Founder Academy

Founder Academy is a startup studio helping founders create innovative new companies around #marketplaces, #civictech, #govtech, #fintech

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

Join us for the 10th annual
@NASA International @SpaceApps Challenge is back October 2-3!

Register here for #SpaceApps #WestSacramento

🌍 https://t.co/8676ciQrXH

#hackathons #opendata #tech #space #Aerospace #sacramento #davisCA

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

Calling all lovers of #hackathons, #opendata, #tech and #space: The @NASA International Space Apps Challenge is back this October 2-3!

🚀 🌍 👽 Register here for #SpaceApps #WestSacramento ➡️ https://t.co/8676ciQrXH

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

at @DeltaHandPies we're automatically donating a percentage of each sale to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere & help scale emerging carbon removal technologies. Carbon removal is critical to counteract climate change.

Eat Hand Pies, Save the World 🌏💕
https://t.co/LMfRgBqNpT

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

PaaS (pie as a service) 😋

Build a bakery that feeds startups who make code which starts a bakery that uses tech to make and deliver pies in an endless pie circle of pie and code based harmony. yum

☯️ 🥧

[Delta Hand Pies @DeltaHandPies]

@HelloFounder 👋 #Sacramento last call to pre-order delicious farm to fork, hand pies for free Friday delivery.

Give our newest startup some love and receive a happy belly https://t.co/3iquyXoiPR

Did someone say pie?

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

Introducing our 2nd product launch - Delta Hand Pies - https://t.co/sHNsJwdmCx

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

If you’re in the #LA area and would like to attend the first Pro Bono Tech Demo Day on Thursday grab a ticket now. They’re going fast. 👍

[Civic Innovation Lab @CivicInnLab]

Just a few more days until the inaugural #probonotech demo day in DTLA! We're nearly sold out, so if you're able to join us on Thursday 11/21 make sure to get your ticket here: https://t.co/3qAI5PD6kp #techforgood #longLA

[Civic Innovation Lab @CivicInnLab]

Join our pro bono community in Los Angeles! Deadline for our fall cohort in Los Angeles is tomorrow, August 30th. - https://t.co/O6djR5PjiI

[Civic Innovation Lab @CivicInnLab]

Now accepting applications for the fall 2019 cohort. Apply by August 30th!

https://t.co/wSThJKYais

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

Pro Bono Tech: Bringing digital professionals together with nonprofits is on @producthunt today https://t.co/kb0LMUqvzO via @HelloDuane

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

Want to mentor, or run innovation challenges for your company, city, foundation? or sponsor a program? There are lots of ways to get involved.

https://t.co/q4lu5rttsK

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

For the past 6 months we’ve been working with founder Kat Karimi at Civic Innovation Lab @CivicInnLab to rebrand and build out a new set of online tools to enable a massive #TechForGood program in #LA & the #CivicTech program Pro Bono Tech is live! https://t.co/ejl3F13zBd

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

if you’re a nonprofit looking for tech help to take your programs to the next level apply online and get the skills and expertise of the local (hopefully global) tech community to help you solve some important issues in the world!

https://t.co/C0s0yj6iZd

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

We built a thing to let people check in for meetings and now it’s a product you can use too. Help us beta test, signup up for early access 👇👇👇👇 https://t.co/2LxctEl5BE

[Ben Damman @typesend]

Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution. — Clay Shirky

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

This

[Justin Kan @justinkan]

The two most important qualities in a founder are self-awareness and a growth mindset.

Self-awareness = knowing what you need to improve
Growth mindset = you can improve anything

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

✊ beginners need good mentors to keep them on track and operating their way out of, and around, common mistakes... otherwise you can spend a decade + losing

[Collab Fund @collabfund]

"In expert tennis, 80% of the points are won, while in amateur tennis, 80% are lost. The same is true for wrestling, chess, and investing: Beginners should focus on avoiding mistakes, experts on making great moves."

- Erik Falkenstein

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

Optimize your startup for product market fit / revenue is always the best option. build things of value first, that people happily pay for, then *maybe* explore VC - but it’s not generally the first “best” opinion.

[Bill Gurley @bgurley]

100% agree with this article, & have voiced this opinion my whole career. The vast majority of entrepreneurs should NOT take venture capital. Why? Article nails it: it is a binary "swing for the fences" exercise. Bootstrapping more likely to lead to individual financial success.

[Founder Academy @HelloFounder]

@JMMuu If having a Starbucks in proximity increases property values then yes, you can. I would think more people would value local unique shops over chains, but that’s me...