About us
The Startup Traction & Funding Network 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.
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.
Typical startup event topics include:
• Refining your startup idea
• Startup legal basics
• How to pitch your startup
• How to launch a global company
• How to raise funding for your startup
• And much more!
Join the group to be invited to our next event!
For information about the investors, incubators, and tech events available, see our list of Startup Resources (https://fi.co/startup_resources). Interested in perfecting your pitch? Read our Pitch Deck Guide (https://fi.co/pitch_deck) and download templates.
Upcoming events
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- $599.00
Vibe Coding Bootcamp: From Idea to Product in 2 Weeks
·OnlineOnlineGo from idea to working product in 2 weeks. No coding required.
The Vibe Coding Startup Bootcamp is an intensive 2-week program that helps aspiring entrepreneurs use AI tools to scope, build, and test a prototype of their startup idea. You'll follow a step-by-step process to go from idea to working MVP with expert guidance and real customer feedback.
What You'll Do:
- Build your personal AI toolkit for prototyping ideas in hours, not weeks
- Launch a working product and test your business hypothesis with real users
- Learn the mistakes that kill most AI product experiments (and how to avoid them)
- Get customer feedback to guide your next iteration
- Connect with potential co-founders and collaborators
Who Should Attend:
- Non-technical founders who want to build and launch a product themselves
- Entrepreneurs who want to validate ideas quickly before investing serious money
- Anyone curious about AI-powered building but overwhelmed by where to start
Featured Expert:
- Jonathan Greechan, Co-founder & CEO of Founder Institute
- Mark Montalban, Co-founder of MindfulText and instructor at General Assembly
Ready to build your first product with AI? Apply to join: https://fndri.com/49xXpWP
Founders enrolled in the FI Core program get the bootcamp for free.
This is a paid 2-week bootcamp running March 10 to March 20, 2026.
1 attendee 
Startup Advisors 101: How to Find Advisors and Maximize their Impact
·OnlineOnlineGreat startup advisors can be a huge benefit for early-stage founders - helping them access networks, avoid mistakes, supplement missing skills, and even provide emotional support. But finding great advisors can be challenging, and their benefits are typically tied to how well you can leverage their limited time. On this interactive online event, we'll break down a practical, founder-friendly process for finding, vetting, and activating great startup advisors from our experience facilitating tens of thousands of advisor relationships since 2009.
❯❯ RSVP now at 👉 https://fi.co/startupwebinar/23124 to get your link and join us live!
❯ What You'll Learn:
- How to identify the right advisors.
- The chemistry + contribution test: how to evaluate fit before making anything official.
- How to structure advisor interactions so they produce outputs.
- When and how to use the FAST Agreement to standardize responsibilities + equity and avoid drawn-out negotiations.
- Common failure modes (advisor vanity, “free consulting,” misaligned incentives) and how to prevent them.
❯ 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 over 100 countries, producing over 8100 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?
- Founders at the idea, pre-seed, or early traction stage who want help but don’t want drama.
- First-time founders building their first advisory board.
- Operators and technical founders who need domain, distribution, or fundraising support.
- Mentors/advisors who want a clearer framework for being helpful (and getting properly compensated).
❯ The FAST Agreement (Founder-Advisor Standard Template)
The FAST Agreement is used by tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and advisors per year to establish productive working relationships, trading advice and support for a standardized amount of equity. See the free agreement at FI.co/FAST.❯❯ Don’t miss this live, interactive online event packed with valuable insights! RSVP now at 👉 https://fi.co/startupwebinar/23124 to get your link and join us live!
1 attendee
Past events
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