02 · The Founder Lab

Your future co-founder
may already be in the room.

From diplomacy to entrepreneurship. About seventy-five minutes on Thursday 22 April, between the second and the final committee sessions. How founders think, then time to find your people.

The Global 60 Day 02  ·  Thursday 22 April  ·  Early afternoon
Not a gimmick

Problems before products.

Nobody is asked to invent a company in an afternoon. People who build things together usually meet by accident; The Global 60 removes the accident.

01 The structure

Learn. Find a problem.
Meet complementary people.
Continue after New York.

After a morning of intensive diplomacy and negotiation, delegates move temporarily from representing countries to thinking as founders. Then they return to the final stage of committee work.

  1. Learn · 15 to 20 minutesA founder's practical story. Problem identification, users and customers, validation, early teams.
  2. Find a problemName the area you care about.
  3. The Problem MarketplaceFind the people who care about the same problem and carry different skills.
  4. Continue after New YorkTeams that form are supported through the Global 60 Network.
02 Two ways to read it

For the student, aspiration.
For the parent, a curriculum.

The student version

  • Hear how a real business started, from someone who started one
  • Say out loud what you want to build, to people who might help
  • Find a co-founder with the skills you do not have
  • Leave New York with a problem, a team, and a next step

The parent version

  • Entrepreneurial thinking: problems before products
  • Problem identification, user and customer thinking, validation
  • Idea development and action planning
  • Team formation with peers who carry complementary skills
  • Communication: explaining an idea clearly to a stranger

About seventy-five minutes on the second academic day, never in place of committee time. It promises no funding, investors or launch: it teaches how founders approach problems, and connects people.

Build what comes next.

The application asks what you are building, or hoping to build. It is fine not to know yet.

Apply for the Founding 60 › The Gala ›