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.
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Courtesy : Delzin Tantra
Have you been in situations faced with any of these questions?
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
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.
You think you have seen it all? Watch this for the most amazing, eco-friendly architecture.
Enjoy !
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 :-
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INDIAN INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE
Transformation to sustainability is the biggest business challenge–and opportunity–in the history of capitalism. World population has grown 3 times in approximately 60 years. United Nations projects the world population to reach 10 billion by 2100! Most of the products currently developed are for the affluent 1 billion people and give very little attention to environmental issues. As we gear up to serve the needs of the several billion aspiring middle-classes and BoP customers, we are on a path that is environmentally unsustainable. If growth in consumption rates continues at its present pace, we could literally destroy the natural systems‚ soils, watersheds, fisheries, forests, and climate‚ that underpin all economic activity, and indeed, human existence.
MISSION
The mission of the Indian Institute for Sustainable Enterprise is to dramatically increase the number and success of intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs focused on socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable business development for the 21st century. We aim to make the Kanakpura campus in Bangalore the hub for these activities, along with field-based affiliates in India and partners around the world.
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A talk by Khurshed Batliwala, director of World Alliance for Youth Empowerment at Ruia College, Mumbai.
With a post graduate in Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Khurshed Batliwala, or Bawa as he is fondly known (a nick name that has stuck from his IIT days) is an extraordinary personality.
In his own words, he decided it was better to teach people meditation and make them happy rather than teach them mathematics and make them miserable and thus chose the unconventional and challenging career path as a faculty member of the Art of Living, sharing the vision of its founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, which is to see a smile on every face on the planet.
THIS VIDEO IS THE PROPERTY OF THE ART OF LIVING ORGANIZATION.
http://www.artofliving.org/in-en
http://www.yesplus.org
Women entrepreneurs, with full or partial ownership of more than a third of global businesses, win just 1 percent of government contracts, according to Patricia Francis, executive director of the International Trade Centre.
The disparity is particularly pronounced in developing countries, although women in rich economies also get a disproportionately small share of such contracts, according to the ITC, the Geneva-based joint agency of the WTO and the United Nations. While 5 percent of federal contracts worth about $30 billion were to be allocated to female business owners in the U.S. last year, the actual number fell short of that figure.
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That in this new age, entrepreneurs have to work smart not hard. Like I always say, there is no need to push against the wall, when all you need is to just find the door.
I often tell my son, don’t keep looking for new ideas. Old ideas, implemented differently, often reap rich dividends. Google was a whopping success inspite of there being many search engines in the fray.
And one should have a life plan before your business plan. Of what use is your business if you do not plan your life ahead.
Always under-promise and over-deliver – the product or service you deliver will have a price, but the look on the faces of your customers will be priceless !
My wife then put in a word – one should be ready at all times – who knows your father-in-law’s favorite nephew’s wife’s cousin may be your next customer. Be always ready with your one-liner or one -minuter. Everytime a person walks away from you – he should say “Wow”.
And my friend on the fifty-first floor bragged – if a person says it cannot be done, it is his way of saying he cannot do it. Believe in yourself and persevere with your goals. How do you think I reached the fifty-first floor ? And that too without a lift for the first 2 years, till my building was declared legal !
At this point, my dog, Teddy the terrier, chipped in – what is the use of all the hard work you are recommending ? You just need to bribe your way around – earn more and save more. But then dogs will be dogs.
And I continue – Don’t get fooled by people who say it will need tons of money and you won’t ever get it. Show me an innovative plan and I will show you the money for it. Look at sites like www.investmentnetwork.in and www.indianangelnetwork.com. Someone’s getting funded every hour – why not you ?
That you should find your own rock – find someone who believes in you and your dreams, talk to him often and draw inspiration
And this final point of view, inject humor in whatever you do. No matter if the world laughs at you, keep smiling – it will make them wonder what you are upto !
(with apologies to the inimitable Busybee)
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