Shiny FoundersCard Invitation

FoundersCard is a members-only community for leading entrepreneurs and innovators. Our members are entitled to unprecedented rates and benefits from premier travel, lifestyle, and business brands as well as access to invitation-only networking events.

I received an exclusive invitation to a passport to the entrepreneurial lifestyle. It reminds me of the time I discovered the American Express Black Card and spent a few Google searches trying to discover how I could possess such prestige.

The FoundersCard almost validates my transitionto entrepreneurship, and even perhaps the success of the Moustache Tie Clip Project.  It’s quite excessive; without a serious expense account (a la gdifc) I may be missing out on some of the baller benefits with NetJets and Maverick Business Adventures.  There are, however, many practical benefits for startups including major discounts with Fedex (25-50% off, Shopify (our Tsaiclip host), and the occasional chiq hotels (The Standard, W, and Ace).  Most of the discounts seem to be New York-centric, which really makes it a shame that I’ll be leaving for Paris in a few days.  With a $495 annual fee and $65 initiation fee it isn’t the easiest pill to swallow for a start-up, but I will make sure to splurge on all the local benefits if end up in the Wharton exchange for INSEAD P4.

Hope the card has a nice ring to it when I drop it on the VIP counter - well actually I’m going to hold off until I find more Euro/Asia uses for it.