Two events coming up on this Friday -15th April, 2011.

1.TiE Delhi Special Interest Group on Women Entrepreneurs is organizing a session – Problem Solving Session on HR.

The session will take up talent management and human resource issues from motivating employees to performance metrics. The session will feature Deepa Kapil – Tetra Information Services & Ritika Sanghhi – Atlogys Technical Consulting.

For more details and registration info click here

2. Education & Training Insights

The E&T SIG will give you an opportunity to connect with established entrepreneurs & investors in the E&T space and gain insights through interactive, round table discussions.

Each round table discussion will feature one senior entrepreneur/investor/domain expert interacting with a small group of about 6-8 participants making it a highly interactive and focused. There will be limited seats available for the session.

The expert dose of knowledge will be followed by a networking session where you can build relationships & close deals.

The session will focus on the following suggested themes:
E&T Opportunities in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities
Funding scenario in the E&T space, what are the investors bullish on and why
Current regulatory landscape, bypassing bottlenecks and arriving on a legally compliant structure for your education venture
Skill Development – The Next Frontier
Education Technology – Applications to enhance content & learning

For more details and registration info click here

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Creating a successful business is more than just waving a magic wand and hoping to hit a home run. So how does a small company become successful? Contrary to popular belief, the success rate for small businesses isn’t all that bad. The latest statistics show that “two-thirds of new employer establishments survive at least two years, and 44% survive at least four years.” This is a far cry from the previous long-held belief that 50% businesses fail in the first year and 95% fail within five years.

While a lot has been written and debated on the factors that go into making a business successful, we have the privilege of having the master practitioner – Kanwal Rekhi to help us decipher this universal phenomenon and get clear insights which will go a long way in helping our business be a success.

Kanwal Rekhi a serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor & Venture Capitalist is the Managing Partner at Inventus Capital, an early stage VC fund. He has invested in over 60 start-ups including Exodus Communications, Apptivity, Zietnet, PlaceWare, HealthAtoA NexTag Ambit Design, Versata, Instantis and Sierra-Atlantic. Kanwal is also the founding member of TiE.

Kanwal was awarded the 2010 Haridas and Bina Chaudhuri Award for Distinguished Service in April 2010 by California Institute of Integral Studies. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 1987 by the Arthur-Young/Venture magazine. He was named to the Board of Advisors to the President of Michigan Tech and in 1997 was honoured with a doctorate in Business and Engineering.

Join us on the 25th of March, 2011 at PHD Chamber of Commerce as per details below:
Registration: 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Networking Hi-tea: 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Session along with Q&A: 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Delegate Fees:
Members of TiE – Rs 200/-
Non – Members – Rs 300/-

To register please click here

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Check out a new event platform, Triggr -www.triggr.in. The idea behind the event 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.

The idea behind the event was somewhat inspired from Indus Khaitan’s post on Quora. “In Silicon Valley, pick a day of the week & a topic, you’ll find an event to attend and most likely with free pizza and a
soda. This is missing in India. I don’t want big name conferences held twice a year, rather, weekly mela where people get together, learn a thing or two and go home.“

Each event will be organized with a specific them and an underlying agenda to drive the theme, for example, Web/Internet, Android, MySQL, iPhone, User-Interfaces/User Experience, marketing, business
development etc.

The first event, TRIGGR THE WEB, is happening on 9th April 2011 in Noida. The event is open for everyone who cares about opportunities created by Web technologies.

Logistical Details:

Time: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Venue: Instamedia Office, B-113, Sector 65, Noida
Date: 9 April 2011 (Saturday)
Twitter Hash Code:#ttw (Trigger The Web)

Agenda: Triggr the Web will showcase talks and presentations on various stages of a web start up from the phase of idealization, to product development, creating first buzz, building community, measuring
success and performance and scaling.

For the detail agenda and registration please click on http://triggr.in/.

* There is no fees for registration but you need to register online.

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TiE Delhi-NCR is hosting the Investor Showcase an initiative to connect investors to high potential entrepreneurs. The Showcase will highlight one investor and provide a unique platform for entrepreneurs to understand the investor’s areas of interest & investment philosophy.

This showcase will feature SAIF Partners, one of leading investors comprising an enviable portfolio that comprises MakeMyTrip, One97, JustDial, NSE and Network18 among others.

The Investor Showcase will enable you to discuss your current & future growth plans and funding requirements with best of breed investors. Needless to say, the limited seats on offer will run out fast! Confirm your participation now to get to know SAIF Partners like never before and interact with some of the investee companies to get a first hand account.

Date: 3rd March,2011
Time: 7pm followed by cocktails & dinner
Venue: Magnolia, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

For More Details & Registration Click Here

About SAIF Partners

SAIF Partners is a venture capital firm that is sector and stage agnostic. SAIF is extremely active in early stage technology-enabled businesses. SAIF was the first institutional investor in companies such as MakeMyTrip (Consumer Internet), One97 (Mobile VAS), JustDial (Local Search), and HomeShop18 (eCommerce). The fund has strong experience of investing in companies at an early stage and helping them through multiple rounds of financings and eventually an IPO.

SAIF is growth investor in companies like Catmoss (Apparel Retail), Speciality Restaurants, Network18 (Media & Broadcasting), TV9 (Media & Broadcasting), Veta (Education), SIFY and IL&FS Investmart.

SAIF currently manages $4.0 billion across funds and is actively seeking investment opportunities in early stage and growth stage businesses.

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Looking forward to attending a couple of good events focused on entrepreneurship, investments, start- ups etc.

1. TiE Delhi – Special Interest Group for Women Entrepreneurs

What:SIGWE is proud to organize the next edition of the Tea Talk – Problem Solving Session

When:25th February 2011 from 10.30 – 12.30 pm

Where:USO House, USO Road, Off Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, 6, Special Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110067

Theme:Problem Solving Sessions enable woman entrepreneurs and professionals to discuss the day to day issues they face in running their ventures and find solutions through peer to peer dialogue

For More Details Click Here

2. TiE Delhi – E&T SIG – Mentor Talk – Amol Arora, Shemrock

What: Mentor Talk featuring Amol Arora, MD, Shemrock

When:25 Feb 2011,04:00 PM 06:00 PM

Where:USO House, USO Road, Off Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, 6, Special Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110067

Theme:Every alternate month Mentor Talk will feature successful entrepreneurs who will share their experience of building an Education business in a freewheeling & interactive format. From the most common problems to strategic issues – get answers to your all your questions.

For More Details Click Here

3. EMERGEOUT CONCLAVE

What:EMERGEOUT CONCLAVE

When: 27 Feb 2011

Where: ITC Grand Bay, Vishakhapatnam

For More Details Click Here

4. VCCircle Ecommerce Forum 2011

What:2nd Edition – VCCircle Ecommerce Forum 2011

When:11th March, 2011

Where: ITC, Sheraton, Delhi

Theme:In its next avatar, the e-commerce story has already delivered some happy endings with travel portal Makemytrip’s blockbuster Nasdaq debut and many other enterprises ready for a market outing. All the macro elements too seem to be in place for a large-scale growth in internet-based businesses: Favourable demographics, broadband penetration, an anticipated 3G rollout, internet banking, rise in online consumption behavior and so on. The momentum is building up, the growth trajectory has picked up since then and for entrepreneurs it’s a great time to build an internet company, investors and sector watchers reckon.

The business environment for online commerce is much more real today, compared to a decade back when the dotcom froth turned into a bust.

If anyone knows of other entrepreneurship events which may be of interest to the larger community, feel free to post

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Great networking opportunity at the TiE-SME conference tomorrow on the 28th Jan 2011 at Delhi.

Event Brief:-
It’s a well known fact that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the drivers of the Indian economy. While most of the world was dipped in recession last year, India still managed to put up a decent growth story driven largely by SMEs. In short, SMEs have and continue to significantly contribute to industrial, economic technological and regional developments.

Over the past few years, the development of SMEs has been linked to globalization. While globalization has opened up various growth avenues, there are challenges which SME’s grapple with on a day-to-day basis:

1) Learning to Compete and Not Just Survive in the Globalized Economy
2) Overcoming Challenges in Scaling up to the Next Level
3) Building a Differentiator — Creating Innovative Products & Processes
4) Setting Up Organizational Framework with Global Quality Standards
5) Managing Cash Flow
6) Understanding the Best Funding Options — Debt Vs Equity

In order to address some of the above challenges faced by SMEs and to vitalize them for global competitiveness and sustainable growth, TIE Delhi-NCR in association with IndiaMART.com is conducting an event on “Going Beyond India — Competing in a Globalized Economy” on January 28,2010.

The focus of the event is to look at the critical elements which go into helping SMEs’ compete in a globalized economy. This daylong event will emphasize on practical, implementable strategies that SMEs can incorporate in their businesses to achieve success.

So book your seat and take your enterprise to a global level!

Fees:-

Members of TiE – Rs 750/-
Non Members – Rs 1,000/-

To register click – https://www.123signup.com/register?id=vmfds

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The way India has emerged from the shadow of the economic downturn that still grips major western economies is the topic of many case studies and debates. One of the fundamental reasons for this is the entrepreneurial spirit that drives India. Enterprising India is teeming with opportunities, world class talent and capital as the world banks on India to drive the global engines of growth.

Will India seize the moment to transform itself into an economic superpower? Will India leapfrog from a developing economy into a more inclusive and robust economy?
Enter – TiE Entrepreneurial Summit (TES) 2010

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 scheduled in Delhi from 21st – 23rd Dec 2010 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.

Confirmed speakers include – N. R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys, Amartya Sen, Economist, Prannoy Roy, NDTV, Chanda Kochar, ICICI Bank, Jayprakash Gaur, Jaypee Group, Sunil Munjal, Hero Group, Philip Wollen, Kindness Trust, Vijay Mahajan, Basix, Deep Kalra, Makemytrip.com, Geet Sethi, Olympic Gold Quest, VSS Mani, Just Dial, Narendra Bansal – Intex Technologies, Mansukhbhai Prajapati, Inventor of Mittikool, Arjun Vajpayee, Youngest Indian to Climb Mt Everest and many more…

For details, visit www.tiesummit.org or contact 9971766455/9818477719

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TiE Delhi – NCR is organizing a workshop on social media and blog marketing. For more details visit – http://delhi.tie.org/TGS/EM/viewevent/viewEventPT?id_event=4594&from_where=chapter_homepage

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