head to head/Founder Communities
Founders Network vs Y Combinator Startup School
Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.
Peer mentorship for tech founders, sorted by stage
community boosts
⚡ 0
pricing
Paid · Roughly $600-1,200/yr depending on stage
what it is
Founders Network has run invite-only peer mentorship since 2011, splitting its 600-plus members into Bootstrap, Angel and Series A+ groups so advice comes from someone one step ahead rather than ten. Startup perks and a success coach sit on top of the forum.
YC's free curriculum and the biggest co-founder search
community boosts
⚡ 0
pricing
Free
what it is
Startup School is Y Combinator's free online course on starting a company, wrapped around weekly progress tracking and a co-founder matching platform that has made over 100,000 matches. Less a room than an on-ramp: broad, free and unfiltered.