The Startup Success Podcast
This week Bob and Pat talk with Adeo Ressi, creator of the Founder Institute (FI), a unique four-month apprenticeship and training program for startup founders running in multiple cities. Adeo shares FI’s approach to recruiting startups that results in a 75% success rate, answers questions about how FI works and has some excellent advice for startups.
Also this week, Bob recently interviewed Alex Kölpin of Berlin Partner. If you are a US startup thinking about opening an EU office, Berlin Partner – a public/private partnership promoting Berlin as a Startup hub – has a *great!* deal for you. Alex also has some very good advice for EU and German startups looking for assistance in breaking into the US market.
Interview with Adeo Ressi of The Founder Institute (www.founderinstitute.com) starts at 1:04 and the interview with Alexander Kölpin of Berlin Partner begins at 25:53.
We’d also like to thank Microsoft WebsiteSpark for being our first official show sponsor! Microsoft WebsiteSpark and StartupToDo.com have free Microsoft software for designers and a six month scholarship to StartupToDo.com you may be interested in. For details and how to apply, visit http://startuptodo.com/websitespark/.
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Bob, Thanks for doing this interview – I just finished applying to the San Diego/Orange County Founders Institute for Fall 2010, and if it wasn’t for your podcast I never would have known about it. There’s a great video of Adeo speaking to a group of applicants last November (http://vimeo.com/7734400) – he goes into much more detail about the program, their model and philosophy, and there’s a great Q&A at the end. Thanks again.