With so many unprecedented changes due to Covid-19, we are all turning to friends, family, and colleagues for support and advice.
Beyond the personal struggles that have come with the current situation, there is now even more pressure on startup Founders trying to navigate these tough times - on behalf of their employees, their clients, and their communities. While many Founders don't have all the answers, they are having to put on a brave face, be confident in their quick decisions, and convey a positive outlook for the future to their teams.
Our mission at Aussie Founders Network (AFN) is to support, build, and elevate the role and impact of the Aussie tech community globally. Our member Founders include many with companies of hundreds of staff spread around the world. Recently the Aussie Founder's Network stepped up to support Founders, launching their first virtual Founders Helping Founders event on April 15th.
With less than a week of preparation time, AFN managed to facilitate over 45 conversations, with Aussie Founders based in Europe, North America, and of course, Australia.
How did it work?
We asked founders to register and included simple questions about their business and pain points so that we could pair them together with other relevant founders.
We provided founders the opportunity to meet and connect with another three founders, where over an hour, they could engage with individual founders privately for a 20 minute one on one conversation over Zoom.
The results speak for themselves:
"Extremely grateful for these connections. I have met some great founders and people and gave me much needed brainpower. Thank you so much again. I hope we continue to have these meetings in the future." - Shamima Sultana, Founder & CEO at VECTORE
"I wanted to reach out and say thank you for coordinating and facilitating the meetups today. It was so much fun! I'm sure it was a ton of work to pull off, great job! For me personally, I felt it was super valuable, a great way to connect in meaningful conversation with folks in our community I hadn't met before, and I really hope we do it again." - Lucas Parry, Founder & CEO at Glow
Yesterday's "Founders Helping Founders" discussion was awesome. I don't know how you went about matching us all, but the outcome was nothing short of amazing! Well done!" - Sebastien Tremblay, Founder & CEO at Troly
And we are doing it again!
In response to the tremendous outcomes of our first event we are doing it again on May 13th and 14th!
To get involved, in this free online event, pre-register at the following link by May 11th. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/may-founders-helping-founders-tickets-103261714568.