Sanny Gaddafi provides an overview for the vision and the formula of success for the 2011 Jakarta, Indonesia Founder Institute session. Sanny summarizes the positives of going through the Founder Institute process.
This content was produced for the 2011 Jakarta Spring semester of Founder Institute by Founder Institute mentor Sanny Gaddafi, social network expert and founder of FUPEI. Check out his Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagad
2. Introducing:
Jakarta Founder Institute
Indonesian Startups, Global Network
The Founder Institute is a global network of
startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs
launch meaningful and enduring technology
companies.
3. Our Vision
The Founder Institute aims to improve the rate
of startup success by providing high-potential
entrepreneurs with expert training, critical
objective feedback, and peer support.
4. Our Formula
Great People +
World Class Training +
Aligned Incentives =
Exponentially Better Chance of Success
5. Great Companies Start With Great
People
Proprietary Predictive Admissions Test to find
the best people.
This social science test was developed along
with leading university social scientists, and is
regularly calibrated to identify entrepreneurial
personality traits and remove all forms of
subjective bias.
6. World Class Training
A four-month program with weekly company-
building assignments guided by a worldwide
network of over 500 Mentors that are founders
themselves.
Our curriculum was initially crowdsourced by
the 15,000+ CEO members of TheFunded.com,
and has since been improved using the
Institute's experience running chapters in over
15 cities.
7. Aligned Incentives
The Founder Institute employs a unique Bonus
Pool where everyone shares equity in the
companies formed from each semester.
Each Graduate contributes 3.5% of their
company equity in warrants to a 10-year Bonus
Pool with other peers from the current
semester.
When one succeeds, everyone receives financial
upside.
8. Differentiation
Shared equity upside among all stakeholders
Support employment of enrolled Founders
No bias for ideas of business types
Local community development
Top CEO Mentors and service providers
No funding preferences – bootstrap, angel,
venture, government = Ok
9. Other Benefits
Flexibility - Idea or no idea, early stage startup or no startup.
You are not even required to quit your day job.
Services and Scale - Free and discounted services from
leading law firms, hosting companies, technology providers,
and over 50 other vendors. We also collect data, feedback,
and reviews to select the best Mentors, improve the
curriculum, fine tune the test, and improve the experience for
participating Founders.
Investment Support - Introduction to local angels and venture
capitalists throughout the program at three "investor
sessio s. Feature o a e clusive Fou der A gels aili g
list. Invitation to participate in large-scale Founder Institute
pitch events - such as the Founder Showcase in Silicon Valley.
10. Process
Select Predictive social science testing
Train Four month curriculum
Motivate Protective legal framework (Class F)
Help Peers, investors, and discounts
11. Curriculum
Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4
Ideation Planning Setup Awareness
Vision
Research
Naming
Legal
Revenue
Recruiting
Product
Outsourcing
Partners
Marketing
Presentation
Funding
• Weekly business building assignment
• 3 sessions per month
• 3 mentors per session
• In the evening
12. Fees
Fees Amount Description
Application $50 For admission test processing
Course TBA
For catering, supplies, and
operations
Bonus Pool 3.5% Optional upon graduation
Tuition $4,500 Conditional on external financing