FounderPool

De-Risking startup founders by pooling equity

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Pool your startup equity with inspiring, VC-backed founders vested in your success. Diversify your financial risk and increase your odds of an exit. FounderPool is your go-to resource for Investor Intros, Hiring Referrals, Growth Advice, Partnerships & more.
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What do you think? …

Amit Tyagi
Amazing product concept, who's your largest established competitor? What separates your product from theirs?
Manoj Duggirala
@amit_tyagi6 Thank you. PandoPooling is the one we noticed but they are focused on atheletes and MBAs
George Burke
@amit_tyagi6 Great question. Although plenty of groups have casually pooled equity, and while a few VCs allow their founders to share as LPs in the portfolio, no one has productized this specifically for founders.
Eneko Knörr
It's awesome!!!!
George Burke
@eneko_knorr That's quite a compliment from someone with such a prolific startup background
Robert Neivert
Super cool idea. I look forward to using this for my next startup.
Manoj Duggirala
@robertneivert thank you for your support Rob!
George Burke
@robertneivert Next startup? How about your current startup?
Ryan Hoover
Many people have talked about exploring this but it hasn't taken off (yet!). I'm curious if something's changed that makes this more likely to succeed now, @george_burke, @chandraduggirala, @manoj_duggirala?
Chandra Duggirala
@george_burke @manoj_duggirala @rrhoover Great question. 1. The density of the network. More startups now than 10 years ago, but also much more deeply connected. 2. Startups have become more luck dependent (wrote about it here: https://medium.com/@csentropy/2-...) 3. The perception of luck and uncertainty as factors in startup success is increasing amongst founders from our own surveys. We think together they suggest a tipping point. More impoirtantly, these informal networks like the paypal mafia have existed before. Our goal is to build the infrastructure for that strong network formally and for everyone.
Jim O'Neill
I'm so glad this exists and that it's run by such great people. First-time founders should be able to diversify just as serial founders always have. The psychological benefits of belonging to a cohort with aligned interests, and the economic benefits of being able to survive one failure are both significant.
Chandra Duggirala
@jim_o_neill High praise coming from you Jim. Thank you. The psychological benefits of having a support network are very under appreciated.
Inal Karov
Great idea! Will try to join the community 😃
George Burke
@ikarov Great. Glad to have you.
Alex Papageorge
Looks awesome!
George Burke
@alex_papageorge Thanks for the compliment and thanks for recommending FounderPool to your friend
Alex Papageorge
@george_burke Absolutely. Looks awesome! How long have you been working on the project?