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IIT-Mumbai's Entrepreneurship Summit '09

January 23, 2009 14:59 IST
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What: The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT, Mumbai, is organising the Entrepreneurship Summit '09.

When: February 7, 2009

Where: IIT Mumbai, Powai

Details

~ The summit is a unique initiative by E-Cell, IIT-Bombay, bringing together aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups, successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and academicians on a common platform to interact and help build successful enterprises.

~ This year, the summit aims at Empowering Entrepreneurs. Looking into major issues faced by them, inspiring them through the stories of the successful ventures before theirs and supporting them through different activities in the day, E-Summit hopes to take all its participants to the next entrepreneurial step.

~ It will include panel discussions as well as workshops for aspiring and budding entrepreneurs along with the intensive mentoring program.

~ Workshops at E-Summit 09 will emphasize on critical issues faced by entrepreneurs and start-ups at early stages of development and will be taken by the best in the business and will cover critical issues of starting up, from innovation to brand building and funding.

~ The summit will also host the finals of Eureka 08, Asia's largest Business Plan competition.

~ The event also gives a platform to entrepreneurs to display their startups and their products and services to the most enthusiastic students, the most helpful experienced entrepreneurs and the most visionary of the venture capitalists in the Start-up Showcase

~ The Investor Pitch provides specifically for Seed funding or early stage funding which is the most scarce form of funding available in India and something that is necessary in order to sustain a generation of entrepreneurs. It is the quickest Rs 5 crore that can be earned, in 5 minutes of a pitch.

Key speakers

  • Kanwal Rekhi
  • Alyque Padamsee
  • Terence Hart
  • Ashok Wadhwa
  • R Balki
  • Anjali Bansal

How to register?

~ For registration and other details, please check their web site: www.esummit.ecell.in

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