Author: yazdi

Calendar, Mentoring, Social Entrepreneurship

Sankalp Summit

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The annual Sankalp Summit is one of Asia’s largest collaborative platforms to bring together social enterprises, impact investors, policy makers, academicians, and other market makers. Initiated in 2009 with the vision of catalyzing impact investments into social enterprises globally, the forum today has evolved into a community of over 350 social enterprises, over 300 investors and 300 sector stakeholders. Sankalp’s 4 key round-the-year services are designed to address scale-up challenges that social enterprises face regularly i.e. Access to Finance, Capacity Building, Knowledge and Talent Gap. In 3 years, over 150 social enterprises have benefited from our services.

Apart from programmatic diversification, Sankalp in 2012 will expand to include path-breaking models from South East Asia. This year, the summit will also delve deeper into the evolution of urban business models in South Asia, and what it means for under-served urban markets.

Sankalp’s key success also lies in sourcing a strong deal flow pipeline year on year, through the Sankalp Awards. Vetted by the best investment houses globally, 30 investible, high-impact enterprises from India and South East Asia will be showcased at the forum. The annual Summit that witnesses over 700 participants will be held from April 11-13, at Taj Land’s End, Mumbai, this year.

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Motivations, Networking, News, Resources

10000 WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

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Launched by Goldman Sachs, 10,000 Women is a global initiative that will increase the number of under-served women entrepreneurs receiving a business and management education. This initiative is built on the premise that partnerships between education, development, and business experts can help bring about significant change through improved business education for women entrepreneurs.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE
To ensure that the initiative benefits the most deserving candidates, the program targets businesses and businesswomen that satisfy the following criteria:

  • The business is owned or co-owned by the applicant
  • The business has been in existence for at least a year
  • The business has the potential to grow through the infusion of management techniques and know-how
  • The revenue turnover of the business is between Rs.5,00,000 and Rs.75,00,000 per annum
  • The entrepreneur who runs the business is proficient in English
  • The entrepreneur is preferably not a post-graduate in business or a PhD in any discipline
  • The entrepreneur is underserved in terms of family income and family circumstances

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Finance

3 Numbers All Entrepreneurs Should Know

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To make good decisions, you need good data. That’s a given, right? But in a start-up, what data should you be looking at?

In the early days of a startup, sometimes there isn’t much to measure. A comparison of this year’s sales compared to last year’s isn’t all that helpful if you’ve only been around for eight months. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t start collecting data right away.

Check out these 3 major figures

1. Pipeline coverage

2. Sales per employee

3. Customer payback period

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Mentoring, Motivations, Resources

Business Incubators and Facilitators in India

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The main goal of most business incubation programmes is to produce companies that create jobs and wealth in their communities. Business incubators nurture the development of entrepreneurial companies, helping them survive and grow during the start-up period, when they are most vulnerable.

Once established, model business incubation programmes commit to industry best practices such as structuring for financial sustainability, recruiting and appropriately compensating management with company-growing skills, building an effective board of directors, and prioritising management’s time to place the greatest emphasis on resident assistance.

Click Here for the full list of India’s Best Incubators, with their contact details, including those from IIMA, IITB, NID, etc.

Legal, News, Resources

Setup your company online

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CompaniesInn makes Company Incorporation and Limited Liability Partnership Incorporation easy for entrepreneurs. CompaniesInn professionally registers Private Companies, Public Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) faster than anyone else. CompaniesInn is headquartered in Bangalore with satellite operations around the country.

CompaniesInn India is the first Online Company Registration and LLP registration portal committed to help entrepreneurs and small business owners to learn about online Incorporation and its benefits, as well as helping them easily and affordably undertake this important business step without sacrificing quality. Apart from Incorporation Services, CompaniesInn provides Corporate Law Compliance Services, Book Keeping and Accounting services and Tax Compliance Services.

Why CompaniesInn

CompaniesInn is the right and trusted choice for online Company Registration, LLP Registration and other business setup services. Our professional team, comprehensive services and exceptional value make CompaniesInn your ideal partner – not only for incorporation services, but for the support you need throughout the life of your business.

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Innovation, Motivations

36 Clever (And Quirky) Packaging Designs

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First impressions make all the difference, especially in a fast-paced age when everyone is just too busy to take a step back to wait and see. But what kind of design will impress the consumers? In this particular post we want to show you some possible answers by showcasing 36 extraordinary packaging designs by extraordinary designers.

Click Here for some really clever, innovative, eye-catching packaging designs.

 

Courtesy : Delzin Tantra

Calendar, Education

Invitation to attend Intellectual Property Tool Kit Session for Startup Entrepreneurs!

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Have you been in situations faced with any of these questions?

  • How do I profit from my intellect & know how
  • Is my organisation compliant with Intellectual Property laws
  • How do I protect my technology/brand/creative work

 

Then, IP Tool Kit for Start up Entrepreneurs is just for you!!

In association with BENCIL, presents:

IP Tool Kit for Start up Entrepreneurs

A two hour interactive session, stressing on the basics of Intellectual Property in the context of start ups. The speaker will share useful insights on the importance of IP for up and coming businesses and will help answer the questions lingering in the minds of innovators.

Takeaways: Master Copy of the workshop material and other relevant documents and possible solutions to all your IP-related queries!

Also, a chance to get advice on your specific IP challenges!! 3 entrepreneurs will get an opportunity to avail expert advice on their specific IP challenges through a 20-minute one on one session with the expert.  These 3 will be chosen on a first-come-first-served basis. 

Expert: Rajeev Surana

Patent Attorney & Founder, Scinnovation Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Rajeev Surana is an Engineer & Marketing management (XIM) graduate by qualification and a registered Patent Attorney with the Indian Patent Office. He has been involved with the R&D and Innovation sector in India for a decade now and specializes in commercialization of ideas by helping build business partnerships with different stakeholders. He is passionate about taking “technology & design ideas to the market” by working with Individual Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Incubators & Research Institutes on ‘idea protection to commercialization’. A regular contributor to Yourstory.in on IP & Innovation as also a board member of Licensing Executive Society, India chapter and Patent Agents Association India. He is currently involved in writing a book on “Protect your Idea” and loves to run on Mumbai roads & Marathons.

 

Date                 :    Saturday, 10th March 2012

Time                :   10:30 am to 1.30 pm

Registration Fee: INR 150 (On the spot)

Venue                  : Fr.Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering- Bandra, Mumbai

Agenda:

 

10:30-11:00: Registration

11:00-12:45: Interactive Session

1.00 -1:30: One-on-One Session with expert

1:00 – 2:00: Networking over Tea and Snacks

 

Please confirm your participation by filling the application form

 

For further details, contact:

Waridhi Joshi

Ph: 9819708221 or e-mail at eclub.mum@nenonline.org

 

Prerana Manvi

Ph: +91 9845228630 or e-mail at prerana@nenglobal.org

 

We look forward to seeing you at the session!

Warm regards,
Leadership council, E Club Mumbai
NEN Secretariat


Calendar, Mentoring, News

“WOMENTORING” on Wednesday 7th March 2012

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NHRDN International Women’s Day on “WOMENTORING” on Wednesday 7th March 2012 from 9.30 to 5.00 pm

As a part of Silver Jubilee Year, NHRDN Mumbai Chapter jointly with National HRD Network has decided to celebrate International Women’s Day on Wednesday 7th March 2012 by organizing a full day Conference in Mumbai. The theme of the Conference is “WOMENTORING”

Enclosed please find the invitation with names of the speakers and Registration Form.

For a full day Conference the fees are Rs. 500 per head for NHRDN Members, Rs 800/- for Non Members. About 25 Senior Personalities from different Business & Industries will address this day long conference and would be available for consultation at the unique session on “WOMENTORING”

Interested members are requested to book their seats by returning the enclosed registration form duly filled in together with cash / cheque towards delegation fee.

Please encourage women employees of your organization and self employed women to attend this conference in large number.

With Kind Regards.

Yours Sincerely.

Swati Datye,
General Secretary,
NHRDN Mumbai Chapter. 

INVITATION

Registration Form

Mentoring, Motivations, Resources, Social Entrepreneurship

Sustainable Development

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The CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development is an institution that creates a conducive, enabling climate for Indian businesses to pursue sustainability goals. It creates awareness, promotes thought leadership, and builds capacity to achieve sustainability across a broad spectrum of issues.

A pioneering effort by CII, the Centre is the fountainhead of ideas and practices to promote Sustainability. It enables Indian businesses become sustainable, and channels the potential of Indian industry to power India’s agenda for inclusive growth and sustainable development. It enables businesses transform themselves by embedding the concerns of sustainable development into their own strategies and processes.

The Centre recognises businesses that make outstanding contributions to sustainable development. In the process, they become role models for India’s corporations in adopting cutting edge practices to promote sustainable development.

The Centre of Excellence :-

  • Conducts advocacy and awareness generation on triple bottom line issues
  • Conducts professional training for capacity building on sustainable development not only for the large companies but also the medium and small companies.
  • Recognises and rewards companies that contribute to sustainable development and promote role models in different sectors of the Indian Industry.
  • Encourages sustainability thought leadership.

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