{"id":7753,"date":"2014-11-26T04:30:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T12:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/?p=7753"},"modified":"2018-08-17T13:50:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T20:50:09","slug":"founder-success-stories-thanksgiving-edition-fnftw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/founder-success-stories-thanksgiving-edition-fnftw\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Reasons FN is Thankful: #FNFTW Thanksgiving Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7803 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/4120b751-8d55-4602-b4e1-41fa3689b5e5-1024x512.gif\" alt=\"#FNFTW\" width=\"676\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/4120b751-8d55-4602-b4e1-41fa3689b5e5-1024x512.gif 1024w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/4120b751-8d55-4602-b4e1-41fa3689b5e5-300x150.gif 300w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/4120b751-8d55-4602-b4e1-41fa3689b5e5-676x338.gif 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everyday, members of Founders Network offer their expertise, advice, and support to their fellow founders to help them achieve success. As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, we recognize FN&#8217;ers\u00a0who have gone above and beyond. Below\u00a0are six #FNFTW stories that we&#8217;ve captured last\u00a0month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After kicking off the fundraising process, Nathan Beckord of <a href=\"https:\/\/foundersuite.com\" target=\"_blank\">Foundersuite<\/a> got help from FN&#8217;ers, resulting in meetings with three angel investors, including SV Syndicate and <a href=\"https:\/\/angel.co\/unshackled\" target=\"_blank\">Unshackled<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Thanks to meeting Startup Weekend mentor Blake Caldwell of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larcchat.com\" target=\"_blank\">Larc<\/a>, Celeste Cefalu of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boudoirapp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Boudoir<\/a> has joined the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startupnext.co\" target=\"_blank\">Startup Next Accelerator<\/a> powered by Google.<\/li>\n<li>After wasting several months on an unproductive technical resource, Ashley Howell of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegivvecollection.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Givve Collection<\/a>\u00a0successfully hired a new CTO thanks to member referrals on the <a href=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/#OnlineMentorshipPlatform\" target=\"_blank\">Online Mentorship Platform<\/a>. (And in the spirit of this holiday season, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopgivve.com\/causes\/hunger-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\">some products<\/a> on The Givve Collection that are fighting hunger!)<\/li>\n<li>Founders Institute grad Dan Maguire of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skinnyprice.com\" target=\"_blank\">SkinnyPrice<\/a> recruited his first VP-level hires thanks to referrals from the FN community.<\/li>\n<li>Stanford alum Diego Villarreal Meyer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebanterapp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Banter!<\/a> got a one-on-one VC investor meeting with Charles River Ventures thanks to Annie Kadavy.<\/li>\n<li>Alex Guerrero of <a href=\"https:\/\/uniqapp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Uniq<\/a>\u00a0received great user feedback thanks to beta tester and 500 Startups Grad Cynthia Schames of <a href=\"http:\/\/abbeypost.com\" target=\"_blank\">Abbey Post<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are just a small sample of member success stories everyday at Founders Network. Have an #FNFTW success story to be thankful for? Let us know! Again, thanks to all the FN&#8217;ers who continue to support and accelerate the growth and success of our members. Happy Thanksgiving to all!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>#FNFTW showcases the success stories of our founders, driven and cultivated by the Founders Network community and resources. Read more of our members\u2019 #FNFTW stories\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/category\/fnftw\/\">here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>To access FN\u2019s many benefits, \u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/members.foundersnetwork.com\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\">learn about our approval process<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyday, members of Founders Network offer their expertise, advice, and support to their fellow founders to help them achieve success. As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, we recognize FN&#8217;ers\u00a0who have gone &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/founder-success-stories-thanksgiving-edition-fnftw\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":7803,"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":[18,98],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-7753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-startup-mentorship-programs","tag-mentorship","tag-startups"],"acf":[],"featured_image_data":{"src":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/4120b751-8d55-4602-b4e1-41fa3689b5e5.gif","alt":"","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7753","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=7753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7753"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=7753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}