Nominee Preview Q&A
Virtual · ZoomFor nominated founders. The Nominee Preview Q&A is the monthly 30-minute open call for founders who have been nominated for Founders Network membership — a global startup mentoring community for tech founders.
Not nominated yet? Start with a membership request. If it is a fit, a member in your chapter nominates you and you get the invite to this call. Request an invite
Join fellow nominated founders for a monthly conversation about the experience, the selection process, and what comes next. Meet the team, bring your questions, and explore whether it’s the right fit for you.
Come ready to introduce yourself: your name, where you are based, your company, your stage. Twenty seconds.
Registration is for nominees. We confirm your nomination before approving your spot.
Agenda
Pre-work
- Have your 20-second intro ready: your name, where you are based, your company, and your stage
Welcome — why you were nominated (9:30)
Kevin opens: what a nomination means, who is on the call today, and the one thing everyone leaves with — the other founders on this call.
Introductions (9:32)
- 20 seconds each: your name, where you are based, your company, your stage — in the chat as well, so nothing is lost
- More than a dozen of us? Chat first, and Kevin reads a few aloud
How Founders Network works, and what to expect (9:36)
- Peer mentorship, not content: your chapter, monthly functions, roundtables, and a Lead Mentor paired to you
- A global startup mentoring community for tech founders: 2,000+ startups helped, 600+ founders, partners and investors, 29 chapters
- Chapters are small on purpose. In person, expect a table of founders, not a crowd — that is how the relationships get deep and last for years
Meet the Growth Chairs (9:40)
A panel of the chairs who run our chapters and pair nominees with members. One minute each: their chapter, what showing up looks like there, and what they look for in a founder they would vouch for. Find the chair from your city — they are the person you will hear from next.
A member's story (9:44)
This month's guest is a Lifetime member — on the decision to join, what changed in year one, and why they chose to stay for good.
Partners and deals (9:48)
Karl on the Startup Stack: the partners behind it and what a member typically saves in a year — often more than the dues.
What happens next (9:50)
Kevin on the application, the timeline from here, and the plans — Launch, Scale, Lead and Lifetime.
Open Q&A with the panel (9:52)
Ask the chair from your chapter, ask Kevin and Karl, ask the member who sat where you are sitting.
Close — and the intros (9:59)
- Apply by Wednesday, November 25
- Within a day, Geneva sends everyone on the call the intro list. Reply with the two people you want to meet and she makes the introductions — whether or not you apply
Questions after the call — reply to your nominator, or to Geneva.
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