Founders space for us was kind of a soft-landing program. We are the new people in the US market that don’t know what’s going on. During the four weeks, they give us a lot of information on how to start your company, legal issues for the US market. Although I have expertise in accounting, they provided professionals that could help me. We learned a lot on how to market, fundraise and make Americans know our product!

Another thing Founders Space does differently is the pitching itself on Demo Day. It was a totally new experience for me. The normal demos pitches are about five minutes with slides. However, after one month, we had to do a two minute pitch without any audiovisuals, just by ourselves. You have to captivate the VCs and Angel investors with your words. It’s very tough but very interesting.

The online videos of Captain Hoff’s online accelerator series are the best lectures for startups. Everyday he gives a short videos (3 ~ 7mins) to the startups to let them understand the most important topics or subjects. Mentors and lectures in Founders Space are very supportive and helped us to work out our business plan. They did help us a lot! Read More...

I moved to the Bay Area to launch my company after finishing my MBA at MIT, in which I focused on many entrepreneurship courses. Founders Space quickly re-oriented me to what was important to focus on as a start-up, and what people and investors really cared about, by offering real-world advice.

Scott Gray and Steve Austin were the perfect blend of instructors offering positive encouragement and tough love, while encouraging the class to actively engage their customers and learn more. Instead of a standard lecture, Scott and Steve would open the dialogue to truly get to know your business and offer practical advice and strategies that applied to your business in particular. Since the entire cohort learned about everyone’s companies, I was able to make valuable connections from other founders’ networks.

The course ended with the Founders Space pitch event, which brought us together with VCs, angels and other people in industry who wanted to learn about our companies. This event is where I made several connections with investors, which I’m not sure would have been possible without going through the month-long accelerator. Read More...

I liked my Founders Space experience because of its intensity and depth. Having Scott Gray and Steve Austin as mentors is like going through an ivy league bootcamp, with Scott being the professor and Steve being the drill sergeant.

Both have tremendous experience and knowledge in running successful startups, pitching and fund-raising. They and many other mentors who lectured during the program got me to think deeper and harder on my startup than I ever did before.

The one-to-one attention on each program participant is invaluable. I highly recommended Founder Space to all of my friends who are looking for accelerator programs. Read More...

Wow! If you are a startup and think you don’t need the help, think again. Founders Space is AMAZING.

For me, who has been an entrepreneur but not in tech, it was an endless fountain of education, connections and mentors. I thought I was pretty smart but man, the classes (which I attended all) and the videos hit all of the buttons that you could ever think of on how to create, launch, keep and exit a successful company. It’s up to you to attend the classes but I assure you, you will be thankful you did.

We all feel so much smarter and are already more focused and sure-footed than we were just a month ago. An incredible experience. It’s really intense but that’s why it’s awesome. And we bonded with our classmates from the mere fact of learning side by side everyday with them and being in essentially the same place at the same time professionally. Read More...

As a first time founder, I was constantly searching for the right formula to build a company. I can’t even count the number hours I spent reading blogs, books and conversations with other entrepreneurs. There is so much information that it is overwhelming. You can’t really figure out what makes sense for you and your company. I wasted a lot of time…

We dreamed of getting into YC, 500, TechStars or AngelPad…thinking they had the magic potion to make everything go.

After meeting Steve Hoffman and learning a little about Founders Space, we reluctantly applied. It wasn’t the most well known accelerator program or had many companies go through…so we were naturally very skeptical. But I liked Steve and felt he genuinely wanted to help. Read More...