TiE Delhi-NCR and Indian Angel Network are doing a half day session for entrepreneurs on Angel Funding and investments. The highlight of the session in addition to their star Angel Investors would also be showcasing of their investee companies, details below for the event:-

FINAL AGENDA – 11th May, 2012, Silver Oaks, India Habitat Centre

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Overview of the Angel Investing Landscape:

Present Scenario of Investment/Funding for Start ups.
What Angel Investors Look for in Start-ups?
Non Financial Support from Angel Investors
Hot Sectors for Angel Investing.

Speakers:

Mohit Goyal (Founding Member ,IAN)
Vikram Upadhyaya (Board Member, IAN Incubator)

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

The Investee Perspective: View from the Start ups on Angel Investing

How to pitch to Angel Investors
How they clinched the Deal
Non Financial Support from the Network

Speakers:
Ankur Sharma (Founder , TaxSpanner)
Abhishek Jain (Founder, MyShaadi)

4:30 pm – 5:15 pm
Open house & Audience interaction
5:15 pm – 5:45 pm
Networking

Speakers:
Mohit Goyal:
Mohit started his entrepreneurial career in the emerging software outsourcing opportunity and co-promoted IIS Infotech Ltd, which was ranked among the best IT companies for its Quality and HR practices. IIS was also among the first software companies to be listed in India and, in 1998, was acquired by Xansa Plc, a UK publicly listed IT major. Xansa has since been acquired by Steria of France.
Mohit then co promoted Scicom Technologies Ltd., an IT company specializing in the more scientific computing sectors like oil exploration, medical imaging, etc. Scicom was acquired by SAIC Inc, a US publicly traded IT company, in 2007. Mohit is a founding member and Director of the Indian Angel Network, a group that has now grown to over 200 members who are active in funding startups.

Vikram Kant Upadhyaya :
Vikram is a visionary & a serial entrepreneur lived in Japan for over 14 years . He is a technocrat turned serial entrepreneur holding a Masters Degree in Computer Science from the University of Tokyo, Japan. An alumnus of the famous TRON laboratory headed by Prof.Ken Sakamura (www.t-engine.org), who is known as the father of Ubiquitous Computing. He was the Founding Director and Charter Member of TiE Tokyo Chapter and promoting Indo-Japan cross border entrepreneurs eco-system. Some of his investments include Druva, Videa, Merinews, Stayzilla, Indiacollegesearch.com, Guruvantage.com.

Ankur Sharma :
Ankur earned his Masters in Computer Applications from University of Delhi, and did his MBA from UCLA. During the six years spent in the US at Intel, Ankur influenced financial decisions of businesses having revenue in excess of a billion dollars. It was then that he came back to India and co-founded TaxSpanner with his college friends.

Abhishek Jain :
Founder of MyShaadi.in, is a technologist with experience in business development, product execution. Experience in a wide array of technologies from Web 2.0 to Collaboration, Content Management and Open source applications.
Venue:
Silver Oak, India Habitat Centre

Fees:
TiE Members: Rs 750/-
Non Members: Rs 900/-

Click here to register and block you seat! For further information please contact: Shivam Dang at shivam@tienewdelhi.org or +91-9999954996

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TiE Institute series was instituted last year to provide ongoing education to entrepreneurs (and aspiring entrepreneurs) through a monthly series of sessions/workshops on specific issues/challenges faced by entrepreneurs in their journey.

At our second TiE Institute session for this year, we will cover a very crucial and all pervasive topic “What Entrepreneurs Need to Know in the Digital Environment”. In today’s extremely interconnected and globalized world we are constantly using technology medium to connect, communicate and do business transactions. Whether we are in the IT product business or running a simple retail service business, digital technology is the backbone through which entrepreneurs do business via tools like emails, websites, smart phones, social media, e-commerce etc

Given the all pervasive nature of the Digital Environment that entrepreneurs operate in today, it’s extremely critical for entrepreneurs to be well prepared and not be caught up in potential litigation over violations of the Indian cyber law.

Key Takeaways from the session:-
 Cyber Law and its applications for Entrepreneurs
 Do’s and Don’ts in Cyberspace, for transactions ranging from Emails to E-Commerce
 Handling customer data: who owns it, what you can do with it, what privacy norms apply, how to stay on the right side of the law
 Practical tips for entrepreneurs to protect themselves and avoid potential litigation without breaking the bank

The session will feature one of the pioneers and a renowned authority in the field of Cyber Law – Mr. Pavan Duggal. He will be joined by Subinder Khurana a serial entrepreneur turned investor and they will share practical tips and insights for entrepreneurs on the critical aspects of the Indian Cyber Law and its application for entrepreneurs.

About the Speakers
Pavan Duggal
Pavan Duggal is one of the pioneers in the field of Cyberlaw and is Asia’s leading authority on Cyberlaw. He is a practicing Advocate, Supreme Court of India and a Cyberlaw Consultant. He is the President of Cyberlaws.Net, The Cyberlaw Consultancy which is Internet’s unique and first ever consultancy dedicated exclusively to the new field of Cyberlaw. He is the Founder President of Cyberlaw Asia, Asia’s pioneering organization committed to the passing of dynamic Cyberlaws in the Asian continent. Cyberlaw Asia is engaged in the process of creating greater awareness about Cyberlaws in different countries of Asia.
Pavan has been associated with UNESCO on Ethical, Legal, and Societal Challenges of Cyberspace in Asia and the Pacific. He is the consultant to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) on the Asia Pacific Conference on Cybercrime and Information Security 2002. He is Member of Nominating Committee of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) . He is also member of the Membership Advisory Committee and Membership Implementation Task Force (MITF) of ICANN and is involved in the legal issues of At Large Membership of this global body.
He is the Member of the Public Interest Registry’s.Org Advisory Council . Pavan is doing a lot of work in the area of Intellectual property rights in the electronic medium and in cyberspace. He is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Centre’s Panel of Neutrals. He has acted as an arbitrator in various domain name disputes of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Subinder Khurana
Subinder has the experience of two ventures – EZPower Systems, a software products company he co-founded (acquired by DocuCorp International, now a part of Oracle), and marketRx, a product-enabled marketing analytics company (acquired by Cognizant). He continues to mentor and invest in startups as an independent angel investor. He is a NASSCOM Emerge Mentor and Chair, NASSCOM Gurgaon Council. He has a B.Tech from IIT, Delhi.

Program:
Registration: 8:30 am to 9:00 am
Session: 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Networking Tea/Coffee: 11:00 am to 11:30 am

Venue:
Magnolia, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road

Fees:
TiE Members: Rs 300/-
Non TiE Members: Rs 600/-

Given there is a limited capacity for this event, we recommend advanced registration. Click here to register and block you seat!

For further information contact Shivam Dang at tieinstitute@tienewdelhi.org or +91-9999954996.

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We initiated the TiE Institute series last year to provide ongoing education to entrepreneurs (and aspiring entrepreneurs) through a monthly series of sessions/workshops on specific issues/challenges faced by entrepreneurs in their journey. The series saw an overwhelming response from the entrepreneurial community with several entrepreneurs walking away with actionable insights and practical learnings last year.

As our first TiE Institute session for this year, we will cover one the most crucial challenges faced by all entrepreneurs: SALES. In this session, you will understand how to manage critical aspects of your sales, including:-

Sales as a predictable process

Metrics to monitor sales performance

Building & Managing a Sales Team (Domestic & International)

Incentivizing and motivating the sales team

Sales CRM Tools

Pipeline Management

The session will be conducted by a very experienced panel of entrepreneurs: Kamal Manshranami and R. Narayan. They will share practical tips and insights for entrepreneurs to from their experiences on how to effectively manage a sales pipeline and generate higher sales.

About the Speakers

Kamal Mansharamani
Kamal Mansharamani is the Founder and Managing Director of AlmaMate Info Tech (www.almamate.in). AlmaMate is focused on helping organizations transform their people and businesses. In a career spanning more than thirty years, Kamal has led several organizations by creating high performance teams and successful businesses.

Kamal was the CEO of Birlasoft prior to founding AlmaMate. Kamal led the amazing growth of Birlasoft from a 400 people organization to a 4600 people organization in a short span of seven years. He led the transformation of Birlasoft into a vibrant offshore centric global organization with mature processes and strong governance. During his leadership, Birlasoft grew to be ranked in NASSCOM’s list of top twenty Indian software companies. Kamal joined Birlasoft from DCM Technologies where he served as the Chief Operating Officer.

Kamal works very closely with NASSCOM in various IT industry related initiatives. He is on NASSCOM’s panel on mentoring the emerging companies. He takes active part in the initiatives on education to bring the Industry and Academia together. He is also a prominent speaker at various industry forums.

Kamal holds a BTech degree from IIT Delhi and MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.

R. Narayan
Narayan, the Group CEO – Denave, focuses on operational excellence, growth and profitability and is responsible for the overall group’s revenue goals. He spearheads its ambitious and dynamic growth plans and is a member of the Denave Strategy Team. A qualified Cost Accountant, he brings on board substantial general management and sales & marketing experience. He also has comprehensive exposure to the business development in the IT industry, both at strategy formulation as well as implementation level. With years of experience in building businesses in the IT industry, Narayan has worked in senior positions in firms such as Oracle, Microsoft and Tata Unisys.

Program:
Registration: 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Session: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Networking: 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Venue:
Silver Oak, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road

Fees:
TiE Members: Rs 400/-
Non TiE Members: Rs 800/-

Given there is a limited capacity for this event, we recommend advanced registration.

Click here to register and block you seat!

For further information contact Shivam Dang at tieinstitute@tienewdelhi.org or +91-9999954996.

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SmashUP! is inspired by the thought of giving startup entrepreneurs the centre stage in a platform that will converge different stakeholders of the startup ecosystem in India. It will be a giant mashup of creative energy, product showcases, networking opportunities and an insightful agenda which will cover startup issues.

SmashUp - The Annual Startup Event

Why Should You Attend?

Showcase your big idea and make yourself visible in the startup community
Generate real customer feedback through product demos @ SmashUP! Expo
Interact with angels, VC’s and mentors
Network with hundreds of potential partners, customers, team members and more…

SmashUP! atmosphere and format will encourage startups to bond in an informal, open, interactive culture that will enable them to share & collaborate, help them learn from experience & create new ideas.

Agenda – Key Themes
• Power Breakfast: 20 leading CEOs meet budding entrepreneurs to share insights
• Keynote Panel: The Founder’s Dilemma
• StartUP! Marketing: Conjuring a Zero Budget Mega Marketing Campaign
• StartUP! Culture: Superglue that Attracts, Binds and Motivates High Performance Teams
• StartUP! Stories: Marquee entrepreneurs recount their early days of poverty, multitasking, jugaad and everything in between!
• SmashUP! Showcase – Top Shortlisted startups get an opportunity to present their ventures
• Incubate & Accelerate – Interact with leading incubator’s and startup mentors
• StartUP! Funding: Angels & VCs share tips & where they will put their money in 2012

Power Breakfast – SmashUP! agenda starts with a breakfast that will enable entrepreneurs to interact with experienced CEOs/investors/established entrepreneurs in an informal setting.
Confirmed entrepreneurs/CEO include:
- Raman Roy, Quatrro
- Dhruv Shringi, Yatra.com
- Rajesh Agarwal, MicroMax
- Ashish Rajpal, iDiscoveri

SmashUP! Showcase
Provides a platform for startups to gain visibility & attract investor attention apart from accessing mentoring support. Top 8-10 startups selected through an exhaustive shortlisting process will be given this opportunity.

Venue: Epicentre, Apparel House, Sector 44, Gurgaon
Date: 10th Feb 2012
Time: 9 am – 6 pm

For more details contact Manish Joshi@manish@tienewdelhi.org / 9971766455

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TiE Delhi is organizing its annual start up event – Smash UP! which is a giant mash up of creative energy, product showcases, networking opportunities and an insightful agenda covering key start-up issues & challenges. Smashup! Atmosphere and format encourages participants to bond in an informal, open, interactive culture that will enable them to share and collaborate, help them learn from experience and create new ideas.

It will bring together:-
1. New Entrepreneurs, start ups and idea stage entrepreneurs
2. Veteran entrepreneurs and seasoned professionals
3. Angel investors and Venture capitalist
4. Mentors & Advisors

Smashup

This year start ups get a great opportunity to showcase their innovative product and services at stalls being offered at throw away prices:-

1. Stall Size 2 Mts X 2 Mts – INR 5,000/-
2. Stall Size 3 Mts X 4 Mts – INR 10,000/-

To register for the event please click here

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Ennovent is supporting the upcoming 3rd National Rural Development Summit on “Inclusive Innovations and Strengthening Livelihoods” on 1st and 2nd December 2011 at Symposium Hall, NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi, hosted by CII in partnership with Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

The 3rd National Rural Summit has been designed as a unique platform to bring together all stakeholders for achieving below objectives and unlock the potential in rural areas.

-Promoting awareness of the concept of Inclusive Innovation
-Highlighting successes of Inclusive Innovation in various social sectors
-Proposing methods for evaluating the impact of Inclusive Innovation
-Examining the barriers to Inclusive Innovation
-Suggesting strategies for fostering Inclusive Innovation and scaling up

Please note: CII has offered all ‘Ennovent Network members’ the opportunity to attend this event for FREE! There are limited seats available, in case you are interested to attend please post in the comments section.

For more details on this event please click here.

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Unarguably, the next drivers of the Indian Tech Industry will be in the domain of Cloud and Mobile. In the next 5 years, the number of Internet users is expected to increase by three-fold, to a whopping 300 million. This penetration will most certainly include the semi-urban segment which is largely out of the ambit today. Studies indicate, the Cloud Computing Market, which shows a promising 110 Mn USD will touch 1 Bn USD or thereabouts during this time. Likewise 826 Mn Wireless users will expand to 1.2 Bn. All this will happen in the next 5 years. Exciting times await us!

The next wave of GDP, employment and productivity growth is most likely to come from this segment. It will lead to empowerment, as new jobs get created. Internet adoption adds 2.6 jobs for every job lost due to better productivity. It will lead to increased efficiencies as SMBs are likely to benefit the most from SaaS rationalization and availability of raw computing power. Opportunities abound, there are challenges which need to be addressed. Every edition of EMERGEOUT (now in its 8th avatar) has featured new trends – the opportunities, the journey and the roadmap to reach there. This time, the focus is on New age opportunities for software companies via Cloud, Mobile & Social platforms.

Which are the areas that this conference is likely to touch upon?

How do we build an eco-system which will induce young entrepreneurs to start ventures in this domain. Can we showcase enough success stories which will help break down age-old myths. Can we create channels where the individual can touch upon for financial support and not spend an insane amount of time running from pillar-to-post.
How does one scale up? What are the challenges of scaling-up – structurally, technically and financially? We have workshops planned, by some very senior thought leaders to address these issues.
Celebrating Entrepreneurship – how different are tech entrepreneurs from their predecessors.
Experiments with “Sales” – strategies likely to succeed.
Dark side of saying “No” – when and if at all should entrepreneurs walk away from deals? If at all.

These are of course some basic building blocks. Over and above this, we have NASSCOM EMERGE AppFAME Contest. We are looking for cool mobile apps that surprise and delight mobile users. If you have a “rock star” mobile application that is simplifying the life of a customer, helping them save time and become more productive, send your nomination today. The winners will be rewarded at the event.

If you think all this is exciting enough to invest a day of your time, then please register for the 8th EMERGEOUT 2011, New Delhi. After all, August isn’t very far away and we are giving away the early bird discounts.

Register Now

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TiE Delhi- NCR is hosting two events this week on the 17th June.

1. Problem Solving Session on Finance!
From start up capital to cash flows, special schemes and managing funds, get all your questions answered. Learn from experienced entrepreneurs and finance experts. In a highly interactive & informal format, Problem Solving Sessions help you discuss the day to day issues you face in running your venture and find solutions through peer to peer dialogue.

Logistics:
When- 17th June 2011
Where- Magnolia, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
When- 10.00 am – 12.30pm

For more details visit – http://delhi.tie.org/article/17/sigwe-problem-solving-session-finance

2. The Social Media and Mobile: Building future Proof Smart Businesses!

Social Media and Mobile have changed the way businesses today operate. Not only have they made businesses smarter, but also have created a new, better informed and equipped customer.

“If your business is not online and mobile then you sure are losing the edge”

The event will cover the following topics:-

*Leverage the Power of Social Media for your business
*Understand what your consumer wants by studying his online behavior
*Follow key search trends which define your content strategy online

How real time social data can help your business Mobility and Content – your customers are consuming information about your business on Mobile

Logistics:
When- 17th June 2011
Where- Magnolia, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
When- 3.30 pm – 6.00 pm

For more details visit – http://delhi.tie.org/article/17/social-media-and-mobile-building-future-proof-smart-businesses-0

3. Triggr the Products
Will be focusing on Products. Product development and innovation is any company’s best source for competitive advantage. Every company (either a startup or a big organization) is trying to master the art of creation of new products and develop them successfully. Managing a product through its various stages is and has always been a major challenge.

Triggr The Product’ is a unique opportunity for everyone interested in exploring more about Product Management. It is a great way to network, learn about important product management topics and gain knowledge from the India’s leading experts in product management. Some of the confirmed speakers for the event are Gautam Sinha (CTO, BCCL), Vijay Anand (Startup Centre), Arvind Jha (Movico) in addition to product Demo’s from some of the hottest startups in the ecosystem.

Logistics:
When- 18th June 2011
Where- B-113, Sector-65, Noida – 201301
When- 9.00 am – 4.30 pm

For more details – http://triggr.in

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We had a complete blast organizing Triggr the Web on 9th April, which saw an amazing turnout of more than 170+ delegates and an equally impressive line up of star speakers. For highlights of the next event you can check the following links:-

Tweets – http://topsy.com/s?q=%23ttw+%23triggr
Flickr Photos – http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggrin
Website – http://www.triggr.in/theweb/

The idea behind these events is to bring together start-up enthusiasts, technologists & professionals to share learning, experiences and connect with each other. Triggr has been founded with a single point agenda to evangelize the start-up & tech ecosystem with a goal of fostering interaction and communication between community members.

Each event is organized with a specific theme and an underlying agenda to drive the theme, for example – Web/Internet, Mobile, MySQL, User-Interfaces/User Experience etc.

Our next edition, Triggr The Mobile is happening on 14th May, 2011 in Noida.The event is open for everyone who cares about opportunities created by Mobile technologies with a special emphasis on Mobile Apps.

Detailed agenda can be viewed on the site http://triggr.in/, the event is supported by TiE Delhi, NASSCOM EMERGE, yourstory.in, watblog, trak.in, Morpheus etc.

So if you know of a great speaker or a real cool app feel free to give your suggestions!!!

Look forward to seeing you@Triggr the Mobile.

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Last Saturday a bunch of us start up enthusiasts organized an event specifically targeted towards web start ups & the ecosystem. Triggr the web was a great success going by the enthusiastic participation from developers, designers, marketers, product managers & start up enthusiasts who came together to share learning’s, ideas & of course network. Triggr has been founded with a one point mission to evangelize the start-up ecosystem and with it foster interaction and communication between community members.

Participants@Triggr

We were fortunate enough to have a great mix of electrifying speakers spanning product guys, start ups founders, experienced professionals, techies and hackers. It was an awesome experience to see 150 odd folks turn about in the thick of Noida traveling great distances just to be part of the event. The previous week saw several desperate phone calls, emails and twitter mentions from folks who would want to do anything to be part of the event! We were naturally overwhelmed with the response and a bit scared on how we are going to manage it. Fortunately for us the Insta Media office was big enough with multiple floors to host all the 150 delegates that had turned up.. Besides the main hall, we had set up a live TV feed on the first floor and were able to accommodate 30 of the 150 odd folks.

The first session got kicked off on “The UX-Driven Web Application: Creating an Engaging Experience Online” featuring Arun Jha lead designer at Slide Share and Paras Chopra founder of Wingify. The session gave away some key insights on creating an engaging online experience by getting into depths on the kind of users that typically come to websites and what actions we should take to engage with them. Sujoy who is the chief product officer at Mobilous shared insights on the entire product management cycle and how to stream line the entire process. Post which Jay Meattle from shareaholic shared on how they achieved 150 million unique visitors every month to their site. His talk which I was fortunate enough to attend focused on how they reached those magic numbers with shareaholic:-

- Take Part in Competitions – brings you FREE promotion, instant credibility..
- Leverage App Directories
- Partnership With Bigger Brands
- Making Journalists/Blogger s Care – Break exclusive stories, nurture relationships.
- Open up API’s

Jay session was followed By Harpreet Grover’s straight talk right from the heart. His session was entertaining, riddled with several jokes and examples from his entrepreneurial journey. He talked about having the passion, belief and importance of a right team to drive any company forward. He would know what he is talking about since his company Co Cubes is doing INR 1 crore in revenues in just 3 years of operation!!! Post lunch we had Gautam Ghosh share some cool tips and tricks to build an effective social media campaign and Nitin Chowdhary shared some new innovative products/features for online marketing.

Insights@Triggr

The last two sessions saw a product demo on Grexit and Vineet Daniel sharing about effective scaling technologies bringing forth his experience in managing Insta Blogs scale.

You can check out some of the presentations on the slide share link – http://www.slideshare.net/triggrin

All in all it was a rocking event and the feedback has been awesome!!! The next event – Triggr the Mobile is scheduled for the 14th of May, so stay tuned lots of action coming up. If you would like to volunteer or contribute in anyway feel free to reach out to me.

Triggr Team

If you are looking for some back door action on how we organized the event check out the three post by my good friend and co-organizer Arun at http://boyatastartup.com/story-of-triggr-dot-in-part-one/

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