2 Tracks · 1 Programme
100xFounders runs 2 tracks. The Founder Track is for people building startups. The FDE Track is for engineers building their careers. Pick the one that goes where you want to go.
About the Programme
100xFounders is for 2 kinds of people: those who want to start a company, and those who want to become the engineer who ships for real customers. Those are different goals, so each has its own track.
A course shows what you studied. A startup or a shipped project shows what you can do, which is why both tracks end with something real.
One track for founders and one for forward deployed engineers. You join the one that matches where you want to end up.
On the Founder Track you build a startup. On the FDE Track you build the engineering record a career stands on.
Each track works towards one result: a startup on the Founder Track, and readiness for an FDE role on the FDE Track.
The 2 Tracks
Each track has 4 steps and ends somewhere specific.
Track 01 · Build your startup
For people who want to start a company.
Idea
Find a problem worth building a company around.
Build
Turn it into a product people can use.
Launch
Put it in front of real users.
Company
Grow what works into a startup.
You Leave WithA startup you built
Apply for This TrackTrack 02 · Build your career
For engineers who want a career as an FDE.
Skills
Sharpen the engineering the role demands.
Projects
Ship real projects instead of exercises.
Deployment
Take your work to where it is actually used.
Career
Use what you built to go after an FDE role.
You Leave WithThe skills and projects for an FDE role
Apply for This TrackWhat You Get
Switch between the tracks to see what each one gives you.
01
A clear route from the first idea to a startup that is live.
02
You spend your time shipping the product, not planning it.
03
Input on what you are making while there is still time to change it.
04
Other people on the same track, building their own startups.
FAQ
Short answers to what people ask first.
A programme with 2 tracks. The Founder Track is for people building startups. The FDE Track is for engineers building their careers.
The destination. The Founder Track works towards a startup you built: idea, build, launch, company. The FDE Track works towards an FDE career: skills, projects, deployment, career.
Forward deployed engineer: an engineer who builds software right next to the customer’s problem, instead of far away from it.
You need an idea, or the determination to find one. Finding a problem worth building a company around is the first step of the track.
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Applications
Entry is by application. The form takes a few minutes.