Since launching in 2009, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 1,310 new technology companies across 85 cities, 40 countries, and six continents.
These companies have gone on to do great things, and create over 10,000+ new jobs.
Over the past week, Better Weekdays receives $175K from State Government, Zirtual listed as Top 25 Outsourcing Businesses, and more Grad News.
Below is a roundup of recent Founder Institute Graduates in the news:
Better Weekdays received $175,000 from the Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC): Gov. Nixon discusses innovation at T-REX technology incubator in downtwon St. Louis (St. Louis American): Better Weekdays, a Chicago Graduate, provides a cloud-based career management software platform that enables for-profit colleges to improve job placement outcomes among its graduates and maintain federal compliance.
Zirtual listed as top 25 businesses that make life simpler for other businesses: 25 Businesses That Make Life Simpler for Other Businesses (Entrepreneur Magazine): Zirtual, a Bay Area Graduate, connects busy people with quality, long-term virtual assistants.
Sizmek & Retailigence partner on shopping data initiative that enables brands to incorporate real-time & offline shopping data into in-store foot traffic and purchases: Sizmek (SZMK), Retailigence Partner on Shopping Data Initiative(Streetinsider.com): Retailigence, a Bay Area Graduate, localizes all forms of digital marketing to increase engagement, foot-traffic and revenue for retailers and brands.
FI Grads Michael Lisovetsky and Dean Soukeras networked through FI, and eventually came up with the idea of HomeSwipe: How a 17-year-old high school dropout got two Silicon Valley bigshots to invest $500,000 in his app (Business Insider): HomeSwipe, the Tinder for apartment hunting allows you to swipe through listings to find the apartment you want.
Nexercise listed as a top veteran led startup: From combat to tech startups - 2 veterans on how military prepared them to be entrepreneurs (New York Business Journal): Nexercise, a Washington DC Graduate, is building Sworkit (derived from Simply WORK IT) - The leading platform on mobile, web, and smart TV for instructional exercise for both fitness and rehabilitative needs.
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