Founders Space serves as our anchor point, which has allowed us to pivot from our initial idea of just a UK property Crowdfunding Platform.
Through Founders Space’s mentors, we were able to connect with people that became interested in our business and establish partnerships with them.
Founders Space not only opened doors and opportunities for us, but it also helped us fine tune our business model. Initially we planned to launch only in the UK, but we now plan to launch in US as well.
Check out the new Podcast trailer by the crazy folks at Startup Socials!
Tytus Cytowski is the founder and managing partner at Cytowski & Partners, a boutique law firm focused on emerging tech companies and venture investors. He launched his firm in 2009 with one lawyer (himself) in New York City with one client and grew his venture to a team of 10 with offices in San Francisco, NYC and Warsaw working with top entrepreneurs from around the world.
Prior to founding his own law firm, Tytus worked at a micro VC fund and as a financial service lawyer in a leading international law firm in New York City.
Tytus represents startups, entrepreneurs, accelerators and investors in technology transactions in the USA and EU. He specializes in venture capital financing, “flip” transactions (moving companies to the USA ) and M&A (exits). His clients include companies from YC, 500 startups, Techstars and top tier EU VC. He holds his law degree from Harvard Law School (LLM 05) and Warsaw University (LLB 03). Tytus is a mentor at several incubators/accelerators across the globe.
Steve Austin, Founders Space’s “startup king”, recently visited Beijing. Here are a couple of photos from his trip to CTEX & Innoway.
Brian is the founder of Alpine Patents, a boutique Silicon Valley patent firm specializing in providing patent services to startups in fields including hardware, software, user interfaces, web platform, web security, consumer product, cleantech, IoT, manufacturing, medical devices, computer vision, ag-tech, ad-tech, mobile health and robotics.
Alpine Patents provides startup-centric patent services including IP strategy advisory, patent prosecution, fundraising preparation and long-term portfolio management.
Brian has over a decade of experience spanning patent law, intellectual property strategy, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, business development, product development and entrepreneurship.
I am in business for quite some years, but the time at Founders Space was one of the best business experiences I ever had.
Under the lead of Steve Hoffman, a group of fantastic instructors and mentors is sharing experience and knowhow – all with the goal to make the startups participating in the program better. And it was really impressing to recognize the development of all the participants in the program.
Steve Austin, Scott Gray did an amazing job to guide us to a new level in pitching, and Nathan Schor helped us to create emotional, memorable and descriptive slogans for what we are doing … I still remember most of them!!
Steve Hoffman is one of the most hardworking founders I have known. It is like every entrepreneur Silicon Valley area knows about him. Also, I think it is very smart to be focusing on overseas entrepreneurs and building connections with overseas capital resources. It differentiates Founders Space with a ton of incubators in SF and the South Bay very well.
I am very honored to become one of the members in Founders Space. The teachers, friends, lessons and practices have really paid off. If you have a lot of questions about how to start a startup or how to make your startup a success, I would really recommend that you look into Founders Space. Take time to learn, you will not only invest yourself but also your team and the company.
Meanwhile, I liked the location of Founders Space, very close to the Caltrain Station. So it is very convenient for my team members to travel from Silicon Valley area. Also, it is a quiet neighborhood with some food trucks and cafes nearby.
I’ve been involved in the first batch of startups, then visited most of second batch meetings (we could do that), and now occasionally visiting the space seeing training of other batches. I can say for sure that the program is evolving and improving each time. Steven as an ex-entrepreneur takes feedback very seriously and iterates till the best satisfaction of people who he is doing this for – entrepreneurs.
All of the instructors were entrepreneurs or work closely with them during their life, so have great first hand experience to share. At the same time, we had guest speakers coming every week who were either the experts in a particular field, either investors who were looking to share what they are looking for and learn more about Founders Space’s startups. There are no limits to learn if you are proactive enough and would like to follow up with instructors and guests anytime during the program or even after you graduate. This perfect synergy of in house support and a warm introduction to the outside entrepreneurial world makes the program so successful.
Outside of most other programs, where there is a strict week by week schedule with certain deliverables, Founders Space mentors are very flexible and they tailor their course around your particular needs. They help not like teachers, but more like consultants who want to maximize value for the time with them. The success of such approach results in a number of investments to startups which graduated from Founders Space. One of these startups was TalkToChef.com, which received its next round of financing right after graduation from Founders Space. Mentors, including Steve were very supportive, helping with valuable advice through the process of negotiation.
I really enjoyed the one-month intensive program at Founders Space (FS). Our captain at FS, Steve Hoffman, is a well-rounded and highly experienced leader to help start-ups direct themselves of what they should do. Captain Hoff always tried to support all of the batch program participants as much as he can do!
He also provides more than 70 video clips of online lectures, which are invaluable resources for all start-ups initiating their business in Silicon Valley! His video lectures shed light on many mysterious factors entrepreneurs could be facing with. To me, the lectures seem to be a START-UP 101 lessons.
The inside classes were very helpful. Two head coaches, Steve Austin and Scott Gray, taught us a great deal of information regarding growth hacking, budgeting, preparation for pitch and intro deck, and business development & strategies. During the mentoring sessions, we were able to meet VCs, angel investors and start-up experts in various fields such as marketing, PR, legal and patent services. The best thing from all the sessions is that each company was able to receive real-time feedback from the mentors and to have direct coaching services in person.
I was trying to do a startup for 10 months before joining founders space, and I feel I joined Founders Space before planning to go full time in to my startup.
Learned a lot valuable lessons and have to say that now I know what it takes to be successful. Before Founders Space, I had a vague idea and did not know how I measured up. Also, I feel that within a short time we were able to learn and internalize the keys to success.
– Scott Gray’s Teaching
===> Good input on refining the pitch deck and overall strategy
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