Station F - Founders Program 2.0

Deadline: As soon as possible

Program Starts: March 13, 2024

Events

Trainings & Fellowships

Location(s)

France

Paris

Overview

Join our core and most selective in-house program dedicated to early-stage companies. This 3-month program is divided into 2 phases to help you network & learn, execute and build. You will get the opportunity to select one advisor with a huge track-record who will be offering you guidance and help on the main and strategic topics. To help you scale, we focus on 3 core needs of early-stage companies: building a great team, finding product-market fit & securing early-stage funding to build further.

Details

Your journey in the Founders Program 2.0

Phase 1: Immerse

Be prepared to be on campus as much as possible for the first six weeks phase. This period is dedicated to getting you acquainted with your peers as much as possible, learning as much as you can through the workshops & community - and giving back. Reaching out and asking for help will be easier after you complete this phase.

Week 1: Meet Week: Meeting other startups & getting acquainted with the campus.
Week 2: Advisor Week: Meeting & selecting the best advisors for your own business.
Week 3: Give Week: Giving and sharing with other startups.
Week 4: Team Week: Key steps to build a stunning team to grow your company.
Week 5: PMF Week: Focussing on Product Market Fit and first clients deals.
Week 6: Money Week: Be ready for your next fundraising.

Phase 2: Execute

Six weeks to show what you can accomplish. There are no mandatory workshops or meetings during this phase. Once this period is up, you better have the results to show us what you've been doing during the First Match.

First Match

At the end of Phase 2, all startups present what they accomplished to all other startups in the cohort in a friendly competition, known as First Match. This battle is preparing you for the next 12 months to come and will help us identify top performers for additional opportunities.

Phase 3: Grow

You will have access to all the programs, experts, campus resources, as well as the community. We expect you to continue moving quickly and to meet with your advisor(s). You will also have regular “health checks” meeting with the team.

Work with top Advisors

Founders Program 2.0 has a dedicated Advisory Board of 30 entrepreneurs who have built leading businesses. These entrepreneurs have experience building teams, recruiting top talent, building products that customers want, growing revenue, fundraising and more. They founded companies such as Swile, Stonly, Alan, Too Good To Go, BigBlue, 900.care, Pigment, Eventbrite, Monshowroom, Sandbox, DFNS, etc.

Each company will have the opportunity to meet and select up to 2 advisors to work with - and to allocate a small slot on their cap table for them to create a long-term relationship.

Opportunity is About

Computers & IT Economics & Business Engineering Media, Marketing & PR

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Eligibility

Candidates should be from:

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo: Democratic Republic Congo: Republic Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kosovo UN1244 (*not recognized by majority of countries) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Authority Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Description of Ideal Candidate

Here are key elements we will look at when applying to Founders Program 2.0.

You're obsessed with building a responsible company

Responsability & diversity are not a “nice to have” - it's a core part of the DNA of tomorrow's leading businesses. Show us that responsability is already part of who you are and what you are building.

You're motivated by (BIG) results

For you, being a founder isn't just a title - it's in your bones. You have strong work ethics and results to prove it. Right now, you're early-stage, you have an MVP, maybe a few users or revenue but not much more. But in 18 months, you'll be bigger than China.

Your company has a real upper hand in impact and trends

What sets you apart from 10 other companies working on exactly the same thing as you? If you have something that gives you an upper hand - an insight, a skill, an experience, a network - we want to know. We want to see that you are working on a game-changing innovation, that you are impact-driven, or ideally both.

This program is for: