Business Plans, Motivations, Networking, News

World’s Richest B Plan Competition Comes to India

TiE’s All Asia Business Plan Competition comes to New Delhi this time!

Get mentored by top investors and global entrepreneurs!

Compete with participants from India, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Melbourne, Sydney, Dubai, Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.

How to participate?

All you need to do and know to win

Agenda Objective
Launch Event: Nov 12th 2011 The launch event will be an interesting amalgamation of industry leaders and aspiring young entrepreneurs. Here you will also get to know more about the Bplan competition and the next steps of submitting your Executive Summaries. Also get inspired by stories of young entrepreneurs who started-up and have defined success.
Submission of Executive Summary: Latest by 9th Dec 2011 By 9th Dec, the participants will have to submit their executive summaries to the TiE Delhi – NCR team. The shortlisted teams will be invited for the business sessions.
Business Session I: 17th Dec 2011 Business Session I will have mentors assigned to each team, who will help them further refine their plan.
Business Session II: 14th Jan 2012 Business Session II will have mentors assigned to each team, who will help them create powerful pitches and presentations.
Delhi Finals: 28th Jan 2012 The Delhi finals will have the business plans go through tough grilling by the jury and the results declared.
All Asia Finals: 10th and 11th Feb 2012 Teams from across Asia chapters will land in Delhi to compete in the challenging environment, culminating with the most exciting start-up event of 2012: Smash-up.
I am Excited, How do I become part of the Launch Event?

To be part of the launch event, all you need to do is and register free by filling in the details.

Who all can participate?

• Any team of professionals/ undergraduate students with at least one graduate student as part of the core team. A maximum of 5 members are allowed per team.

I want to explore sponsorship/ partnership opportunities?

Let’s talk. All you need to do is to drop a mail at:
nitin@tienewdelhi.org OR paritosh@tienewdelhi.org OR call: +91 9818477719+91 9999765121

For more details, contact Manish @ 9971766455
TiE Delhi NCR, Unit No.1102, Tower-A, Advant IT Park, Plot No.7, Sector-142, Expressway Noida-201305. Ph-0120 424 3311

 

Franchise, Networking, News

Small Business Congress

Small Business Congress in its 2nd edition is a two-day conference with AN ENLIGHTENING INSIGHT on the WHAT / HOW / WHO of starting, managing and growing Self-Sustainable & Socially Conscious businesses.

The two-day conference would comprise of keynote sessionspanel discussionsone-to-one networking forums and much more. This platform will unlock greatest opportunities in today’s exciting small business environment as it opens new business avenues in products or services. The congress explores the environment for creating new business ideas, securing funding for growth, building teams.More than 500 business leaders from a huge range of organizations are expected to gather and discover, share and connect.

 

                      Small Business Congress 2011

  • ·         Conference:
Small Business Congress 2011
  • ·         Date:
17th – 18th , October , 2011
  • ·         Venue:
Novotel Hotel, Mumbai
  • ·         Timing:
0900 Hrs- 1800 Hrs

 

Conference Highlights

  • Explore the upcoming business trends for the Indian SMES
  • Draft a growth-centric business plan
  • Learn to acquire funding for your business
  • Evaluate various cost-effective channels for business development
  • Lean to maximize the efficiency of all business resources available

Technology 2.0 For Small Business

  • Use networking sites like linkedin, twitter and facebook and blogging to generate leads
  • Establish contacts with peers to form alliances / Joint Ventures for increased sales
  • Understand legal tools to safeguard your business
  • Shift your role from ‘ acting ‘ to ‘ directing’ in a business
  • And many more….

 

Some of the confirmed experts include:

Name Designation Company
H.P. Kumar CMD NSIC
Uday Verma Secretary Govt. of India  – Ministry of MSME
Nirmal Jain CEO Indiainfoline
Pradeep Hirani Chairman Kimaya Fashions
Venguswamy Ramaswamy Global Head– iON Tata Consultancy Services
Jagdeep Kapoor Director Samsika Consulting
Anand Lunia ED & CFO SEED Advisors
Vivek Joshi Associate Director Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd.
Nitish Aggarwal Senior Principal Milestone Religare Investment Advisors
Prashant Bhaskar MD Plug HR
B V R Mohan Reddy Chairman Infotech ,Hyderabad
Sanjay Kamlani Co-CEO PANGEA3
Sushanto Mitra CEO Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, IIT Bombay

 

Conference Registration Fee

  • Regular Package : Rs. 15000 per delegate
  •  Premium Package : Rs. 20000 per delegate ( Cocktail & Gala Dinner )

 

 

Past delegates:

Regular price: INR 11030

Premium price: INR 14000

Important Links

 

This time we are trying to make this platform even bigger which implies bigger opportunities in terms of LearningNetworkingFund RaisingChannel DevelopmentBrandingMarketing and many more.

Considering the above fact we would like to understand on what capacity your organization could be a part of this platform.

Thanks & Regards

Amio

____________________________________________

Amio Kachari  

 

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Surajkund Village , Faridabad – 121009 ( Delhi / NCR )

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Email: kamio@franchiseindia.com | Website: www.franchiseindia.com

Motivations, Networking, News

Service Sector SME Summit

Small and Medium Business Development Chamber of India (SME Chamber of India), Maharashtra Industrial and Economic Development Association (MIEDA), SME Export Promotion Council and India International Trade Centre (IITC-INDIA) are jointly organising “Service Sector SME Summit – Opportunities and Challenges” on 12th October,2011 at Hotel InterContinental The Lalit, Mumbai with the support of Government of Maharashtra.

Service Sector is one of the fastest growing industries and witnessed the sharpest recorded rise in output during the past few years. SMEs are also the backbone of the service sector industry consisting of more than 62% and contribute about a quarter of total employment, accounting for a high share in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and over one-third of total exports. Currently, the Service Sector SMEs are facing many difficulties because of slow down in manufacturing sector, competition, non-availability of adequate funding, skilled manpower and insufficient support and assistance from the Government agencies.

This Summit will emphasise on improvement on the performance and sustainable growth, connectivity with other sectors for new business opportunities, role of Governments and Banks, Issues and problems, protective measures and support for better connectivity and inclusive growth through this initiative.
SMEs from Service Sectors  – Industrial & Business Management, Banking, Financial & Insurance Management, Legal, Technical & Project Management, Printing, Logistics & Transportation, Marketing, Distribution and Franchising,  Real Estate and Infrastructure, Engineering Fabrication & Manufacturing, Hospitality, Travel and Tourism, Advertising and Branding, Information & Communication Technology, Health Care, Entertainment, Media, Environmental Management, Event Management, Security and Safety Management, Automotive Services, Professional and other Business oriented services sectors will be given more support for better growth.

We request you to register at this important activity.

Regards,

Saakshi Kulkarni
Director
Small & Medium Business Development Chamber of India (SME Chamber of India)

Business Plans, Motivations, Networking, News

Eureka! 2011

Hello !

The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay in Association with Entrepreneur presents Eureka! 2011. Eureka! is the Asia’s largest business plan competition with total prizes worth USD 52,000. Top 50 teams get intensive mentoring by leading corporates, legal & financial consultancy and an online platform to get solutions to their queries.

Eureka! Social:
This year we are launching Eureka! Social, a new initiative to support Social Ventures. It’s a separate platform for social ventures with the same timeline, but judges, mentors and other resources will be dedicated to specially to Social Ventures. Top 3 winners will get direct entry  to semi-final round of Dell Social Innovation Competition organized jointly
by University of Texas and Dell, Incubation Opportunity at Villigro, UnLtd India and funding Opportunity at Grameen Creative Lab.

To register, visit: www.ecell.in/eureka
“You can submit any query regarding your b-plan just by tweeting to @ecell_iitb. Your query will then get answered by our expert panel of experienced entrepreneurs and VCs through our ‘Tweet-your-doubt’ campaign within a span of few days.
The Last Date for submission of Plans is 4th October, 2010.”

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

Business Plans, Networking, News

The Entrepreneur Summit 2011

The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay, is a conglomerate of individuals with a vision, a dream. It is a place for all those who shirk from taking beaten paths and believe in leaving trails in all walks of life. The Cell aims at manifesting the latent Entrepreneurial spirit of young students. Not only do we show you the doors of opportunity but we also equip you to walk through it.

India as a Nation has traversed a long way to be amongst one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The Entrepreneurs have played a major role in shaping the Indian economy. Today the Indian Entrepreneur is aiming high and big.

The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay presents Entrepreneurship Summit 2011, a conglomerate of eminent Speaker Sessions, highly efficient networking Events and nail biting pitching Competitions and much more.

Endorsing the theme of “Connecting the dots”, the 5th Edition of the E Summit ’11 will be hosting events specifically designed to facilitate efficient networking. It aims to empower you with all the necessary know-how required for you to prosper now and into the future.

Click Here for more details

Business Ideas, Business Plans, Networking, News

Idea to Biz Plan in 48 Hours

Entrepreneur India is the magazine partner of iWeekend – an event that has helped entrepreneurs form a team, create a business plan, a prototype and present it to angel/seed-stage investors in 48 hours. iWeekend started in Spain in 2007 and several business ideas that were developed at various iWeekend events are real companies today.

iWeekend is coming to Mumbai for the first time. 60 entrepreneurs will lay the foundations of 3 start-ups in one weekend. Join them at IIT Bombay on Feb 4-6 http://iweekend.org/mumbai

This event is for technologists, designers, marketers, business and finance professionals, lawyers, etc.with a passion for technology and the intention of founding a start-up or working in one.

At iWeekend Mumbai, you will also get an opportunity to meet and interact with our Editor – Mr Bipin Chandran who will be mentoring the participants of iWeekend. Other partners of iWeekend Mumbai include ET Now as TV partner, The Morpheus as an acceleration partner, TiE Mumbai, CIIE at IIM-A | Mentoredge and Springboard Ventures as mentoring partners, Headstart Network as the start-up ecosystem partners and a few more. All these partners will help the entrepreneurs transform the business plan and prototype created at iWeekend into real companies.

Click here to participate in iWeekend Mumbai: http://iweekend.org/mumbai/en/participate/

Motivations, Networking, News, People / Stories

TiE Entrepreneural Summit 2010

It gives us great pleasure to announce one of the largest entrepreneurship symposiums in Asia in its fifth year – TiE Entrepreneurial Summit (TES) 2010: “Enterprising India – Changing the Nation, Leading the World”, a 3 day mega event that would focus on entrepreneurial opportunities in a wide range of domains; world renowned selection of speakers and gurus and an amazing networking & business development platform.

Enterprising India would aim to showcase, celebrate & encourage, Diverse, Dynamic and Distinct examples of Enterprising Indians.

Click Here for the website and more details

Business Ideas, Education, Networking

Young Entrepreneurs’ International Summit

The Summit will provide a platform for networking, contact building and understanding new opportunities and challenges for young entrepreneurs in National and International markets.

Eminent speakers from Corporate, MNCs, Banks, Industry, Technology, International Trade, Private Equity and Venture Capital Firms, Consulting Agencies, Marketing, Government, Entertainment, Arts and the Ministers and prominent personalities from different fields will interact, guide and create awareness amongst the entrepreneurs.

This will also elaborate on enhancement of business activities, capacity building, export promotion, acquiring latest technology, equity funding, banking finance, strategies to enter into new markets, business collaborations and alliances, skill development, set up new enterprises and expansion, changing mindset of the family run business, quality management, productivity improvement and other business opportunities. The Summit will also discuss on various issues and problems of the young entrepreneurs to survive in the competitive market.

It will concentrate on grooming and incubation process to provide useful information to guide them in different aspects of business development and management.

The Forum will provide information and guidance on the process of setting up an enterprise, making a business plan, market study, feasibility reports, project reports, approaching a bank or a financial institution for obtaining term loans and working capital, development of skills pertaining to manufacturing, quality, marketing and human relations, effective communication, exports, foreign exchange rules and regulations, international payment settlements, risk management and other related topics.

Click Here for more details ………….