Mentoring, Startups

What’s the Deal With the Sudden Rash of Incubators?

Ajeet Khurana
If you have been in the Indian startup space for the past couple of years, you would have noticed that the past 15-odd months have seen an abnormally high number of announcements of new private incubators and accelerators. What are these strange animals? What do they want from us? And what is it that has caused the sudden rash?
What are incubators or accelerators?
Before we examine what has caused the heightened interest in incubators or accelerators, let us take a moment to recollect what they are all about. Sure there are some philosophical differences between these two beasts, i.e., incubators and accelerators, but in essence the give-and-take equation with startups remains similar.

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Business Ideas, Motivations, News

Crash Course on Creativity

This crash course is designed to explore several factors that stimulate and inhibit creativity in individuals, teams, and organizations. In each session we will focus on a different variable related to creativity, such as framing problems, challenging assumptions, and creative teams.

The course is highly experiential, requiring each student to participate actively, taking on weekly projects. Each Wednesday a new challenge will be presented, and the results are due the following Tuesday. Some of the challenges will be completed individually, and some will be done in teams. There will be a two-week project toward the end of the course that will allow you to use all the tools you have learned.

To foster collaboration and learning between the students, we will craft teams for each assignment. Each project will be done with a different team, so students get a chance to work with a wide variety of participants. All submissions will be viewed and evaluated by the course participants. There will also be a course Twitter feed and Facebook page, and several scheduled Google Hangouts that will enable active discussions on specific topics.

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Courtesy : Raj Bhat

Finance, Startups

Venture Nursery

VentureNursery (VN) is India’s first angel-backed start-up accelerator. Established in March 2012 by two like-minded Angel Investors -Shravan Shroff, Founder and former MD, Fame Cinemas and Ravi Kiran, former CEO-South East & South Asia, Starcom MediaVest Group and Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Friends of Ambition, the accelerator runs its physical premises out of Mumbai, India.

Based on our belief that the angel ecosystem must focus primarily on maximising the success potential of start-ups, VentureNursery undertakes an intensive and immersive coaching and mentoring role in the chosen start-ups and helps each with end-to-end infrastructural and learning support.

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Calendar, Finance

Finance for Non Finance Managers

THE LAYMEN CONSULTANTS 
Presents
Finance for Non Finance Managers

Date: 20th April 2013

Venue: The Hilton Mumbai, Near International Airport, Mumbai, India

Timing: 8.30 am to 6.00 pm

 

Introduction

The objective of the training programme is to provide a fishing rod to the participant, to dig into the subject of finance at will and take out all that matters for better commercial decision making. It is highly essential that senior managers in an organization are self equipped to systemize all their business functions in line with the financial objectives of the promoters.

The Laymen Consultants believe that “IF EXPLAINED SIMPLY”, everyone has the ability and the right to increase his awareness and knowledge on any subject he or she desires. To make a permanent shift in your thought process about finance, we bring you a one day training programme which covers the following.

 

Programme flowchart

 

8.30 -9.00 Breakfast
9.00 -10.00 Introduction to The World of Finance – Assessment of your Understanding of Finance, in which form does it exist around us, what are the key macros and thought processes required to enter the Subject
10.00 – 11.00 Concepts of Finance – Accounting Principles, Forms of Business Organisation
11.00-11.15 Tea and Coffee Break
11.15 – 1.00 Balance Sheet – Macro Imaging the business and how it Results in Capital Formation. Reading and Analyzing, How it helps in Taking financial decisions, Check on Other Functions in the organization
1.00– 2.00 Lunch
2.00 – 3.30 The Profit & Loss Account – Micro Imaging the Business and how it results in current account inflow and outflow
3.30 – 3.45 Tea and Coffee Break
3.45 – 5.00 Working Capital Management and Ratio Analysis – Factors which are useful in Decision Making
5.00 – 6.00 Question and Answer session

 

Who should attend?      

  • Senior Sales and Marketing managers
  • General Managers and Vice Presidents
  • Directors, Promoters & Chief Executive Officers
  • Advisors and consultants to senior corporate executives

Carry any balance sheet that you wish to understand and we will solve all your queries LIVE!

 

Facilitator

Anuraag Gupta – Chief Investment Officer at Profound Consulting – a multimillion dollar investment and financial consultancy firm

He is also an educationist and guest lecturer on the subject of finance & Investment at various reputed management schools like Mumbai University, S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, Rotary Clubs & various Small & Medium Enterprises with more than 2000 hours of training behind him

 

EVENT PARTNER

 

Fees

INR 8500/- per participant
INR 6500/- per participant (for TIE Members)

Covers

  • Participation Fee
  • Breakfast, Lunch and tea/coffee
  • Literature

 

Enrollment:


Nominations & Enquiries : Ankita, Course Co-Ordinator – +91 9819711002

502, A-Wing,                                                                                                   Tel:             +91-22-25708790

Delphi, Hiranandani Business Park,                                                    Facsimile: +91-22- 25704357
Powai, Mumbai – 400076.                                                                       E-mail:       info@thelaymenconsultants.com
Cheque Favouring “The Laymen Consultants” along with Enrollment form can be Couriered or Hand Delivered to our Postal Address.

E-mail your confirmation at info@thelaymenconsultants.com to arrange for physical collection of Enrollment Form and Cheque.
Click here to download registration form http://www.thelaymenconsultants.com/rform.doc

Website: http://www.thelaymenconsultants.com

Facsimile: +91-22- 25704357

Courtesy : Dolly Dhamodiwalla

Calendar, Networking, News, Technology

TiE Mumbai – Smashup

India’s only startup unconference with No ‘gyan’| No ppts | No suits

6 April, 2013, VMCC IIT Bombay

SMASHUP IS :

  • A high energy un-conference
  • For the startups + by the startups
  • 2,000 ft overview Devoid of Big Boys’ gyan
  • High on audience engagement
  • Startup Tales, Open Pitches, Startup bazaar,  Smashup Chambers, Black Book.
  • Leave your suits at home
  • Fun!

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Calendar, Networking, News, Social Entrepreneurship

Sankalp Unconvention Summit, 2013

Sankalp Unconvention Summit, 2013

17 Apr Wednesday 18 Apr , Mumbai

Sankalp’s Annual Summit is the largest social enterprise focused gathering in the world, and in 2013 it partnered with Unconvention to become the Sankalp Unconvention Summit. The Summit brings together more than 1,000 delegates, thought leaders, industry experts, policy makers from around the world to voice, discuss, debate issues, trends and solutions that aid social enterprise development.

Sankalp Forum, an Intellecap initiative, recognizes & supports innovative, sustainable, high impact social enterprises. It builds an enabling ecosystem for early-stage businesses, channels impact investments, and engages over 11,000 stakeholders globally through collaborative year-round initiatives. It mobilizes a community of entrepreneurs, investors, enablers and policy-makers to encourage innovation, facilitate scalability, and drive consensus on matters that aid social enterprise development.

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Resources, Startups

50 Amazing Startup/Business Incubators and Accelerators in India

Sometime back we were discussing options to find business incubation for our idea. We researched fairly and part of this article was the result of that research.We thought why not complete the research and publish it out for everyone’s use.

Startup incubators are a growing trend and a great thrust to support first time entrepreneurs across India. There are all kinds of efforts in this direction – Govt supported Institute based technology incubators, Private business incubators started by industry veterans and startup accelerators supported by companies and VC funds. Individually there are differences between how they incubate, structure the program, operate, support/fund and accelerate the ventures. We have tried to cover the fundamentals of each of them succinctly, but readers will do good to dive in each entity to understand more.

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