Description

Versatile VC is a startup accelerator. Its community, Founders' Next Move, give founders the resources and connections they need to move forward on their journeys.

The community's free and open for founders and co-founders of companies that passed the initial traction stage. It doesn't matter if you successfully exited or had to shut down your company, you can join as long as you meet the other requirements (refer to the 'Requirements' section below).

Once you submit your application and join the community, you can start to explore its benefits. On the one hand, you will get valuable connections and resources that will help you figure out your next move. Founders often become investors, start working as contractors, or fund another company. Founders' Next Move allows you to meet like-minded founders and find helpful advisors. You can also build relationships with possible angel investors and venture capitalists.

The community offers many activities and events for learning and networking purposes. As a member, you will be able to attend regular dinners, talks with guest speakers, interviews with experts, and other events.

Additionally, members have access to a large Knowledge Base, where they can access several resources. There are not only tools, databases, and directories, but also awesome career advice for students and job seekers, investing information, free money opportunities for founders raising capital, entrepreneurial SOPs, and other startup resources.

Lastly, Founders' Next Move allows you to find your next career opportunity. You can offer your services as a consultant, advisor, or board member. Moreover, you can explore their job board for part-time and full-time opportunities, and stay up-to-date with their newsletter, where they share news about early-stage companies looking for CEOs.

Details
  • Membership: Free Community
  • Year Founded: 2020
  • Founders:

    David Teten

  • Job board: Yes
  • Language: English
  • Method: Virtual
Benefits

Figure out your next move:
Founders' Next Move is for founders or co-founders who have shut down or exited their companies. The community allows them to figure out their next move, whether it be to become investors, work as contractors, or fund another company.

Get valuable connections:
The community allows you to find like-minded founders and advisors to bounce off ideas with. You can also get valuable connections with possible angel investors and venture capitalists.

Find your next career opportunity:
Besides the startup and career resources of Founders' Next Move, you can also offer your services as a consultant, advisor, or board member, and explore the community's job board to find your next career opportunity.

Requirements

Membership of Founders' Next Move, the community of Versatile VC, is open for founders or co-founders of a company that had achieved at least initial traction. This means you can join the community if your company:

  • Achieved over $10M in annual revenues
  • Exited for $50M+
  • Raised over $2M from investors, or
  • Had 50+ full-time employees.

Founders that had to shut down their start-ups (still have to meet the above criteria) are also welcome to join Founders' Next Move.

Place
Meetings

Members of Founders' Next Move enjoy periodic dinners and other community activities. 

Learning Events

By joining Founders' Next Move, you will be able to participate in several learning events. The community regularly organizes talks with guest speakers and interviews with investors and founders, among other activities. You can also get advice regarding how to become an active angel investor. If you decide to keep going through the entrepreneurial path, you can get feedback to help you validate your vision before starting to build.

Networking Events

Founders' Next Move allows entrepreneurs to get all the connections they need in their journey. On the one hand, you will be able to meet like-minded founders and find helpful advisors. On the other hand, in Versatile VC's community, you can build relationships with possible angel investors and venture capitalists.

Additionally, Founders' Next Move it's great if you are looking to work as a contractor. You can offer your services as a consultant, advisor, or board member, and earn money. Furthermore, you can explore Versatile VC's job board, where they share early-stage companies looking for CEOs and other open part-time and full-time positions.

Content Library

Versatile VC has many resources for founders who are planning their next move. By being part of the community, you can access a knowledge base to learn entrepreneurial SOPs and find career resources for job seekers and student founders.

Additionally, the Free Money section has lots of opportunities: free tech accelerators, discounts, deals for students, free consulting services, free government money, and more. The community also offers many databases, superb startup advice, directories, investing resources, career-enhancing tools, and many more resources worth exploring.

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