Straight from the Gut: By Entrepreneurs, For Entrepreneurs
* Can I actually raise money? Where do I start?
* Will I lose control?
* Is it easy? Who do I approach?
* What has been the experience of other start-ups?
* VCs? Mentors? Exit Plans?
Find answers to these and many more such questions during our session by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, with an all entrepreneur panel.
You are welcome to the first of our series on Straight from the gut: By Entrepreneurs, For Entrepreneurs as we bring together a panel of entrepreneurs with experience in raising funds. Agenda
• 6.30 pm : Registrations
• 7.00 pm - 8.35 pm: Panel Discussion on 'Start-up Funding'
• 8.35 pm : Vote of thanks
• 8.45 pm : Networking Dinner
Registration Details:
Date: Thursday, 5th August 2010
Time: 6.00 pm
Venue: Sigma Hall, Chancery Pavillion , Residency Road, Opp Bangalore Club,Bangalore- 560001
Cost:
Rs. 550/- for TiE Members; Rs. 1,100/- for Non-Members
To confirm your seat and register online visit https://www.123signup.com/register?id=mysks
For details, contact Nandita V at 41474567 / 69 or write to nandita.v@tiebangalore.org
Panelists:
Phanindra Sama, Phani is Founder & CEO of redBus.in, Indias largest bus ticketing company. Founded in Aug. 2006, redBus today has operations across 15 states and offers services for 5000+ routes and has built a robust distribution of over 75000 outlets! redBus is amongst Forbes top 5 startups to watch in 2010.
Manish Sharma, is the cofounder and CEO of Printo, India's first professional printinf chain. Printo has 15 stores across Bangalore and Hyderabad and has established itself as a category creator and leader.
Mukesh, founded Myntra in July 2006 with the vision of creating a marketplace where people can design and find unique, innovative gifts and products and where creative people can showcase their designs in order to monetize them. Mukesh has more than 10 years of experience in multiple early stage start-ups in Silicon Valley [NexTag, eWanted, Centrata, newScale] in various product management and development positions. Mukesh holds a B.Tech. degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur.
Mukesh believes that there is no end to the number of products that can be custom made one at a time at affordable cost for end consumers. His vision is to continuously innovate and expand the product offerings that customers can tailor to their individual tastes. Mukesh aims to build Myntra as the leading brand in the personalized products space through a combination of the widest product range, great quality and awesome buying experience.
Vijaya Verma, is a technologist and entrepreneur, with a total work experience of more than 25 years in the IT industry. Her experience spans technical design, market and business development, capital raising and technology evangelization, and her forte is building products, teams and companies from scratch.
Satish Kulkarni, is the CEO & MD of Invendis and has more than 18 years experience in sales, marketing and project management in the area of Telemetry, Telematics, mobile & Satellite Communication Systems. He co-founded INVENDIS in October -2007 with three of his friends to design & deploy Remote Monitoring & Energy Management solutions for Telecom Towers.