• Vanessa Slavich
  • Design

vanessa slavich

  • Vanessa Slavich
  • Design
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The opportunity

Getting funding is difficult, and even more so if you are from an underrepresented background. Of venture-backed founders, <10% are women, <2% are Black, and <1% are Latinx. There is an opportunity to increase access to tech entrepreneurship. 

The outcome

Founder Gym was launched in fall 2017. Graduates have raised $10M in the first 100 days after the experience. Currently, 70 founders have participated in the program from 8 countries with 100% completion rate. 95% of graduates said they would recommend the program to others.

Press

The Ed-Tech Entrepreneur Diversifying Silicon Valley - Wired

Founder Gym aims to help underrepresented startup founders build tech startups - TechCrunch

A bit of the experience

Highlights of the cohort onboarding experience for mobile

Highlights of the cohort onboarding experience for mobile

Name tags designed like trading cards
Name tags designed like trading cards
Poster acknowledging all contributors to the community to date
Poster acknowledging all contributors to the community to date

A bit of process

Founder Journey Map, identifying key business opportunities for Founder Gym

Founder Journey Map, identifying key business opportunities for Founder Gym

Service blueprint, mapping out how users onboard into the Founder Gym community

Service blueprint, mapping out how users onboard into the Founder Gym community