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For early-stage founders who are anywhere from pre-idea through pre-seed.
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For leaders with 12+ years of experience who want to build successful careers in the startup ecosystem.
Our rigorous selection process ensures that the On Deck network is made up of ambitious people with shared guiding values and valuable experience as a builder.
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1000+ Companies
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$ 1B+ Raised
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$ 9B+ Combined value
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FAQ
ODF is a community for founders who’re exploring starting something soon, have taken the leap to start, or are an early-stage founder looking to accelerate with the support of a community.
ODF is a 12-month program. It kicks off with a two-day in-person summit in San Francisco on Friday June 23rd. After the retreat, you’ll have 4 weeks of IRL and virtual programming designed to meet your goals. Afterwards, you'll continue to have access to the community for another 12 months.
The first few weeks are a structured onboarding into the community. We strongly encourage everyone to attend the 2-day kickoff summit in San Francisco.
Post-summit, the 4-week programming will offer a combination of networking, building, and actively learning from structured sessions.
For the rest of the year, how much time you invest in ODF is largely up to you. You’ll continue to have access to a vibrant online community, regular programming and frequent IRL happenings, as well as a community hub in SF.
We welcome global founders from all over the world to apply and join our community. We want founders to meet in person, then carry their relationships with them wherever they go. We encourage founders to try to spend as much time in SF as they can during the program. You will get the most value from participation if you take this as an opportunity to invest in building your Bay Area network.
Additionally, the community mainly consists of founders whose companies are selling to US/EU/LATAM-based customers. Our programming is also mostly geared towards US-based startups, and happens mostly on US-friendly hours. If you are not planning to sell to US/EU/LATAM customers, you may find less utility from ODFs.
When you join ODF, you get:
✅ Four weeks of onboarding alongside 100+ high-momentum founders
✅ A year of access to the ODF community, including 2,500+ talented alumni and weekly events
✅ Access to our legendary Slack and Community Platform
✅ Thousands of hours of recorded workshops and how-tos
✅ >$800k in perks from companies like AWS, Brex, and Carta
Absolutely. ODF is for all early-stage founders, anywhere from pre-idea through pre-seed stage.
Participation is held in strict confidence. Even if you’re happy to share, you are requested to respect the privacy of other members who aren’t ready to make their plans public.
On Deck’s Admissions team accepts applications on a rolling basis. Check out ODF Admissions Process to learn more.
You can participate in ODF fully virtually. However, we have thriving alumni communities in many major metros, and host regular IRL events in startup-centric metros like San Francisco, New York, and London.
The next cohort of ODF (ODF18) kicks off in June with an in-person kickoff summit in San Francisco.
Yearly membership for ODF is $2,990. This includes the 2-day kickoff summit, access to the San Francisco community space, 4 weeks of programming and our virtual community.
On Deck lives by four core guiding values, crucial to the culture we strive to foster in the community: Service, Confidentiality, Gratitude, Family.