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Business Ideas, Motivations, News

Next Big Things

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From creating cars that communicate with each other, to helping kids write their own books, to improvising medical devices worthy of MacGyver, these six innovators promise to change the way we live

  • SHUTTER TO THINK – Lytro founder Ren Ng is taking the blur (and the fuss) out of photography
  • MEANINGFUL GESTURE – Inside Aviad Maizels’ quest to render your remote control deader than the VCR
  • SHORT STORIES – To get kids interested in learning, Sharon Kan had an idea: help them write their own books
  • DRIVING FORCE – Meet Paul Mascarenas: the man behind Ford’s push to become the world’s most high-tech automaker
  • LOCAL NETWORK – How Jennifer Pahlka’s Code for America is transforming the way ailing cities solve problems
  • DR. DIY – MIT’s Jose Gomez-Marquez is devising cheap, ingenious tools that could revolutionize third-world medicine

Motivations, Networking, News

SME Manufacturing Summit – Strategies and Initiatives for Sustainable Growth

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SME Chamber of India, SME Export Promotion Council, India International Trade Centre, SME Technology Development Council and Maharashtra Industrial and Economic Development Association are jointly organising “SME Manufacturing Summit – Theme – Strategies and Initiatives for Sustainable Growth” on 13th January, 2012 at Mumbai with the support of Government of Maharashtra.

This Summit will provide a unique opportunity to Manufacturing SMEs to  understand emerging business opportunities, latest technology, Investment, Bank Finance, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Joint Venture, Technology Transfer,Contract Manufacturing, International Collaborations, Innovation, Industrial Automation, Business and Finance Management  and Strategy for Business Growth.   This also  will provide information and support   to Manufacturing SMEs  for enhancing connectivity for export business opportunity.  Even though SMEs  are backbone of Indian economy, their problems and issues are not properly  taken care of by the concerned Government agencies.

The participants can take advantage of interaction with potential business partner SMEs, CEOs of Corporate & NBFCs, Senior Government Officials & Bankers, Technocrats, Project Management , Financial, Marketing and IT  Consultants, PE / VC Funds, Investors and  experts from different fields such as quality control, processes, operations,  logistics and ICT.

We invite SMEs and Entrepreneurs from manufacturing and service sector industries as well as other sectors also to participate at this important Summit  and request you to  download Registration Form .  Also find links about our earlier activities for your reference.

We look forward to your early registration and your involvement in our activities for the growth of your business.

With regards,

Neera Inamdar
Dy. Secretary General
Small and Medium Business Development Chamber of India (SME Chamber of India)
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Registered & Head Office:
3, Upper Ground Floor, Samruddhi Venture Park, Marol MIDC Industrial Estate, Andheri (E), Mumbai-400093
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Tel: 91-22-61509800 | 66674444 | 66770218/19  | Fax: +91-22-29271750 | 28250414
E-mail: smechamberofindia@vsnl.net  | smechamber@vsnl.net  |  www.smechamberofindia.com
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Registration Form 
Programme 
SME Manufacturing Summit on 13th January, 2012  – http://www.smechamberofindia.com/smemanufacturingsummit/Programme.doc

Business Ideas, Business Plans, Motivations, Networking, News

Global Entrepreneurship Summit – IIT Kharagpur

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The theme for this year’s summit is “Innovation-The Creators of Tomorrow”. The highlight of the summit is the “Startup Camp” to be held on 15th January 2012. The camp would provide a platform for the startups, venture capitalists and students all across the nation to interact with one another and also provide students the splendid opportunity to gain internships! The summit will also feature Guest Lectures by eminent innovatorsand World-Class Workshops on the various aspects related to Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

We are a non-profit student organisation at IIT Kharagpur with the aim of fostering the spirit of entrepreneurship among college students in India. We are one of the most successful entrepreneurial organisations in the country with 28 start-ups incubated within 5 years of our inception.

We conduct our flagship event – Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) every year in January, and this is oneof the biggest entrepreneurial platforms for academicians, new-age entrepreneurs, eminent business personalities, venture capitalists and students to gather at one place and share their entrepreneurial endeavours and experiences, and to pledge to take entrepreneurship to greater scales. GES 2012 will be held from 13-15 January 2012 at IIT Kharagpur. More than 2000 students from various engineering colleges in India will be a part of this summit.

GES 2012 also plays host to the Global Entrepreneurship Conference in India. The conference aims to provide a platform where promotion of entrepreneurship could be discussed with a global perspective. It will feature a live video conference with foreign universities and US entrepreneurs to understand the entrepreneurial environmental in different nations.

We would like you to be part of GES 2012 and make good use of the resources and rich entrepreneurial environment to take entrepreneurship in India to new level

For more details on the summit, you can visit the site: www.ges.ecell-iitkgp.org

 

You can also visit E-Cell IIT Kharagpur’s site: www.ecell-iitkgp.org or like our FB page:www.facebook.com/ecell.iitkgp to know more about our yearlong activities.

Thank you,                                                                        

Magazine Partner:  Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur

Business Ideas, Motivations, News, Technology

How nanotechnology is changing the world

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http://nanoholdings.com/ – Justin Hall-Tipping CEO of “Nanoholdings” Explains how nanotechnology is set to change the future of energy and replace fossil and nuclear fuels:

Discuss this video in detail, share links, videos, pictures, sources, and more! Visit the AlienScientist Discussion board for this topic:
http://www.alienscientist.com/forum/showthread.php?752-The-Future-of-Nano-Electric Power Generation

Below is an excerpt from: http://nanoholdings.com/about-us/

Nanoholdings is a team of scientists, investors and innovators working at the cutting-edge of nanotechnology to develop solutions to the world’s growing energy problems. Working in partnership with the world’s best universities we develop products and companies that will revolutionize the way we use and generate energy.

Two things stand out about us — we focus exclusively on nanotechnology-based energy solutions and we work at the very cutting-edge of nano-energy research.

Our extensive network of leading scientists in the nanotechnology field are central to our work – scientists based at eminent universities around the world, who are working at the coal-face of nano-energy research to seek out alternative solutions for how we generate, transmit, store and use energy. We support and guide their research, transforming breakthroughs into viable solutions — products to revolutionize the way we use and generate energy.

Business Plans, Motivations, Networking, News

World’s Richest B Plan Competition Comes to India

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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

 

Motivations, News

Wharton’s Accelerated Development Program

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Wharton’s Accelerated Development Program (ADP) is a new certificate program for high-potential business leaders in India. It is particularly designed for those rising leaders who wish to refine their business acumen and enhance their professional development.

Wharton’s Accelerated Development Program features the same world-class faculty and content that this internationally-recognized business school already provides companies, organizations, and individuals on its historic campus at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Click Here for more

Franchise, Networking, News

Small Business Congress

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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 sessions, panel discussions, one-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 Learning, Networking, Fund Raising, Channel Development, Branding, Marketing 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

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Amio Kachari  

 

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

Motivations, Networking, News

Service Sector SME Summit

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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)