Mentoring, Motivations, Networking, News

Entrepreneur Summit Invitation

“The Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) of Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) is conducting an Entrepreneurship Summit (E-Summit) on 3rd September and 4th September, 2011. E-Summit 2011 is a unique and novel idea which seeks to bring business leaders to IIMK campus and facilitate interaction between Venture Capitalists, seasoned & upcoming entrepreneurs, academia and students.

The summit is the first of its kind in Kerala and will include gamut of activities like:

Entrepreneurial Lecture Series – Knowledge sharing and mentoring sessions by esteemed leaders, entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists
Entrepreneurial workshop

Panel Discussion on “Raising Investments for a Startup Business”
Entrepreneurial train journey for entrepreneurs, startups and participants from Bangalore to Kozhikode : सहकारिता (collaboration) Express

Investment Fair – Venture Capitalists selecting startups for funding in the range of $2million to $5million
Startup Fair – Summer Internship recruitment by Startups

For more information on E-Summit 2011, kindly visit http://esummit.iimk.ac.in/

E-Cell at IIMK solicits your assistance in making E-Summit 2011 a success by participating or partnering in the event. The diverse entrepreneurial events conducted during E-Summit 2011 would provide you with an immense learning opportunity to expand your thought horizon. With over 1000 participants from across the country, the summit would also be a huge platform for prospective sponsors.

For any queries contact Mr. Amarendra Kumar Gorai (+91 8086881369) or send an email to ecell@iimk.ac.in

Mentoring, Motivations

Characteristics of good business leadership

Good business leadership is the sum total of skills, hard work, determination and a set of individualized leadership qualities. A calculated blend of all these essential characteristics can make it easier for the business leader to attain his company’s goals and achieve business success. Good business  leadership is the core element to running any successful business.

 

Not everybody can have an innate business acumen. But it is possible to acquire and develop the characteristics of good business leadership. God business leadership entails discipline and practice by emulating the characteristics of prominent business leaders, building one’s capacity to influence, inspire and command respect and above all, having the passion, the vision and tenacity to developing one’s latent qualities.

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Courtesy : Gabby Bugwadia

Mentoring, News

Mentor Edge

MentorEdge is an initiative by Mentors and Experts across India to provide hand-holding, mentoring and networking support to aspiring entrepreneurs. It is a country wide structured network of mentors aimed at helping entrepreneurs get the winning edge through advisory support on various strategic and operational decisions.

MentorEdge helps create synergistic relationship between mentors and mentees. Initiated by Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) in October 2009, MentorEdge has received immense interest from mentors and mentees alike and hopes to bridge an important gap in India’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Finance, Mentoring, Motivations, Social Entrepreneurship

Grand Challenges Explorations

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 6 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health solutions. Applicants can be at any experience level, in any discipline, and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for profit companies.

Grant proposals are being accepted online until November 2, 2010 on the following topics:

New!  The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Ways to Accelerate, Sustain and Monitor Eradication
New!  Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies
New!  Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection
Create New Technologies to improve the Health of Mothers and Newborns
Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Applications for Priority Global Health Diseases

Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.  Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions are available at: http://www.grandchallenges.org/Pages/default.aspx

We are looking forward to receiving innovative ideas from around the world and from all disciplines. If you have a great idea, apply. If you know someone else who may have a great idea, please forward this message.

Thank you for your commitment to solving the world’s greatest health challenges.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people – especially those with the fewest resources – have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Courtesy : Firdosh Roowalla

Mentoring, News, Startups

Mentors Meeting Place

Thousands of Professionals wish to make their expertise available to MSMEs How do they reach the MSMEs?

MSMEs want relevant Professionals to mentor them to grow their business How do they find such Professionals?

Bringing them together for a win-win situation

Presenting

a free online platform, for Professionals to submit their profiles in a simple format and for MSMEs to identify and reach experts they need, through a refined search mechanism

The endeavour is to enable optimal match-making between Professionals and MSMEs and thus create a win-win for all.