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Interview about the Founder Institute in Tech Brew Podcast [Audio]

Tech Brew Episode 004 ??? Ram??n Su??rez from the Founder Institute

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In episode #4 of Tech Brew, we drink Chimay Bleu, one of the six Belgian Trappist beers, and Gilbert chats with Ram??n Su??rez about the Founder Institute.

The Founder Institute is an intensive 4 month program designed to help someone with a business idea turn it into a reality. The goal is to provide a ???network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch meaningful and enduring technology companies.??? This is not just a series of workshops, but is a hands-on, practical course which expects each participant to build their company. As Ramon says, it is a ???reality check??? for a lot of would-be entrepreneurs.

Helping the participants along the way are experienced entrepreneurs and business leaders, brought in from all over the world to share their knowledge and provide guidance. Participants themselves are motivated to help each other through the program???s ???Bonus Pool???. In order to join the Founder Institute, each participant must give up a small percentage of their business which goes into this pool. As each new company succeeds, everyone gets a share of the success.

There are a lot of smart people with good ideas in Belgium, but turning an idea into a business is not a skill you learn in public school. Take some time, listen to our interview with Ramon, and then check out the Founder Institute. If you sign up before September 11th, the test fee (???40) will be waived.

http://www.founderinstitute.com/apply/brussels

via techbrew.be

Always a pleasure :)

FI: Pitch Bootcamp in Brussels with Filip Tack

Pitch Bootcamp in Brussels with Filip Tack

Pitch Bootcamp in Brussels with Adeo Ressi

 

The Founder Insitute and the Betagroup are hosting a free Pitch Bootcamp in Brussels with entrepreneur and FI mentor Filip Tack. 

Filip is the Founder of Nomadesk, a Belgian startup that specializes in online storage and synchronization. During his tenure as CEO he has managed to take the company internationally, from bootstrapping to rasing €10 million.

In three hours, the Pitch Bootcamp will help you refine your startup idea, improve your pitching skills, and recruit potential cofounders. With the help of Filip and the workshop we have prepared you will come out with more experience and knowledge, and a much better pitch!

Don’t hesitate, sign up and share the event with like minded entrepreneurs: http://pitch-bootcamp-filip-tack.eventbrite.com/

PS: Drinks and food will be served.

Click on the picture to see the 360º panoramas of the event.

via founderinstitute.com

This is my first event as director of the Founder Insitute in Brussels. I’m really looking forward to it. Filip is amazing and I’m sure that the ideas that people will pitch are also gonna be fantastic (and a great way to prepare for Startup Weekend Brussels!)

Qu’est-ce que c’est le Founder Institute? Explication de Alain Baritault [Video]

Alain Baritault est un des collègues qui organisent le Founder Institute en Europe. Depuis Paris, il nous explique en quelques mots qu’est-ce que c’est le Founder Institute:

via frenchweb.fr

Si vous voulez plus connaître et faire connaissance d’un des mentors belges, on organise un Pitch Bootcamp avec Filip Tack jeudi prochain. Pour les convaincus, il est possible de passer l’examen d’entrée gratuitement avant le 11 septembre (€40 après).

Founder Institute Grads: 77% Progressing Faster than Planned

Charts of Founder Institute Age Analysis
Age of All Founder Institute Applicants Accuracy of Founder Institute Predictive Testing
Success of Founder Institute Grads Age of Founder Institute Grads
via founderinstitute.com

Adeo wrotte a great article on TechCrunch about why it is nonsense to say that entrepreneurs peak at 25.

He included this four charts with stats about the Founder Institute’s participants that are quite interesting.

  • Allmost all participants are over 25 years old

  • 77% of the graduated companies are progressing ahead of their plan

    • This last point stresses what I like the most about the Founder Institute: it is about doing. There’s no better place to help you transform your idea into a company in just 4 months.