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Founders Network vs South Park Commons
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Founders Network
Full-time founders of technology startups, from idea stage through post-Series A, who want peer mentorship rather than capital or an accelerator programme.
South Park Commons
Technical founders, researchers and domain experts between things - the site's phrase is "-1 to 0" - who can commit full time and live in San Francisco, New York or Bengaluru.
Nội dung hồ sơ ghi nhận
- Role or title: Founders Network: Must be a full-time founder of a technology startup; South Park Commons: No published role or title.
- Geographic restriction: Founders Network: No published geographic restriction; South Park Commons: Must live in and work from San Francisco, New York City or Bengaluru.
- Industry restriction: Founders Network: Technology startups only; service firms are excluded; South Park Commons: No published industry restriction.
- Annual dues: Founders Network: $900 a year; South Park Commons: $0 a year.
So sánh song song
| Founders Network | South Park Commons | |
|---|---|---|
| Hồ sơ | ||
| Loại | Networking organization | Invitation-only community |
| Thành lập | 2011 (The About page credits founder Kevin Holmes, a former tech startup founder, with starting the organization in 2011.) | 2016 (The Our Story page dates the community to 2016 and describes its origin as ten people reading AI papers around founding member Ruchi Sanghvi's dining table, before a physical space opened in San Francisco's South Park neighbourhood.) |
| Trụ sở chính | San Francisco, United States | San Francisco, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Members in more than 25 cities worldwide; in-person chapter meetings named for San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, London and Mexico City. | Physical communities in San Francisco (380 Brannan St), New York City and Bengaluru; members must live in one of the three hubs. |
| Thành viên | 600as of September 2026 | 175as of September 2026 |
| Chi hội | The organization does not publish a chapter count. Its About page says members are in "over 25 cities"; individual chapter events are announced case by case. | 3 |
| Primary audience | Full-time founders of technology startups, from idea stage through post-Series A, who want peer mentorship rather than capital or an accelerator programme. | Technical founders, researchers and domain experts between things - the site's phrase is "-1 to 0" - who can commit full time and live in San Francisco, New York or Bengaluru. |
| Thành viên điển hình | The organization describes its members as vetted full-time tech startup founders; it states that members have collectively raised more than US$5 billion, that average funding per member is US$1.1 million, and that 50 percent are serial entrepreneurs. Service firms are explicitly excluded. | The FAQ states that about 70 percent of members are founders who aspire to start a company and 30 percent are researchers and experts going deeper in new fields. Members are expected to be full-time; those holding a full-time job are generally not accepted, with rare exceptions for visa or vesting reasons. Applicants who want to leave or take a sabbatical from university or academia are considered. |
| Qualification | ||
| Vai trò hoặc chức danh | Must be a full-time founder of a technology startupStated as "You are working full-time on building your tech startup. No service firms."verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ | No published role or title |
| Giới hạn địa lý | No published geographic restriction | Must live in and work from San Francisco, New York City or BengaluruThe FAQ answers "Do I need to be located in SF, NYC, or Bangalore?" as yes; members are expected to work from SPC spaces through the week.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ |
| Giới hạn theo ngành | Technology startups only; service firms are excludedThe membership requirements text explicitly excludes service firms.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ | No published industry restriction |
| Invitation required | Sometimes | No |
| Sponsor required | Sometimes | No |
| Application process | Applicants either arrive with a member invitation or request one through the site. The published flow is a short application of about two minutes plus an optional longer addendum. A membership committee reviews complete applications by the last Friday of each month and notifies applicants of the decision the same day. | Applicants apply online to either the Member Residency or the Founder Fellowship. The organization says it reads every application and that applicants generally hear back within one to three weeks; those advancing are invited to an interview. Residency applications are accepted on a rolling basis year-round, while the Fellowship runs spring and autumn cohorts with application cut-offs and concentrated interview periods before each start. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. The organization calls itself invite-only and says it researches applicants' backgrounds, but publishes no acceptance rate or rejection statistics. | Not publicly disclosed. SPC publishes active member and alumni counts but no application volume or acceptance rate. |
| Chi phí | ||
| Phí thành viên hằng năm | $900 a yearLaunch Plan (idea-stage founders), listed at "$75/mo billed annually" on the benefits page; the annualised figure is derived from the published monthly rate.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ | $0 a year"Is there a membership fee? No, we do not charge fees or dues." The India page repeats that the six-month residency is at "No cost or equity".verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ |
| Phí chương trình | All memberships are annual commitments; monthly payment plans are offered on some tiers. Discounts are advertised for portfolio companies of partner venture funds and accelerator graduates, without published amounts. | $0 one-timeThe six-month Member Residency carries no fee and no equity. The separate Founder Fellowship is an investment, not a fee: US$400,000 for 7 percent via a SAFE plus US$600,000 guaranteed in the next venture round.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ |
| Membership term | Annual commitment, renewed annually; monthly payment plans available on some tiers | Six-month Member Residency; Founder Fellowship recipients become lifetime members of the community |
| Cấu trúc | ||
| Meeting frequency | Continuous online forum; roughly 100 events a year including about 40 webinars, plus city chapter meet-ups and two annual conferences | Members work from SPC spaces through the week; peer accountability groups, learning forums, speaker series, workshops and roundtables run on an ongoing basis |
| Peer forums | An online mentorship forum open to all members, plus peer advisory roundtables at the top tier; there is no standing confidential forum group of assigned peers | Peer accountability groups and member-led learning forums rather than assigned confidential forums; Fellowship cohorts are kept small at roughly one partner per two companies, with no demo day |
| Confidentiality | The organization describes the platform as a confidential space for founders; it does not publish a confidentiality agreement. | Not publicly disclosed |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Full time. The residency page states that "-1 to 0 isn't a side project. It's a full time endeavor." |
| Organized as | Virtual, Chapter-based, Forum-based, Event-focused | Clubhouse premises, Cohort-based, Event-focused |
| Các diễn đàn đồng cấp bảo mật | Yes | Yes |
| Các chi hội địa phương | Yes | Yes |
| Thành viên trực tuyến | Yes | No |
| Cộng đồng trực tuyến | Yes | Yes |
| Danh bạ thành viên | Yes | Not documented |
| Sự kiện | Yes | Yes |
| Lập trình | ||
| Chương trình giáo dục | Yes | Yes |
| Phát triển lãnh đạo | Partial | Partial |
| Hội nghị thường niên | No | No |
| Du lịch | No | No |
| Chương trình dành cho gia đình | No | No |
| Chương trình dành cho vợ/chồng và đối tác | No | No |
| Lập trình thế hệ tiếp theo | No | No |
| Thảo luận về đầu tư | Yes | Yes |
| Cơ hội đầu tư | Partial | Yes |
| Thành phần từ thiện | No | No |
| Trọng tâm kết nối | High | High |
| Trọng tâm xã hội | Low | Medium |
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