Ready to Rocket, a business recognition program for British Columbia’s technology industry that showcases the “Revenue Growth Leaders of Tomorrow,” featured 5 members of our Vancouver chapter on their list …
Are You Listening? Channeling Voices into Usable Intel
Hillary Sinclair has been a member of Founders Network since September 2018. She’s also been a prominent FN member in our San Francisco Chapter. To receive peer mentorship from Hillary …
Is Your Startup Too Early to Raise Capital?
Nina Stepanov is a mentor in our Investor Program within our global ecosystem of founders. To receive peer mentorship from Nina, over 60 investors, and 600 fellow Tech Founders, please …
Remote-First Culture as a Competitive Advantage
Christina Sass is a mentor and speaker within our global ecosystem of founders. To receive peer mentorship from Christina and over 600 fellow Tech Founders, please request an invite and join our …
From $0 to Your First Startup Funding
Melissa Kargiannakis has been a member of Founders Network since February 2018. She’s also been a prominent FN member in our Toronto chapter. To receive peer mentorship from Melissa and …
Women Founders: Overcoming Challenges
According to Crunchbase’s inaugural study, In 2017, only 17% of startups had a female founder. Today, only 26 women are in CEO roles at Fortune 500 companies, making up 5.2% …
Why Vancouver Founders Need a Global Network to Achieve Success: Liz Dickinson, Founder of PaiHealth
In 2017, Vancouver was ranked the best city in the world for startups. Over the last decade, the startup scene has exploded in Canada’s third largest city, boasting household names …
Introducing the January ’16 Cohort of Tech Startup Founders
The exceptional founders who join us for the first month of 2016 represent experience across 20 startups. We welcome as both business and technical founders with a collective $12M in …
Introducing the December ’15 Cohort of Tech Startup Founders
The eleven founders who join us this month represent experience across 25 startups, ranging from teen entrepreneurship to the Fortune 100 and from the White House to corporate Russia. A …
Introducing the November ’15 Cohort of Tech Startup Founders
The November 2015 cohort of new startup founders brings specialities in everything from fashtech (fashion technology) to wine retail to user-generated home tours. Please welcome to Founders Network: Michael Tompkins, CEO …
Louder acquired, Foundersuite funded, and more October news
Just as the month closed FN’er Colin Mutchler saw Louder acquired by Change.org. The two B Corps both focus on helping regular citizens exercise their power to promote change – Louder, with amplified …
Introducing the October ’15 Cohort of Tech Startup Founders
The October 2015 cohort of new startup founders draws in multiple serial entrepreneurs as well as backgrounds in big engineering (Amazon, Apple, Google) and business roles (Bloomberg, EMC, Accenture). As …
$10M Raised, Featured on Product Hunt, and More FN Milestones this September
This month FN’er Chad Arimura announced he closed an $8M Series A round for his startup, Iron.io (via TechCrunch). Iron.io is a scalable cloud-based message queue and processing platform for building distributed …
Introducing the September ’15 Cohort of Tech Startup Founders
We are proud to introduce our September ’15 cohort of tech startup founders! This month, our newest Founders Network members join with a wide range of specialties, including backgrounds and …
How women entrepreneurs are raising funds against the odds
We’ve all heard the horror stories from women leaders in tech – wear a wedding ring to investor meetings. Bring a male team member to make people (read: men) in …