| 6th Ed. of TLAS - 9th Nov 2016 @ #IITMadras Topic: Startup Idea Evaluation: exploring EduTech   Panel: Vaidya Nathan (founder CEO, Classle Knowledge Pvt Ltd.) & Srividya Raman (Director, Tvameva Business Solutions Pvt Ltd) The sector explored was #EduTech. Featuring aspiring entrepreneurs who believe they have the next million-dollar idea in the EduTech field. Sometimes, just engaging with the right people at the right time and asking the right questions will help a long way in one’s startup journey. Wonderful path breaking #ideas were presented by 6 shortlisted teams: Vaayusastra, RevoluCian Art for Education, Involve , Rapid Research Centre, ESchool See Facebook post for photographs from the event (4200 views) |
5th Edition of TLAS - 28th Sept 2016, @ IITM campus Topic: Start-up Sector Saga: ANALYTICS Prakash Gurumoorthy (LinkedIn) - Partner & MD (Asia), BORN Group. Formerly held senior positions in Cognizant Technology Solutions Kalyan Vaidyanathan - An IITM alum, Kalyan (LinkedIn) is the cofounder CEO of IITM incubated Nadhi Information Technologies Private Limited (developing analytics & decision support solutions for construction supply chains) Priyesh IITM Student and founder of FadStreet, a venture-in-making, pre-incubated at Nirmaan, E-cell/CFI. Fabstreet is developing a wardrobe manager/ recommendation engine using machine learning A discussion forum with an established entrepreneur, an IITM start-up and a Nirmaan(CFI) start-up. After a brief overview of the data analytics field, Q&A covered possible gaps, entrepreneurial opportunities and the best approaches. |
| 3rd Edition of TLAS - 10th March 2016, 1630 @MRC, IITM campus Topic: ''How do you find the right Mentor?"    Panel: Varun Sridharan CEO of Greenvironment Innovation & Marketing India P. Senthil Nathan, Core Alumni Mentor at IITM Entrepreneurship Forum, Co-founder, Benchmark and Relagant Ankit Poddar, Founder and CEO of Swadha Energies (IITM incubated company) Thirupathy Srinivasan, Founder - Ariv Technologies and Mentor- Swadha Energies. | 2nd Edition of TLAS - 3rd March 2016, 1630 @MRC, IITM campus Topic: ''Startup Asks: Have you found your Co-Founder?"   Second session in the "Think Like a Startup" where the IITM start-ups at shared the good and not -so-good experience in finding the right co-founder and sustaining it. Panel: PiBeam Labs, GUVI and Vital Bioscientific Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Key takeaway: A common passion, ability to resolve conflicts by putting the vision of the start-ups ahead of personal goals, complementing each others skill sets and working towards common goals are the key to a healthy and balanced relationship among the co-founders. And of course, it's fun to have a co-founder to share the bumpy start-up journey. |
Inaugural session of the "Think Like a Startup" series, Edition 1: Startup NOW or LATER - 25th Feb 2016 at MRC, IITM campus
Our kick-off session was a grand success with a great show by IITM students & Incubatees.
The session was launched by Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala (faculty-in-charge, Incubation at IIT Madras), followed by an overview of the Startup/Incubation ecosystem at IITM Research Park by Dr Tamaswati, CEO, IITM Incubation Cell.
Our panelists for the evening were Founders of Airwood, Fib-Sol Life Technologies and Uniphore. 1hr fireside chat with our incubatees was moderated by Ms Suma Prashant, Director, IITM's RTBI. The session was attended by over 70 students (BTech, Masters & PhD).
Look forward to seeing you all at upcoming sessions (details to follow soon) - "hear it from IITM incubated companies"
Good article to read up: http://yourstory.com/2015/10/starting-up-after-college