Founder Institute 2011 Planning

The Founder Institute has been operating for two years, and the organization has graduated nearly 300 companies. What does the future hold? How do we improve the offering?

The Institute is planning a gathering of local partners, Mentors and select Founders in mid-June to discuss building a better, stronger and more durable institution.

NEW TOPICS:

• Founder Criticism and Feedback
• Incorporation Timing and At...
• Local Sponsorship

Best practices and case examples to help drive more sponsor money into the local chapters.

How to identify Grads with the highest potential and push them to be more successful.

How to attract over 50 applicants per semester in each location in a more automated way.

Lack of access to mentors, pejorative/unconstructive mentor feedback, hostility, etc.

How does the Founder Institute become the global though leader on entrepreneurship. Doe we launch a more active blog? Do we populate our own blog with though leadership articles? Do we encourage Mentors to write articles?

How to ensure that Graduates from a semester continue to meet and make progress once the semester is over. How active should the local Director be? What tools are necessary? What events should be standard?

How to establish a balance between early/late incorporation deadlines and respectively high/low attrition rates.