Entrepreneur First

It matters not only which companies get started, but who starts them. As a founder you have the opportunity to shape mankind’s future in profound ways. We identify and invest in exceptional individuals. People with enormous potential, insatiable duals. People with enormous potential, insatiable curiosity, and an impatience for impact. We amplify the exceptional. Our programs liberate you from artificial limits, backing you to become the founder of a company no one else could build. Without EF, it would have been very difficult, if not impossible, for me to transition from academia to the entrepreneurial world The world is losing talented future founders to the status quo. Caught in mimetic traps, your ambition is constrained by the current social currencies for success. Defined by high status jobs, citation counts, and promotion cycles. We exist to liberate you from these artificial limits. We reframe what’s possible. You don’t need decades of experience to build a technology startup. Your skill as a founder is developed simply by the act of getting started. That’s why our programs bring you together with exceptional peers, and back you to build a globally important company. So that you can make impact now, not later. Building a globally important company is hard. At EF, we believe a cofounder has the potential to exponentially accelerate your trajectory. Our best cofounding teams more than double each other’s productivity. Our programs introduce you to a new peer group of exceptionally talented and ambitious individuals. Each dedicated to building a company, where everyone has given up something valuable to be there. Earning more money, publishing more papers, impressing their peers. Instead, they’ve chosen to join our program because they want to find a cofounder and start a company. It’s this shared identity that makes our programs so powerful. Our programs allow you to see what could be possible when you’re surrounded by a curated group of ambitious peers. To be immersed in co-creating beliefs about the future, and introduced to a selection of potential cofounders so you can make it happen. ...view more