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The Founder Institute was founded to empower entrepreneurs to build meaningful technology companies through a structured process and supportive network, and has grown organically since inception.
2007
Humble Beginnings
Co-Founders Adeo Ressi and Jonathan Greechan were mistreated by investors at a previous startup, so they launched a website called TheFunded to let founders anonymously rate and review investors.
Over 10,000 entrepreneurs who raised funding (or were in the process of raising funding) were accepted as members.
2009
"TheFunded Founder Institute" is born
The majority of membership applications to TheFunded were filled with entrepreneurs nowhere near ready to fundraise.
To fill this knowledge and mentorship gap, "TheFunded Founder Institute" was born to help entrepreneurs launch fundable businesses.
The inaugural cohort was hosted at Stanford University and finished with 82 Alumni.
2010
FI Goes International
After news of the program hits TechCrunch, FI launches new chapters in 10 new cities based on inbound demand.
The first FI Chapter outside of Silicon Valley was launched in San Diego (U.S.) with Jeanine Jacobson.
The first international FI Chapters were launched simultaneously in Paris and Singapore.
2011
FI Launches the Female Founder Fellowship
To empower more women to launch startups, FI introduces fellowships for top female applicants in all programs.
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Gagan
Jump to contentFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGagan may refer to:
- Gagan Bhagat, Indian politician and member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
- Gagan Biyani, Indian American serial entrepreneur, marketer, and journalist
- Gagan Singh Bhandari, Nepalese General
- Gagan Bulathsinghala, Sri Lankan air officer
- Gagan Chandra Chatterjee, Indian classical violinist
- Gagan Dosanjh (born 1990), Indo-Canadian soccer player
- Gagan Harkara, Bengali Baul poet
- Gagan Khoda (born 1974), Indian cricketer
- Gagan Malik, Indian actor
- Gagan Malik (cricketer) (born 1976), Indian cricketer
- Gagan Mohindra, British politician
- Gagan Narang (born 1983), Indian shooter and Olympian
- Gagan Sikand, Canadian politician and MP
- Gagan Ajit Singh (born 1980), Indian field hockey player
- Gagan Thapa (born 1976), Nepali politician and government minister
- Gagan Ullalmath (born 1992), Indian swimmer
Topics referred to by the same termIndian-American founders: The next generation
SILICON VALLEY: A bunch of young, second-generation Indian immigrants is building some of the hottest tech companies in Silicon Valley. While first generation immigrants tended to focus on enterprise tech, this new set of founders, given their longer and closer connect with the market, is creating consumer-facing ventures.
Over the years, India-born executives have snagged the top most tech jobs in the US, the latest being Sundar Pichai, who became CEO of Google.The Chennai-born Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are among at least a dozen such talented Indians who left their home country as students in the 80s and 90s and today helm some of tech’s most powerful companies.
There’s however another influential group emerging in Silicon Valley with a strong India connection. These are not executives but young entrepreneurs behind some of the most talked about tech startups globally.
Data analytics firm Mixpanel, food delivery startup Sprig, express delivery venture Instacart, among others, have one thread binding them. All of these off-the-chart ventures are being steered by a bunch of mostly under 30, well networked, second-generation Indian immigrants, a cohort which is rapidly establishing its impact in the Valley. While some of these founders were born in the US, others moved to the country at an early age with their parents, who were typically academicians, doctors or engineers.
Starting consumer-facing businesses
Anand Rajaraman, who co-founded Junglee, a price comparison platform that was bought out by Amazon in 1998, says the key difference from the prior generation of mostly India-born entrepreneurs is that the new set of founders is more confident and connected with the mainstream culture. They are also on an average much younger compared to the Indian American entrepreneurs of the 1990s who started companies after several years of work experience.
"This is why you see more consumer-facing startups t- In 2021, we seriously
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