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Entrepreneurship awareness drive(EAD) is a massive PAN India drive of Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur aimed at cultivating the spirit of entrepreneurship among the youth. Started in 2009 with 10 cities across India, the drive has come a long way since then. The last edition of EAD was conducted in 22 cities across the nation and witnessed a footfall of over 28000 startup enthusiasts. EAD has, over the years helped a lot of startups to accelerate their growth, and has received accolades by personalities such as Dr. Shashi Tharoor and Dr. D. Subbarao.
The EAD Local Startups Meet 2018 - Gurgaon will be an Invite-only event of about 60-80 people, chiefly embodying eminent Investors, Venture Capitalists, Influencers along with the early-stage startups and some incubated startups.
Date: 13th October 2018
Venue: Cowrks-Gurgaon Central
Community Partner: GHV Accelerator
The event structure is as follows:
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Networking session
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Pitching session, comprising of the top 5 selected startups from products and services track.
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Lean Startup Drive, targeted towards the alpha-beta stage startups to familiarise them with the concept of going lean to understand the rapidly evolving market needs.
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Panel Discussion, on Raising Early-Stage Venture Capital.
Panelists for the event:
Mr. Ashish Kumar - Partner at Fundamentum Partnership Fund (Pitching and Networking Session)
Mr. Sameer Gupta - Managing Partner at Innovitas (Pitching and Networking Session)
Mr. Sarbvir Singh - Managing Partner, WaterBridge Ventures (Pitching and Networking Session)
Mr. Nayhrit Bhattacharya - Investment Team, IDG Ventures India (Pitching and Networking Session)
Mr. Anurag Kapoor - Executive Director and Co-founder, GHV Accelerator (Pitching and Networking Session)
Mr. Alok Bansal - Co-founder and Director, Policybazaar.com (Panel Discussion)
Mr. Ankit Prasad - Co-founder, Bobble Keyboard | Forbes 30 under 30
Mr. Pallav Kaushish - Head of Marketing at Inc42 Media
Mr. Niladri Mukherjee - CEO and MD, Glue Design
Lean Startup Drive:
1. "Brand Building at an early stage - How startups can start building a brand from day 1!"
- Mr. Deepak Kaistha - Managing Director, TBM Growth 36One
2. "The Measure-Learn-Build Philosophy: How to keep on iterating until you find the perfect product-market fit"
- Mr. Avijit Dutta - Founder, Nonlinear, Expert in Lean Startups
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