Highlights from Our Fifth Founder House

We had a full crowd for Volume 5 of our quarterly Founder House, a co-working experience for early-stage founders.

This time around, the Founder House welcomed Tech:NYC’s inaugural Startup:NYC cohort, who are focused on the health and wellness sector, plus a host of others in the New York startup community. 

Networks were expanded, questions answered, and pizzas eaten.

Highlights included:

• A learning session with InnovateMap to discuss product and go-to-market strategies. 

• Founders learned how to avoid "FrankenTech," or a product that is Frankenstein-esque with too many parts that can't tell a unique story. 

• As the InnovateMap team noted, feedback is crucial: “You should be talking to your customers all the time.”
  

• A legal 101 session with Gunderson Dettmer LLP.

• Founders had great questions about fundraising, intellectual property, and other legal considerations when starting a company.

• As always, creating co-working spaces ripe for founder collaboration and networking.

• Overheard many times at the Founder House: “So, tell me about your company!”

Thank you to our partners at WeWork for providing a dedicated office suite, and our sponsors InnovateMap and Gunderson Dettmer LLP for their tailored sessions for founders.

To learn more about Startup:NYC, go here, and to learn more about the Tech:NYC Founder House, go here. Stay tuned for details on how to get involved in the next Founder House!