Top Reasons to Apply to Chicago Founder Institute Autumn Semester
• World’s Largest Early Stage Startup Accelerator - Become part of the world's largest early-stage startup accelerator. In fact, over 1,000 technology founders across 55 cities and six continents have already launched companies with the help of our company-building curriculum, expert feedback, and peer support.
• Anybody Can Apply - Anybody who is passionate about building a technology company is welcome to apply: idea or no idea, full-time job or unemployed, young or old, male or female, experienced in business or straight out of school. We also support a wide range of technology industries: including digital media, software, biotech, cleantech, ecommerce, advertising, consumer electronics, and more.
• Don’t Have to Quit Your Day Job - Through a part-time four month program, existing and prospective founders can launch their dream company with expert training, feedback, and support from experienced startup CEOs - while not being required to quit their day job.
• Graduate Liquidity Pool - Our unique Graduate Liquidity Pool enables graduates and mentors to share in the equity upside of each class, creating local, teamwork-based ecosystems where great new businesses can flourish.
• Service Provider Discounts - We leverage our global scale to secure free and discounted services from leading law firms, hosting companies, technology providers, and over 100 other vendors.
• Prestige - The growing success of Graduates, combined with the difficulty in completing the program and the credibility of the Mentors, make graduation a prestigious accomplishment to help you secure investment, close partnership deals, find co-founders, and ultimately build a meaningful and enduring business.
The application deadline for the Autumn semester is October 10. Apply today at http://www.fi.co/apply/chicago!
