The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 6,500 entrepreneurs raise over $1.75BN in funding. Founder Institute is based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 95 countries, their mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.

MTI Composites accepted to Fall 2021 cohort along with 35+ companies / individuals. During the 14 weeks intense program we have sprinted to create different pillars of a start-up company. From idea generation to HR policy, we have laid down the cornerstones of an international, highly scalable company.
The program consists of the below topics:
Week 1 | Orientation | Week 8 | Go-to-Market & Scale | |
Week 2 | Vision | Week 9 | Product Development | |
Week 3 | Customer Development | Week 10 | Mentor Progress Review | |
Week 4 | Revenue | Week 11 | Hiring & Onboarding | |
Week 5 | Branding & Design | Week 12 | Growth | |
Week 6 | Mentor Idea Review | Week 13 | Equity & Funding | |
Week 7 | Legal & IP | Week 14 | Graduation |
With thousands of resources and hundreds of mentors across the world, FI supports entrepreneurs in every topic. Each week there is a 360-evaluation process which helps everyone to give their utmost effort. Among the 35+ companies only 12 of them graduated. At the graduation we pitched to VCs, angel investors and other interested parties at FARKLABS.

As a FI Alumni, we are eligible to join VIP events and the next round of FI sessions.
For applying FI, you can visit https://fi.co/.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me
Abdullah Nalbantoglu
Founder & Managing Partner
abdullah@mticomposites.com