{"id":7118,"date":"2014-10-28T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/?p=7118"},"modified":"2018-08-21T11:40:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T18:40:09","slug":"fnsectors-startup-problem-solving-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/fnsectors-startup-problem-solving-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing New Sector Groups at Founders Network!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a startup founder seeking advice, you want to surround yourself with people who know\u00a0your industry. \u00a0After all, one founder&#8217;s Fashion industry\u00a0discussion can be noise to a founder in Clean Tech. \u00a0 But it takes time to discover, connect and establish relationships with industry peers\u00a0&#8211;time you shouldn&#8217;t be wasting.<\/p>\n<p>After several\u00a0months in\u00a0development, we&#8217;re excited to officially announce Founders Network Sector Groups aka fnSectors. \u00a0Our community of over 500 members is now organized into\u00a015 new fnSectors, each\u00a0chaired by a founder\u00a0chosen for their expertise and\u00a0commitment\u00a0to\u00a0leading\u00a0<wbr><\/wbr><span class=\"il\">sector<\/span>-specific\u00a0peer mentorship. \u00a0Chairs (listed below) include\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foundersnetwork\/status\/495275671535374336\" target=\"_blank\">500 Startups grad<\/a> Cynthia Schames\u00a0of <a href=\"http:\/\/abbeypost.com\" target=\"_blank\">AbbeyPost<\/a>, who is heading up\u00a0the Fashion Tech\u00a0fnSector\u00a0and young entrepreneur\u00a0Tyler Dikman of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loungebuddy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Loungebuddy<\/a>, who is leading the Travel fnSector. \u00a0Members\u00a0can now easily connect through a dedicated sector forum\u00a0on our <a title=\"Now Live! Online Mentorship Platform Launches\" href=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/2014\/08\/new-online-mentorship-platform-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Online Mentorship Platform<\/a>\u00a0and participate in focused conversations around fundraising, recruiting, growth and exits.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7477 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fn_sectors_blog3.png\" alt=\"fnSectors: new startup problem solving groups at FN\" width=\"676\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fn_sectors_blog3.png 676w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fn_sectors_blog3-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>fnSectors are already unlocking\u00a0deeper conversations around the nuances of commercializing our\u00a0founders&#8217;\u00a0specific technologies. We invite our members\u00a0to join the conversations happening in <a href=\"https:\/\/members.foundersnetwork.com\/group\/all\/?mg=t\" target=\"_blank\">their sectors<\/a>\u00a0and look forward to the success that they\u00a0achieve through these resources.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Our team is constantly looking for ways to connect and support our members! \u00a0To access FN\u2019s many benefits, including our new fnSectors, learn about our approval process\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/members.foundersnetwork.com\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a startup founder seeking advice, you want to surround yourself with people who know\u00a0your industry. \u00a0After all, one founder&#8217;s Fashion industry\u00a0discussion can be noise to a founder in Clean &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/fnsectors-startup-problem-solving-groups\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":7312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7170],"tags":[98,90],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-7118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-startup-mentorship-programs","tag-startups","tag-tech-founders"],"acf":[],"featured_image_data":{"src":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fn_sectors_mockup.png","alt":"Announcing fnSectors","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7118"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=7118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}