Building Egypt’s Best Founder Network

My vision is building Egypt's best network of founders. I'm starting at my college.

What I found

After talking to many students, I realized they fall into three categories:

1. Students who know nothing about startups or technical stuff

2. Students who know only technical

3. Students who know only business

I'm focusing on the second group — technical students who learn fast, can build things, and have the drive to do it. The problem? Most of them don't know how startups actually work or don't even know that "startup" is a word.

What students actually lack

To start a startup, you need three things: information, money, and network.

Money isn't the problem early on — there are enough free tools to get started. What these students lack is information and network.

After researching how Y Combinator, Paul Graham, and Sam Altman think about this, I found that opinions vary — some favor network, some favor information. But I think the answer is both.

I asked myself the question “How can I provide the most value to students?” The answer : help them apply for Rally Egypt it has online and offline sessions on starting a startup with an updated, solid advice similar to YC's approach, plus a final competition.

My Strategy

Phase 1: Information Give students the knowledge they need through Rally Egypt — it will also help build the network part.

Phase 2: Network Gather the top technical students from Phase 1 into a curated, YC-style community. This is where the network gets stronger and founders connect with each other.

First awareness, then exclusivity.