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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!
Kommende Veranstaltungen
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How to Build a Strong Pipeline of Entrepreneurs for your Innovation Hub
·OnlineOnlineMost innovation hubs and economic development programs underperform for the same structural reason: not enough promising applicants. The result? Empty incubators, freelancer-occupied co-working spaces, and funding going to a small number of un-promising companies. Drawing on lessons from 17 years running global incubators and accelerators, Jonathan Greechan (Co-Founder and CEO of the Founder Institute) will walk through strategies that successful entrepreneurship programs use to generate large volumes of applicants and companies.
❯❯ RSVP now at https://fi.co/startupwebinar/25272 to get your link and join us live!
❯ What You'll Learn:
- Why most innovation hubs and economic development programs underperform and the structural fixes that programs in 200+ cities have actually figured out.
- How to build connected programming that takes a workforce of latent talent all the way to deal-ready ventures plugged into your local capital.
- How to identify entrepreneurial talent already sitting inside your local workforce and what to do once you've found it.
- How AI-native tools are compressing program timelines and measurably increasing founder velocity, without becoming a buzzword.
- Real-world examples from the field
❯ Featured Speaker:
- Jonathan Greechan - Co-Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute - Jonathan Greechan is the Co-Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Since 2009, he has grown and scaled the organization to chapters in over 200 cities and 100 countries, producing over 9,000 portfolio companies with nearly $2B in venture funding. In his long career in tech and marketing, Jonathan has advised thousands of startups on marketing, growth, and product strategy and has spoken at startup conferences on four continents.
❯ Who Should Attend?
- This session is designed for Innovation Hub Directors, Economic Development Officers, ESO leaders, Chambers of Commerce, Trade Associations, and City and County Leaders who want actionable strategies to create jobs, retain founders, attract investment, and take visible credit for regional growth.
❯❯ Don’t miss this live, interactive online event packed with valuable insights! RSVP now at https://fi.co/startupwebinar/25272 to get your link and join us live!
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How Investors Think: Fundraising Secrets for AI-Era Founders
·OnlineOnlineMost founders prepare for fundraising by polishing their pitch and building an investor list. But successful fundraising also depends on something many overlook: understanding how investors think before, during, and after a funding conversation, especially as AI reshapes what investors look for today. In this practical online workshop, Dr. Florian Kandler will show you how investors evaluate startups, what influences their interest, and why some rounds gain momentum while others don't. Florian is a serial founder and fundraising advisor who has raised €3M+ from VCs, angels, family offices, and public funds.
❯ Guest Speakers include:- Florian Kandler (Pitch & Fundraising Expert, Der Perfekte Pitch)
❯ What You'll Learn:
- How investors evaluate startups beyond the deck and pitch, including how AI-native positioning factors into that evaluation
- Why timing and preparation matter long before the final funding round
- What makes a startup feel more or less attractive to investors in today's AI-driven market
- How to avoid common mistakes that slow down fundraising conversations
- How to think more strategically about investor interest, momentum, and follow-up
- What to focus on before and during your investor outreach
❯ Who Should Attend:
- Founders preparing to raise their first round of startup funding
- Entrepreneurs seeking to understand how investors evaluate opportunities, including AI-native and AI-enabled startups
- Aspiring founders exploring different funding paths
- Anyone interested in learning about the local startup funding ecosystem
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❯❯ This is a live, interactive online event, so be sure to RSVP at https://fi.co/e/401941/meetup to receive the Zoom URL to join us live!6 Teilnehmer
How to Go From Vibe-Coded to Production-Ready Products
·OnlineOnlineYou built the thing. It works in a demo, it looks real, and then someone asks whether it can handle a thousand users and take payments. That gap is where AI built products stall. The tools are excellent at getting you to a working prototype and almost silent about architecture, security, and everything that decides whether a product survives contact with customers. Carlos Ignacio Sanabria, Partnership Manager at Designli, has run dozens of code and UX audits on exactly these builds. He will show you what to look for, so you can find the problems before your users do.
❯❯ RSVP now at https://fi.co/e/404613/meetup to get your link and join us live!
❯ What You'll Learn:
- The three places vibe coded builds fail: architecture, security, and test coverage
- How to run a basic readiness check on your own build before you put it in front of customers
- Why context and guardrails around AI beat raw shipping speed, and what that looks like in practice
- How to move from build mode to hypothesis mode, testing assumptions instead of stacking features
- How to pick a North Star Metric that tells you whether the product is actually working
. ❯ Featured Speaker:
- Carlos Ignacio Sanabria - Partnership Manager @ Designli: Carlos is the Partnerships Manager at Designli, where he helps SaaS founders turn product ideas into clear development strategies and scalable roadmaps. He works with startups at every stage, from early concepts to live products that need stronger execution, better development operations, or a path back on track. Originally from Venezuela and now based in Mexico City, Carlos has worked across the US, UK, Australia, and Latin America, collaborating closely with founders, accelerators, and startup communities.
. ❯❯ Don’t miss this live, interactive online event packed with valuable insights! RSVP now at https://fi.co/e/404613/meetup to get your link and join us live!
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