus Pool with other peers from the current semester.When one succeeds, everyone receives financial upside.

Differentiation

Shared equity upside among all stakeholdersSupport employment of enrolled FoundersNo bias for ideas of business typesLocal community developmentTop CEO Mentors and service providersNo funding preferences – bootstrap, angel, venture, government = Ok

Other Benefits

Flexibility - Idea or no idea, early stage startup or no startup. You are not even required to quit your day job.Services and Scale - Free and discounted services from leading law firms, hosting companies, technology providers, and over 50 other vendors. We also collect data, feedback, and reviews to select the best Mentors, improve the curriculum, fine tune the test, and improve the experience for participating Founders.Investment Support - Introduction to local angels and venture capitalists throughout the program at three "investor sessions.“ Feature on an exclusive “Founder Angels” mailing list. Invitation to participate in large-scale Founder Institute pitch events - such as the Founder Showcase in Silicon Valley.

Process

Select Predictive social science testing

Train Four month curriculum

Motivate Protective legal framework (Class F)

Help Peers, investors, and discounts

CurriculumMonth 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4

Ideation Planning Setup AwarenessVisionResearchNaming

LegalRevenueRecruiting

ProductOutsourcingPartners

MarketingPresentationFunding

• Weekly business building assignment• 3 sessions per month• 3 mentors per session• In the evening

FeesFees Amount Description

Application $50 For admission test processing

Course TBA For catering, supplies, and operations

Bonus Pool 3.5% Optional upon graduation

Tuition $4,500 Conditional on external financing

Locations

SeattleSan FranciscoSilicon ValleyLos AngelesSan Diego

DenverHouston

BostonNew YorkWashington

SantiagoBogota

BrusselsAmsterdamParisBerlin

SingaporeJakarta

Mentors (selected samples)Aaron Patzer, Founder & CEO, Mint.com

Adeo Ressi, Founder & CEO, TheFunded.com

Barry Silbert, Founder & CEO, Second Market

Bart Decream, Founder & CEO, Tapulous

Batara Eto, CEO, Etolabo Corporation

Bram Cohen, Founder, BitTorrent

Bubba Murarka, BD, Facebook Dan Shapiro, BoD, PhotoBucket

David Sacks, CEO, Yammer

Garrett Camp, CEO, Stumbleupon

Gina Bianchini, Cofounder, Ning

Glenn Kelman, CEO, Redfin

Heather Harde, CEO, TechCrunch

Izhar Armony, General Partner, Charles River Ventures

Jake Nickell, Founder, Threadless

Jason Calacanis, CEO, Mahalo.com

Jordan Greenhall, Founder, DivX

Mark Pincus, Founder & CEO, Zynga

Matt Shobe, Cofounder, Feedburner

Michael Arrington, Editor, TechCrunch

Philip Kaplan, Founder, Adbrite

Many more…

Partners (selected samples)

Many more…

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