More expansion news from Adeo Ressi’s Founder Institute. The startup incubator is steadily expanding. It recently opened up an outpost in Seattle, and now is expanding to New York. “New York City needs a kick in the pants,” says Ressi.
The Winter New York City Semester will be led by Razorfish co-founder Craig Kanarick. Mentors for the program will include Munjal Shah, Patrick Keane, Max Hoat and others. You can apply here.
The Founder Institute, which just completed its first successful “semester” in Silicon Valley, also announced expansions to both Washington DC and San Diego, California in the past month. With the expansion to new cities, (2 semesters per year in Washington DC, San Diego, Seattle, and New York, each graduating approximately 25 companies) and 2 semesters per year in Silicon Valley graduating over 50 companies, Founder Institute is set to churn out 300 companies per year.
The program was first announced in March 2009. It is a semester-based startup camp for very, very early-stage entrepreneurs and students who have basic ideas for potential startups but have not yet founded a company. So far 66 startups have graduated from the program, with 31 companies incorporated by founders so far. A handful have actually launched (including Skimble and Molo Rewards).
RentCycle is also an FI company that launched recently alongwith other two you mentioned. (http://www.tech...tal-businesses/)
Good karma by Adeo Ressi!
hahaha, not Munjal Shah, please.
Correction: Spelled Max HAOT.
Indeed good to see this in New York!
I’m thinking of starting a VC Institute, hoping to graduate 300 VCs a year. What do you guys think?
lol
That’s a great idea. In one year, you’ll double the number of active VCs worldwide…
Congrats on the continued expansion. Keep up the great work, Adeo! As a graduate of the Bay Area Semester, all I can say is get excited, NYC!
that’s pretty much a startup a day!
Good Coverage!!! First session was great. Looking forward to the next. Go Team Black Star, Winter Class of 2009!!! I’m all fired up again!!!
Check it out. Adeo Ressi’s site got hacked.
http://www.adeo...essi.com/about/