Job Overview
Job description
- Location:
- United States
- Work arrangement:
- On-site
Role Summary
Lead a Startup Accelerator with the Founder Institute . Become a Local Leader of the Founder Institute startup accelerator and launch global tech businesses in your city and country.
Responsibilities
As a Local Leader, you will
- Be a Leader in your startup ecosystem
- Manage the operations of a 4-month startup accelerator
- Run regular online webinars and in-person networking events
- Recruit mentors and investors to help your startups
- Mentor early-stage entrepreneurs
- Get equity in the startups you help
Compensation: this role is part-time (6-8 hours per week) and is compensated with equity only.
About the Company
About the Founder Institute
The Founder Institute (FI) is the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. We’ve helped launch over 7,000 companies in 200+ cities globally, which have raised in total over $1.75BN of funding.
We’re looking for Local Leaders to join our global FI network of 500+ Local Leaders and 35,000+ Mentors in 90+ countries and become a FI chapter leader in your city. Our HQ team is based in Silicon Valley and have remote team members across Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania, Bulgaria, India, the U.K, and Brazil. Our success has been documented in the New York Times, BusinessWeek, Forbes, TechCrunch,and more.
- Role:
- Local Leader (equity position only)
- Job Type:
- Part Time
Company profile
Founder Institute
fi.coFounder Institute is a network of startup incubators, accelerators, and investors that helps aspiring, first-time, and solo founders go from idea to funded business using AI tools, a structured methodology, and a global network. The Founder Institute describes itself as an AI-native company builder and runs chapters that include developing nations. Its mission is to activate entrepreneurial potential and empower communities across the globe to build ventures with positive economic and societal impact.
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, California, United States
- Founded
- 2009
- Founders
- Adeo Ressi