Bucharest Startup Founder 101

Join us to learn how to build a resilient, product-centered Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy that drives lasting impact. Go beyond traditional marketing with a framework that integrates engineering, design, and product leadership, embedding a product mindset into every step. Key topics include transforming product goals into user actions, designing for adoption and retention, leveraging data-driven insights, and aligning teams for scalable growth. Ideal for founders, product managers, designers, and engineers seeking a data-driven GTM strategy that builds products ready to lead in their markets.

❯ What You'll Learn:

• Apply a product-first mindset to every step of your GTM plan.
• Turn product goals into actions users love.
• Align your team for a scalable, growth-ready strategy.

❯ Featured Experts:

Do you want to ask questions to startup investors about fundraising in a friendly, judgment-free environment? Are you looking to raise funding in the future, and want to learn what investors look for and how they evaluate potential investments? Then join us for this live, interactive Q&A event featuring Jacob Jackson, Angel Investor & Deep Tech Seed Investor at Julian Capital. Don't miss this opportunity to expand your network and ask in-depth questions - Register now!. Don't miss this opportunity to expand your network and ask in-depth questions.

❯ What You'll Learn:

• Key metrics and pre-requisites for raising funding.
• How to make yourself more attractive to investors.
• The best ways to source different funding resources such as Angel investors, Venture Capitalists, grants and loans.

❯ Featured Speaker:

ALWAYS LAST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH

If you have a startup or a growing company and you want to expand your network in Romania and in Eastern Europe, then join us for the in-person Power Networking 'Founder Meet & Greet' event.
At this informal networking event, you can connect with other early-stage entrepreneurs, startup mentors, advisors, and investors from the Founder Institute Romania and Eastern Europe network.

If you come prepared and are aware of the ROI on time unit spent with networking, we will do warm introductions, and help you to find the right connections among the participants.

Socialize over drinks with potential co-founders, advisors, mentors, and partners. Most of all, get away from the computer and have fun!

❯ Who should Attend?

• FI Alumni Founders, Mentors, Investors & friends
• Anyone interested in entrepreneurship and starting a tech company
• Anyone who has a pre-seed tech company or a startup idea
• Anyone interested in joining a startup accelerator
• Anyone interested in being an active part of the thriving start-up ecosystem
• YOU

To launch a great startup, it is critical to get feedback on your ideas from entrepreneurs who have been there and done that. On this live online event, we will gather several startup experts ready to provide feedback for aspiring entrepreneurs. The event will start by providing guidelines to create a compelling elevator pitch, and then attendees will have the opportunity to share your pitch with other entrepreneurs, advisors, and investors at virtual tables for instant feedback. Even if you don't want to share your pitch, you can still join to hear other startup ideas and witness how the experts review a pitch.

❯ What You'll Learn:

• How to give a concise, yet compelling, elevator pitch
• What investors are looking for in a startup pitch
• Specific advice and feedback on your pitch and startup ideas

❯ To get the most out of this Pitch for Feedback event: