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Founders Network vs Young Entrepreneur Council
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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.
Young Entrepreneur Council
Founders, co-founders, CEOs and operators building a company now, screened for fit and contribution rather than a published financial threshold
Nội dung hồ sơ ghi nhận
- Role or title: Founders Network: Must be a full-time founder of a technology startup; Young Entrepreneur Council: "founders, co-founders, CEOs, and builders who are in the arena right now".
- Industry restriction: Founders Network: Technology startups only; service firms are excluded; Young Entrepreneur Council: No published industry restriction.
- Annual dues: Founders Network: $900 a year; Young Entrepreneur Council: Not publicly disclosed. YEC's membership, application and FAQ pages state that membership is fee-based in effect ("A seat is earned, not bought") but publish no price; cost is discussed after acceptance..
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| Founders Network | Young Entrepreneur Council | |
|---|---|---|
| Hồ sơ | ||
| Loại | Networking organization | Networking organization |
| Thành lập | 2011 (The About page credits founder Kevin Holmes, a former tech startup founder, with starting the organization in 2011.) | 2012 (The current YEC About page states the council was founded in 2012. Earlier material and press describe the organisation launching around 2010-2011 under founder Scott Gerber; yec.co itself first appears in the Internet Archive in November 2013.) |
| Trụ sở chính | San Francisco, United States | 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. | Online community with member-hosted dinners and in-person gatherings; no chapters |
| Thành viên | 600as of September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed. YEC does not publish a member count on its current site. |
| 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. | No chapters |
| 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. | Founders, co-founders, CEOs and operators building a company now, screened for fit and contribution rather than a published financial threshold |
| 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. | Founders, co-founders, CEOs and builders currently running a business. The FAQ states "Young is the mind, not the age", so the historical under-45 rule is no longer presented as a test. YEC does not publish revenue, funding or exit thresholds on its current site. |
| 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 ↗ | "founders, co-founders, CEOs, and builders who are in the arena right now"The FAQ adds "Young is the mind, not the age", indicating the historical age ceiling is no longer applied as a published testverified 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 | Sometimes |
| 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. | A short form starts the process, followed by email confirmation and then the full application. YEC states that a person reads every application and that applicants hear back either way. Shortlisted candidates complete an interview, which YEC frames as a two-way assessment of fit. Applicants may indicate that a member referred them. |
| 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. YEC states applications are reviewed against "the same bar the members built" but publishes no 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 ↗ | Not publicly disclosed. YEC's membership, application and FAQ pages state that membership is fee-based in effect ("A seat is earned, not bought") but publish no price; cost is discussed after acceptance.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ |
| Membership term | Annual commitment, renewed annually; monthly payment plans available on some tiers | Not documented |
| 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 | Live online sessions, in-person dinners and member-hosted gatherings scheduled through a public events calendar |
| 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 | No published forum structure; YEC describes itself as "a small circle of peers who act as a mirror, not a directory you scroll" |
| 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 | Not documented |
| Organized as | Virtual, Chapter-based, Forum-based, Event-focused | Virtual, Cohort-based, Event-focused |
| Các diễn đàn đồng cấp bảo mật | Yes | Partial |
| Các chi hội địa phương | Yes | No |
| Thành viên trực tuyến | Yes | Yes |
| Cộng đồng trực tuyến | Yes | Yes |
| Danh bạ thành viên | Yes | Yes |
| Sự kiện | Yes | Yes |
| Lập trình | ||
| Chương trình giáo dục | Yes | Partial |
| Phát triển lãnh đạo | Partial | Partial |
| Hội nghị thường niên | No | Not documented |
| 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 | Not documented |
| Cơ hội đầu tư | Partial | No |
| Thành phần từ thiện | No | No |
| Trọng tâm kết nối | High | High |
| Trọng tâm xã hội | Low | Medium |
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