—We are going to hear a little bit from all of them and then give you the opportunity to get mentorship from all of these over the course of an …
How Failure to Communicate Nearly Killed My Startup
Nathan has been a member of Founders Network since September 2011. He’s been a prominent FN member in our San Francisco chapter.To receive peer mentorship from Nathan and over 600 …
3 Ways Founders Can be Comfortably Uncomfortable
Jarie Bolander has been a member of Founders Network since May 2017. He’s also been a prominent FN member in our San Francisco Chapter. To receive peer mentorship from Jarie and …
Mentorship with Princeton Review Founder, John Katzman
If your company is perfect, John Katzman wants to hear all about it. “Everybody has warts, everybody farts, every one of your competitors has a CEO that’s tearing his or …
Self-Care for Tech Startup Founders
About Dr. Alexandra Greenhill Alexandra Greenhill, M.D., member of our March ’15 Cohort and founder of careteam.tech, is an award winning physician, health leader, tech CEO and one of WXN’s …
The Importance of Peer Mentorship for Tech Founders
About Zach Coelius Zach Coelius, member of our fnInvestor Program, is a successful four time entrepreneur and now an independent angel investor in early stage technology companies including Branch Metrics, …
Built-in trust helps founders form lightning-fast partnership
A few months ago, Dan Uyemura sent a public request for advice to the Founders Network community. Almost immediately he received an email from James Romeo. Soon after, despite having …
From Peers to Partners: How two founders’ friendship helped them sidestep serious setbacks
When Dan McGuire and Andrew Jones first met, each was working on his own startup. Through the South Bay peer mentorship group, they became good friends. Then shit got real. …
fnMentoring with Vanessa Pestritto of The New York Angels
fnMentorings accelerate your startup and expand your high-tech network through sessions with founders and featured guest experts. Functions require an advanced RSVP and are for members only. If you are not a member you …
Access and strategy: How to Find the AngelList Syndicate Fit
AngelList’s syndicates have changed early stage fundraising, joining rounds that once were filled only by individual investors or VCs. Keeping up with what syndicates can offer — and how to …
Announcing the [fn] Investor Program
At Founders Network, we’ve seen a tremendous amount of growth in our community that now numbers over 500+ full-time tech founders. Our core values focus on a spirit of peer …
Linden Tibbets: There’s no real learning without risk
FN Mentoring is a vital part of what makes Founders Network such a powerful community of founders helping founders. FN Mentoring sessions are an unique opportunity for members to …
Mentor: Jim Scheinman, Founder of Maven Ventures
Jim Scheinman The art of building billion dollar startups — sharing insights from his own experience with Bebo ($850M sale to AOL), Tango ($1B+ valuation) and NBCi ($6B IPO), Jim highlights some key …
Noah Lichtenstein, Cowboy Ventures Partner on Raising a Seed Round
Looking to raise a seed round? Noah Lichtenstein (@Noah_L), partner at Cowboy Ventures, sat down with our members for an fnMentoring session on raising a seed round. Some of Cowboy’s investments include …
5 Tips for Hiring and Managing an Intern
Nathan Parcells, co-founder of LookSharp (powers InternMatch), led an fnMentoring session for fellow members on hiring interns and entry-level employees. We’ve pulled five points from his session here– a few tips that …
