I’m looking for a small number of people to join our team and define a new career: talent investing - finding and funding the world’s most impactful people and supporting them to build startups from scratch. Intrigued? More from Alice here👇

We took incoming W23 US founders for 48h to San Francisco to meet with investors at Sequoia Capital and 8VC, get insights from founders Tom Blomfield, John Collison, @rob_bishop, as well as hosting an AI Hackathon. Read on for the details 👉🧵

🧵 ⬇️ This week, a new cohort of founders joined Entrepreneur First sites across the world as we launched a fresh look for the future of EF. Read more from our cofounders Alice Bentinck and Matt Clifford on the blog now ➡️ bit.ly/46izPKp

Love this from Gena Gorlin - The best way to build yourself is to build builders.genagorlin.com/p/the-best-way…

We just kicked off our W23 cohorts in New York, London, Paris and Bangalore. Our cohorts are carefully curated groups of individuals at the very start of their founder journey. This week they’re testing potential cofounders. Here’s what we know about this process...🧵

One of the most counterintuitive things about Entrepreneur First is that we don’t select individuals based on their ideas. We don’t even ask them about their ideas at selection. Why? Ideation is a process that you can learn. Here's some of the common pitfalls founders should avoid:

My conversation with Elon Musk 👇

Applications close today. Some encouragement from last year's fellows below.

I spoke today Slush about how to develop an idea from scratch. I talked about how to go about finding a 'Secret' by: 1. Using your Edge 2. Speaking to customers relentlessly 3. Creating a behaviour explosion (thread with details)

Alice Bentinck Entrepreneur First Matt Clifford Huge congrats Alice Bentinck. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (and again), EF was the single most transformational thing I’ve ever done in my life. I’ll be eternally grateful for you guys taking a chance on me and the life skills I learn in such a short space of time.

Alice Bentinck Entrepreneur First Matt Clifford Watching you operate together over the years has been wildly impressive. You set a high bar for what a world class and complimentary cofounding relationship looks like. Really excited for what’s ahead for Entrepreneur First - few missions matter more.

Can you crack the code? To celebrate the launch of How to be a Founder in paperback, we’re giving the first ten codebreakers a copy of the book. Start here: bit.ly/48DDtA2 *Only those in the UK will be eligible to receive a book. Full T&Cs here: bit.ly/48Xzn5B

I announced the launch of our San Francisco Hub this morning on Bloomberg and Caroline Hyde. Thanks for having me! We're now relocating our companies to SF once they've formed in London, Paris, Bangalore and New York. An exciting next chapter for them and Entrepreneur First.

3 weeks ago some of the most talented technologists from Europe, India and North America relocated to our new San Francisco office. In just 3 weeks time, they’ll be launching their startups at Demo Day. But who are they? 🧵

Just over 6 months ago, our Talent Investors selected an exceptional set of future founders for our W’23 batch. They were all pre-team and pre-idea. Why did we invest? We believe in the founder potential of these individuals to build generation-defining companies. They are

Take a look at the first ten startups from our latest batch pitching at Demo Day in San Francisco 🧵

Our founders are solving some of the world's most important problems, from the decarbonisation of the textiles industry, to agricultural robots to feed the future. Check out the next wave of startups launched from our latest batch...🧵

Yesterday we ran our first Demo Day in San Francisco where our latest batch pitched to >100 of Silicon Valley’s top Partner-level investors. Today, you can learn more about these companies on our W’23 online Demo Day Portal. Check it out here: bit.ly/49bZVQl

Just over 24 hours ago, 32 of our teams pitched to over 100 of the Bay Area’s top investors at our first Demo Day in San Francisco. Before EF, some of these founders: 👉 raced on India’s national sprint team 👉 won a NeurIPS competition at just 18 👉 relocated from Colombia to

I’ve spent the last couple of years trying to figure out how to help founders from Europe raise in the Bay Area. Here’s what I’ve learnt: