Event of the Month

11 Promising Startups Graduate From Founder Institute, Chennai to Change the World!

The Chennai chapter of the Founder Institute, a systematic program to launch a company, saw its second batch of 11 promising entrepreneurs graduating in December 2016.

Founder Institute is rooted in the philosophy of ‘learning by doing’. In line with this, it offers a rigorous 4-month long curriculum comprising training courses and business building assignments that are curated and evaluated by successful entrepreneurs, forming one of the strongest mentor networks supporting an incubator like setup.

“From idea development to the nuisances of hiring a team and developing a product to the fundamentals of bootstrapping and funding, the course covers every aspect of entrepreneurship to ensure our entrepreneurs graduate as founders of successful companies,” elaborates Gopi Mattel, CEO, Cellar Stone Inc and Founder Institute, Director.

The training program is part-time and sessions are held at night, helping applicants continue with their regular jobs. The 4-month structured course is aimed at reducing the number of failed startups by honing young entrepreneurs to successfully find and lead companies on sound methodology, acquainting them with obstacles they are likely to face and schooling them on how to overcome these challenges via planned activities and mentoring.

Helping founders understand and tackle these common challenges, Kumaran Mani, Co-Director of the Chennai Founder Institute points out that “the Founder Institute will address all these challenges for young startups in Chennai, and help our city become the next great startup hub in India.”