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About Founders Network

A Startup Community for Tech Founders

Founders Helping Founders®

When tough problems come up, which they inevitably do, you shouldn’t feel alone at the top of your company, hounded by questions you can’t answer. Every tech founder can accomplish more with advice, perspective, and connections from a strong network of other founders.

Founders Network can lengthen your financial and emotional “runway” and enable you to move faster. Members say FN has opened the door to the concrete answers, high-value contacts, and VC access they were looking for.

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How Peer Mentorship Drives Founder Growth and Startup Success

As a former tech start-up founder, I’ve witnessed firsthand the ups and downs of creating something new. The daily decisions and painstaking slowness of learning by trial and error often brought me to the brink of burnout, but keen insights and moral support from other founders never failed to extend my financial and emotional runway.

I envisioned a confidential space where tech startup founders could help each other avoid the many hidden risks to both start-up success and founder wellbeing. In 2011 this idea became Founders Network. Here, remarkably generous founders share experience daily to solve problems, save time and navigate the journey to success.

Today, over 600 tech founders share our vision of lifelong success through peer mentorship. It’s humbling and inspiring to see our members’ contributions and achievements. As we expand to 25 cities globally, we’ll be looking for more great founders to make their contributions to FN. If you’d like to see if you qualify, please request an invite.

-Cheers, Kevin Holmes, Founder

You’ll learn more in The Founders Network Forum daily than most courses you ever waded through.
Galen BuckwalterGalen BuckwalterSerial Entrepreneur, Chief Scientist at eHarmony
The Founders Network staff ensures value with thoughtful conversations and warm introductions.
Becky SplittBecky SplittCEO of StudyBlue, 15M users

What is Founders Network?

Founded in 2011, Founders Network is a curated community of over 600 full-time tech startup founders from around the world. Our founders-only forum, roundtable events, and other high-touch programs facilitate authentic & transparent founder-to-founder sharing, warm introductions and long-term professional relationships.

Your annual or lifetime membership also includes over $500k in startup discounts, access to top-tier VCs, and promotion to our audience of over 35,000 followers. Connect with other members virtually from anywhere, and in person in over 25 global tech hubs.

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Founded
2011
Tech Founders
600+
Startups per Member
4.6
Average Funding
$1.1M
Serial Entrepreneurs
50%
In exits by members
$50B+

Our Community Values

Authenticity

Sharing honestly about challenges enables us to better help.

Reciprocity

Sharing our experience and connections creates more value.

Humility

Asking for help is a core competency of successful founders.

Inclusivity

Inclusion and diversity create greater perspective and better decisions.

Membership Committee

The Founders Network Membership Committee reviews the cohort applications that are submitted every month. The Membership Committee is comprised of successful serial entrepreneurs.

  • Pam Marrone
    Pam Marrone
    $1B total Exits
  • Adam Cheyer
    Adam Cheyer
    Founder of Siri
  • Solomon Hykes
    Solomon Hykes
    Founder of Docker
    $240M+ Raised. Millions of Customers
  • Will Bunker
    Will Bunker
    Founder of Match.com
  • Linden Tibbets
    Linden Tibbets
    Founder IFTTT
    $60M Raised. Scaled to 600 Partners
  • Stacy Stubblefield
    Stacy Stubblefield
    Founder of TeleSign
    Acquired by BICS $230M
  • Domingo Guerra
    Domingo Guerra
    Founder of Appthority
    Acquired by Symantec
  • Barbara Montero
    Barbara Montero
    Founder of SafetyPay
    Acquired by Paysafe $441M
  • Neha Sampat
    Neha Sampat
    Founder of ContentStack
    Sold Built.io to SoftwareAG
  • Eric Berry
    Eric Berry
    Co-Founder of TripleLift
    Acquired by Vista Equity Partners $1.4B
  • Jason Gardner
    Jason Gardner
    Founder of Marqeta
    IPO on NASDAQ (Ticker: MQ)
  • Midori Uehara
    Midori Uehara
    Co-Founder of OODA Health
    Acquired by Cedar $425M
  • Oliver Friedrichs
    Oliver Friedrichs
    Founder of Pangea
    $911M total Exits
  • Felipe Sommer
    Felipe Sommer
    Founder of Nearpod
    Acquired by Renaissance Learning $650M

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Founders Helping Founders®

Founders Network is a supportive community of 600+ experienced tech founders.

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