Last date to receive applications : Saturday, 24th Mar 2007.

Contact: anil@nim.ac.in, info@nirmalabs.org, nirmalabs@gmail.com
Venue: NirmaLabs, Nirma University Campus, SG Highway Ahmedabad
Phone: (02717)241900-04 Ext: 629 ; Mobile: 98256 00804
            

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NirmaLabs is organizing a one-week intensive program on Techno-entrepreneurship (April 9- April 14, 2007) that gives you exposure to selecting a fertile ground and identifying good opportunities, technology trends, markets, elements of business plan preparation, finance, and so on. The program is being lead by Prof. B.H.Jajoo, IIM Ahmedabad.

Good for:

• aspiring young entrepreneurs,
• people/core team members in Startups,
• incubatees, incubator’ managers, and
• anybody who want to get exposed & get overview of techno-entrepreneurship

Quick Links:

Brochure: http://www.nirmalabs.org/download/EntrePgm2007_Broch.pdf

Registrations over!

 

'Tentative' Time-Table for One-week Intensive Program on Techno-Entrepreneurship: April 9 - April 14, 2007

Venue: NirmaLabs, Nirma University Campus, Ahmedabad 

 Anchors

  1. BHJ: Dr. B H Jajoo : Programme Director, Prof. at IIMA - Profile

  2. MM: Dr. Madhu Mehta, Chief Architect, NirmaLabs - Profile

  3. VV: Shri Vishnu Varshney, Managing Director GVFL - Profile

  4. KT: K Thyagrajan, Chief Executive, NirmaLabs - Profile

  5. SS: Shri Saumil Shah, Director, Net Sqaure - Profile

  6. BK: Shri Bharat Kanani, Sr. Vice President, GVFL

  7. MCG: Prof. M C Gupta, LL.M, MBA, AICWA, FCS : M C Gupta & Co. – Company Secretaries

  8. Shri Pravin Gandhi: Managing Partner, Seed Fund and  Infinity Ventures - Profile

  9. Shri H K Mittal: Advisor and Head (NEB), Department of Science and Technology, GoI - Profile

Time 

Monday

April 9

Tuesday

April 10

Wednesday

April 11

Thursday

April 12

Friday

April 13

Saturday

April 14

09.00 -09.45

Program Overview and Orientation and Introductions

BHJ

 

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09.45 -11.15

Challenges of the Techno-entrepreneurship journey 

MM  

Presentation

Finding Fertile Ground

MM 

Presentation

Options for Structuring finance for start-ups 

BK 

Presentation

Importance of Teams  

KT 

Case Study/Presentation

What do Venture Capitalists look for 

Pravin Gandhi 

Presentation

Business Plan Exercise

Presentations and Discussions 

MM/KT

11.15-11.30

Tea Break

 Tea Break

 Tea Break

 Tea Break

 Tea Break

 Tea Break

11.30 -13.00

Appreciating, Analysing, and Generating Ideas 

MM 

Presentation

Building Cultures and Ethos in New Age Ventures 

KT 

Case study/Presentation

Opportunities in Emerging Areas of Technology

SS

Presentation

Legal aspects of business and IP

MCG 

Interactive

Panel Discussion on Venture Capital Finance 

VV / Pravin Gandhi

Panel discussion

Business Plan Exercise

Presentations and Discussions 

MM/KT

13.00-14.00

 Lunch

 Lunch

 Lunch

 Lunch

 Lunch

 Lunch

14.00-15..30

Innovation Drivers in Information Technology 

BHJ/SS 

Presentation

Experience Sharing 

Chirag Patel:Net4Nuts 

Interactive

Structuring and Preparing a Business Plan 

MM/KT 

Presentation/Exercise

Product Positioning and Marketing Strategies 

BHJ 

Case Study

Examples of successful start-ups and Government support 

H K Mittal 

Presentation

De-briefing and feedback 

BHJ 

Interactive

 

15.30-15.45

 Tea Break

 Tea Break

 Tea Break

 Tea Break

 Tea Break

 Tea Break

15.45-17.15

Elements of Business Plan 

MM/KT 

Presentation/case study

Fundamentals of Finance for Entrepreneurs 

BK

 

Designing and Launching of New Products 

BHJ 

Case Study

Experience Sharing

Kaushal Mehta: Motif

Challenges in Execution and Operations 

MM/KT 

Presentation/Discussion

Informal networking

19.30-on-wards

Dinner and informal meeting with

Kaushal and Parul Mehta: Motif India alongwith NirmaLabs’ incubates

Dinner and informal meeting with

Chirag Mehta: Icenet

Dinner and informal meeting with

Govind Gupta: Indusa Infotech Services

Dinner and informal meeting with

Sunil Parekh: Advisor Zydus Cadila and CRISIL and

M C Gupta: M C Gupta & Co.- Company Secretaries

Dinner and informal meeting with

Neeraj Gemavat: Gateway TechnoLabs

Dinner

  Note: The major reference book that will be used across the sessions would be Technology Ventures - from Idea to Enterprise by Dorf and Byers. In addition there will be case studies and other reading material distributed wherever relevant.

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