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Follow on Google News | Foundups Corp. Officially Launches during Global Entrepreneur Week 2010New startup formed to help startups by introducing the "Foundup" as an alternative to a Startup and by providing a complete framework to assist entrepreneurs with getting their foundup ideas built into successful startups.
By: Foundups Corp., 1) Foundup Week -- estimated to raise over $263K for each event. Foundup Week is an open version of Startupweekend with $30,000 in prizes (inv.st/HI) The events will introduce the idea and concept of a foundup to the general public and establish 1000 free Open Incubators , 500 free Foundup Labs and 50,000 foundups being built into successful startups on foundups.com. The events kick off in Spring 2011 DC / Boston / NY and then travel the global to 20 countries and 100 location. For partnership opportunities see bit.ly/FWpartner 2) Open Incubators (tm) -- free co-working space for foundups. 10 will be established at each Foundup Week event. 3) Foundup Labs -- free 12 & 18 week student class that teaches how foundups are built (bit.ly/foundup) 4) Foundup Scrum -- monthly workshops that combines lean agile mythologies to foundup development (foundupscrum.com) 5) Foundups.com and teenfoundups.com -- releasing a proprietary web solution (Open Incubator Framework) that provides a free crowd-sourcing, crowd-funding and team-building platform for entrepreneurs. The platform will be released as part of Global Entrepreneur Week 2011. Currently, Foundup Corp., it seeking to be the first company to crowdfund using Linkedin and prove that startups can secure funding using alternative methods than the traditional ones. An online prospectus is available at bit.ly/FUCprospectus For more information contact # # # Foundups Corp., is a Delaware C-Corp, headquartered in Washington DC. Foundups Corp is the brain child of serial entrepreneur Michael J. Trout. Foundups Corp is introducing the concept of a Foundup, Open Incubators, Foundup Labs, Foundup Scrums and the proprietary Open Incubator Framework. End
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