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Finance

IFC to launch investment fund for Indian women SMEs

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World Bank’s investment arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering a women’s investment fund programme aimed at investing in women-owned businesses globally through private equity funds, reports Business Standard.
The programme would help SMEs in India and Africa and mid-cap companies in Southeast Asia. However, the quantum of the fund has not been disclosed by the Corporation.

According to IFC, working through experienced fund managers with regional and corporate banking experience would help improve corporate governance and train women entrepreneurs to grow their companies and create more jobs.

Furthermore, IFC’s ‘Banking on Women’ programme supports access to finance and builds technical capacity for women through global and regional financial institutions. “Women entrepreneurs are changing the face of the global economy, helping to sustain job creation and economic growth. It is estimated that women-owned entities represent over 30 percent of registered businesses worldwide. Unfortunately, on average, only 5 to 10 percent of women-owned entities have access to commercial bank loans,” said IFC.

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Marketing

Earning Social Currency for Your Small Business

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In a world where social media marketing gains power by the minute, earning “social currency” for your local business is critical to success. In short, social currency is what your business earns when customers and prospects share information about you via social media. That might be a recommendation, review, blog post, tweet, photo, video or just a thought.

Whatever it is helps put your name and your “brand” (got one?) in front of potential buyers. The point is that they are sharing something about you, and that’s (almost) like money in the bank. It helps you develop a unique identity for your business, yourself or your brand and creates more opportunities to interact with customers and prospects and develop the all-important relationships that lead to repeat customers and referrals.

Earning social currency for your business is one of the most important value-building marketing moves you can make today. And it doesn’t have to cost you money.

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Education, Motivations, Networking

Success Mantra for Entrepreneurship

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Hear one of the brightest minds
in the telecom industry speak.

Join Mr. Atul Jain, CEO and Chairman of TEOCO, in our event “At What Price”, in a stimulating discussion on “How to create a successful technology product company”, as he shares his very own experiences as an entrepreneur who endeavoured and succeeded in creating one of the best telecom product companies.

In this discussion, Mr. Jain will be joined by eminent speakers, while the moderator for this event will be none other than Mr. Harsha Bhogle; cricketer, commentator and journalist.

About TEOCO

TEOCO is a market leading multinational organization – with operations in the US, Israel, India and the UK –providing telecom network management solutions to some of the best tele-communication service providers worldwide founded by Mr. Atul Jain a visionary and an entrepreneur.

More details at www.teoco.com

About Atul Jain

It was Mr. Jain’s dream to build a successful business model and not just a successful business. His vision was to create and nurture an institution that did not compromise its values, while realizing its goals.Mr. Atul Jain today is considered to be one of the brightest minds in the telecom industry and Billing & OSS World has ranked Mr. Atul Jain as one of the 25 most influential people in the telecom software industry.

Eminent Panelists will be leading the panel discussion.

More details at www.atwhatprice.in
Venue

Novotel

Balraj Sahani Marg,
Juhu Beach
Mumbai-400049 Maharashtra

 Date & Time

Monday, 15th of July 2013
from 7:00 PM onwards, followed by cocktails and dinner.

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Let us know if you plan to attend and if you are bringing guests.
Finance

VC Circle

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VCCircle is a fast growing news website tracking India’s investment economy. Its focus areas include venture capital, private equity, investment banking, mergers, acquisitions, corporate law, and entrepreneurship. It strives to make the lives of busy executives and entrepreneurs easier by providing relevant information and analysis in a short and crispy manner 24/7. It caters to the information needs of investors of all hues, deal makers, corporate CFOs, and entrepreneurs, who are looking for news, analysis and insights into India’s growing deal economy.

To take our initiatives on-ground, VCCircle events & marketing consultancy division builds forums in the entrepreneurial & innovation hubs of our country by bringing investors & companies together. In our recent forums conducted in Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad & Kolkata, our participants met India’s top fund managers, investment bankers, and entrepreneurs and through our interactive panel discussions dissected the trends, analysis & challenges prevalent in our deal economy.

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Education, Finance

TiE Investor Forum – Debt Funding

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Date:
Saturday, June 22, 2013 – 9:30am – 5:00pm
Location
IES,

Near Lilavati Hospital, Bandra (W)

Mumbai

India
Pricing:
Member INR 750.00
Student Member INR 500.00
Non Member INR 1,200.00

TiE Investor Forum – Debt Funding

Objective :
-Educate entrepreneursabout why and how of debt funding
-Get banks to meet and evaluate companies one-on-one

Who should attend:
Entrepreneurs looking at raising collateral free debt

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Finance

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) – for finance

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For more than 30 years, NEA has been helping to build great companies. Our committed capital has grown to $13 billion, including a $2.6 billion fourteenth fund closed in 2012. We invest across stage and geography in technology, healthcare and energy.

NEA provides venture capital to help innovative entrepreneurs and business leaders build transformational, industry-leading companies around the world.

  • $13 Billion in Committed Capital
  • 175+ IPOs
  • 290+ Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 35-Year Track Record of Success

Discover how our experienced and team-oriented firm can help you achieve your dream.

When it is time to take a promising business or business idea to the next level, entrepreneurs want a venture partner who understands and believes in the power of big dreams, bold visions and fresh ideas that have the power to change an industry, a sector, the world.

Moreover, entrepreneurs want a venture partner who knows what it takes—through first-hand experience and carefully nurtured relationships—to make a company succeed, to turn an idea into an action, and to make a plan a reality.

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Calendar, Motivations, Networking, News

Empowering SMEs for Global Competitiveness

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INDIA SME BUSINESS CONCLAVE
Theme : Empowering SMEs for Global Competitiveness
19th Foundation Day Celebration

 

Topics to be Covered

 

  • Innovation & Excellence – Competing in the Globalised World
  • Accelerating Growth – Moving from KYC to Understanding Your Customers
  • Streamlining International Business Operations and Acquisitions
  • E-commerce – The latest buzz for Market Penetration
  • Capturing New Markets by Effective Marketing and Branding Strategy
  • Benchmarking and Reengineering – Importance for Global Competitiveness
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital – Fueling better Business Growth
  • Leveraging Supply Chain Management: Improving Business Performance
  • Investment Opportunity for Expansion and Diversification
  • Capital Market – Strategic Entry for SMEs
  • Good Governance & Business Ethics – Building Market Image
  • Involvement of CFO for Financial Discipline and Transparency
  • Initiatives for Developing SMEs into Corporate
  • Business and Financial Management Strategy – Maximising Value
  • Technology Upgradation to focus on Quality and Efficiency
  • Managing Business and Operational Risks

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Management

HOW TO RECRUIT THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB!

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HOW TO RECRUIT THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB!

Put about 100 bricks in some Particular order in a closed Room with an Open window.
Then send 2 or 3 candidates into the room and close the door.

Leave them alone and come back After 6 hours and then analyse The situation..

If they are counting the
Bricks.
Put them in the Accounts Department.

If they are recounting them..
Put them in Auditing ..

If they have messed up the
Whole place with the bricks.
Put them in Engineering.

If they are arranging the
Bricks in some strange order.
Put them in Planning.

If they are throwing the
Bricks at each other.
Put them in Operations.

If they are sleeping.
Put them in Security.

If they have broken the bricks Into pieces.
Put them in Information Technology.

If they are sitting idle.
Put them in Human Resources.

If they say they have tried
Different combinations, yet
Not a brick has Been moved, put them in Sales.

If they have already left for
The day.
Put them in Marketing.

If they are staring out of the
Window.
Put them on Strategic Planning.

And then last but not least.
If they are talking to each
Other and not a single brick
Has been Moved.

Congratulate them and put them
in
Top Management…

– Raj Bhat – Chief Mentor

Innovation, Motivations

Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry

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When Arunachalam Muruganantham decided he was going to do something about the fact that women in India can’t afford sanitary napkins, he went the extra mile:

Receiving the Best Innovation Award from The President of India – Smt. Pratibha Patil in New Delhi

When Arunachalam Muruganantham hit a wall in his research on creating a sanitary napkin for poor women, he decided to do what most men typically wouldn’t dream of. He wore one himself–for a whole week. Fashioning his own menstruating uterus by filling a bladder with goat’s blood, Muruganantham went about his life while wearing women’s underwear, occasionally squeezing the contraption to test out his latest iteration. It resulted in endless derision and almost destroyed his family. But no one is laughing at him anymore, as the sanitary napkin-making machine he went on to create is transforming the lives of rural women across India.

In under 12 minutes, listen to the fascinating journey of a workshop helper – from being rejected by the same women whose lives he wanted to change – to now gearing up to create jobs for a million women.

http://www.inktalks.com/discover/177/arunachalam-muruganantham-the-first-man-to-wear-a-sanitary-napkin-inktalks

Courtesy : Firdosh Tolat