About us
Startup Founder 101 brings together aspiring and experienced tech entrepreneurs to discuss, meet, and collaborate to build great new startups, and to push the local startup ecosystem forward.\
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This group hosts numerous free events throughout the year where you can learn the best practices of starting a company from people who have been there and done that. You’ll have the opportunity to meet local founders and investors, exchange ideas with experts, get feedback on your idea, participate in startup workshops, and more.\
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Typical startup event topics include:\
• Coming up with a strong startup idea\
• Startup legal basics\
• How to pitch your startup\
• Starting a company without quitting your day job\
• How to raise funding for your startup\
• And much more!\
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Join the group to be invited to our next event!
Upcoming events
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How to Find an AI Startup Idea in a Traditional Industry
·OnlineOnlineSome of the best AI startup ideas hide in industries nobody calls exciting: logistics, construction, insurance, clinics, and family businesses that still run on spreadsheets, paper, and phone calls. This session shows you how to find those openings and tell which ones are real. You'll see how AI changes the cost of fixing old, manual processes, which signals point to a genuine business, and how to move from simply using AI at work to a specific idea you can test. Register now and bring an industry you know.
❯ Guest Speakers include:
- Ayhan K. Isaacs (Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute)
❯ What You'll Learn:
- Why traditional industries hold some of the clearest openings for AI startups right now
- The signals that separate a real business problem from a nice-to-have
- How AI changes the cost of fixing processes that still run on paper, spreadsheets, and phone calls
- How to move from using AI at work to naming one specific idea
- A simple way to test that idea with people who actually work in the industry
❯ Who Should Attend:
- Professionals who use AI at work and want to build with it
- People with experience in logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, or other traditional sectors
- Aspiring founders still looking for the right idea
- Anyone curious about where AI startups are finding customers today
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❯❯ This is a live, interactive online event, so be sure to RSVP at https://fi.co/e/406069/meetup to receive the Zoom URL to join us live!
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