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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The Ennovent Global Network connects entrepreneurs, investors and experts to share resources and work together to advance innovations for sustainability at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP). Innovative solutions are needed to provide much needed goods and services to low-income people and access to national and international markets. It offers different services levels to discover, finance and scale the best solutions.

Given below are some business requests posted by the community:-

- Office Space Available in Delhi- Waste ventures is offering extra office space in Saket, Delhi (5 min away from Malviya Nagar Metro Station) that is available for rent with flexible rent agreements that allow you to pay on a per usage basis or on a monthly basis.

- Seeking like minded institutional partners – Nuru is looking for like minded institutional partners for extending the reach of its “On Grid” product range. These products can be charged through the electricity grid and are ideal for areas which face chronic power cuts and shortage. The LED lights, when fully charged can last up to 30 hours and are ideal for markets which are “energy deficient”.

- An NGO partner looking to solve the issues related to energy poverty at BoP
- Distribution partner looking for highly efficient and economical products (< USD 8 or INR 400) to complement your product portfolio
- Institutional customer seeking to know more about our products

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It was November of 2011, I was on my monthly trip to Mumbai meeting entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and other stakeholders working in the social impact sector. When my colleague suggested that I should get a real dose of “REALITY”!!! What do you mean by getting a real dose of “REALITY”, so before I knew it she booked me on a very memorable tour which I will remember for a long long time – a tour of “Asia’s largest slum,” Dharavi organized by Reality Tours & Travel!

So what makes Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum so unique and special? Well to begin with lets look at some stats:-
Spanning an area of about 223 hectares (550 acres), Dharavi is bordered by the Sion, Mahim and Matunga railway stations and two major roads (Sion and Mahim Link Roads) that connect the eastern and western parts of the city.

Dharavi is home to between half a million and one million people (no recent and reliable population statistics are available). A 1986 survey by the National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) counted 530,225 people (106,045 households) living in 80,518 structures; the numbers have surely grown since then.

As is evident in the popular aerial images of the slum’s contiguous rooftops, Dharavi is an extremely dense environment. A recent survey by the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture (KRVIA) established that a central area of Dharavi (Chamra Bazaar) contained densities of up to 336,643 people per square kilometer! Assuming a population of 700,000, the population density in Dharavi would be around 314,887 per square kilometer. This is 11 times as dense as Mumbai as a whole (the most densely populated city in the world with 29,500 people per square kilometer) and more than 6 times as dense as daytime Manhattan (about 50,000 people per square kilometer).

The key fact to Dharavi is that it is not only a residential space, but also a major economic hub representing the city’s vast informal sector. In fact, in many parts, it seems as if residential spaces have been carved out from the tiny surplus left over from economic activities such as recycling industries, leather tanneries, heavy metal work, woodwork, and manufactured goods like garments, shoes, luggage, jewelry. Industries generally serve all of Mumbai, and many products are even distributed in global markets. One conservative estimate places the annual value of goods produced in Dharavi at USD 500 million (“Inside the Slums,” The Economist, 27/1/05).

The tour left a lasting impression on me and my other friends who had undertaken the 3 hour journey. At every step they were obstacles literally – the streets were narrow (see picture), it was dirty, it was crowded, polluted, unhygienic etc. But what stood out in Dharavi was clearly the “SPIRIT”, the spirit to not only survive but to actually live!!! Despite the surmountable odds faced by the residents there is the never dying spirit to look beyond their problems and strive for a better life and most importantly be happy where they are!!

While there has been enough written and published about Dharavi and you can read more here the impression for me was simply the spirit of the place! I actually saw more smiling faces there then I usually do in an upmarket mall in Delhi, where folks like us have all the comforts of the world The other thing the tour made me realize is how much we take for granted for example just having your personal toilet, access to clean drinking water, a secure house and good quality food.

So next time you are in Mumbai and you want to get a real dose of REALITY take the tour, you can easily go there on your own, however if you want to take a guided tour I would recommend signing up with Reality Tours!

In the end folks experiences like these remind me that we are indeed fortunate and in a place to make a real difference – anyone listening?

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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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Last year we at Ennovent invested in a company called Barefoot Power, which was recently covered by Mahindra Rise, excerpts given below.

Every year more than US$10 billion is spent each year on kerosene for lighting in the homes of the poor in developing countries. The light from kerosene burning is of poor quality, expensive and outright dangerous. Nearly 4 million suffer from severe burns from open fires and kerosene lighting each year. According to W.H.O. more than 1.6 million people die from indoor air pollution related diseases.

Barefoot Power began in 2005 when co-founders Stewart Craine and Harry Andrews saw the opportunity to reduce poverty in countries at the base of the economic pyramid (BoP) by providing communities with access to energy and, therefore, providing them with one of the necessary steps to eliminate poverty and propel economic development.

Barefoot Power’s innovation is in having an innovative grassroots level distribution system. They do this by providing technical training & business consulting to its partners, Barefoot Power empowers micro entrepreneurs, importers, dealers, NGOs and other players in the distribution chain. This support helps to build awareness and accessibility for the solar solutions ultimately, meeting its social objective to impact communities by supplying them with renewable, safe energy alternatives.

As part of the distribution chain, Barefoot Power has a network of “Service Centers” which provide certified technical support for importers, dealers and consumers. Access to this post sales service is instrumental in responding to the needs of Barefoot Power’s partners as well as acts as a localized source to honor warranty claims.

Read the complete post here

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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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Happy to announce that ET NOW, TiE Delhi & Lufthansa have come together for the third season of “Pioneering Spirit”, more details below.

Pioneers of today are once again looking for pioneers of tomorrow in the path breaking TV series, Pioneering spirit – A product of Lufthansa, now in Season 3.

In the extremely successful Season 2, ten budding entrepreneurs like you got an opportunity to transform their business. Grand Prize winner Saumil Majmudar of EduSports won a sponsorship by Canaan Partners to a business programme at Cambridge. In addition, each episodic winner received a coveted TiE mentorship and a Lufthansa Business Class return ticket to Europe.

You could be next. Share your business story for a chance to meet business pioneers face to face, impress them with your business plan, and take your business to the next level.

You can register by clicking here

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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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It’s hard to pick up a newspaper or watch TV, without hearing about the need for inclusive growth. Many business leaders are stressing the need for adoption of a new business model. Understanding the need of the hour, FSG (Social impact Consultants) has created a report titled, ‘Creating Shared Value in India’ that shows various examples of Indian companies that are viewing opportunities and taking a systematic intentional approach to creating economic and social value.

So what is Creating Shared Value (CSV)?

CSV is an intentional, systematic way for companies to create lasting competitive advantage. It entails identifying business constraints that are tied to societal problems, and leveraging the core assets of a business to solve those problems in innovative, sustainable and scalable ways. When companies are able to balance creation of both social and economic value, the social impact grows as the business itself grows, strengthening the cycle of impact and generating lasting competitive advantage.

CSV and CSR

CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) often focuses on corporate philanthropy and/or efforts to make businesses more sustainable by mitigating the resources used in operations. It is often supported by a department of talented and dedicated staff, who are not part of daily strategic and operational business decisions. CSR departments play an important role in promoting and contributing to CSV strategies in a company. But CSV must be integrated to a company’s core business to have the most impact.

What is FSG?

FSG is a nonprofit consulting firm specializing in strategy, evaluation and research. Founded in 2000 as Foundation Strategy Group by Mark Kramer and Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School, FSG works across sectors worldwide—partnering with foundations, corporations, nonprofits, and governments to develop effective solutions to the world’s most challenging issues.

In India, FSG hopes to contribute to the dialogue, partner with people passionate about creating real change, and share the knowledge and lessons learnt, to improve the effectiveness to a variety of stakeholders.

Read the complete interview with Veronica Borgonovi, one of the four authors of the FSG report believes that India has tremendous potential for CSV, and vice-versa. She says, “India is a country poised to take CSV by the horns and show the rest of the world how a new form of capitalism can create real, and lasting, competitive advantage and social benefit”. In this interview, Veronica, talks about CSV, CSR and the challenges that companies face while adopting it.

Read the complete interview here and to read the full report ‘Creating Shared Value in India’ please click here.

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