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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

IIT Bombay Eureka! 2012

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Eureka! 2012
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Last date of registration and submitting the questionnaire is extended to 10th October. No more extensions will be made.


The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay
presents Eureka! 2012- an International Business Plan Competition. Recognized as Asia's Largest B-Plan Competition by Thomson Reuter's and CNN, Eureka! provides a platform for potential ideas and early stage start-ups to evaluate their idea in the risk-free environment of a competition and this year, the teams will be competing for prizes worth INR 4 million which also includes an all expense paid trip to the E-Bootcamp 2012, BASES, Stanford. Now in its 14th year, Eureka! has become a launch pad for startups in India and beyond where they learn how to formulate an appropriate b-plan and the do's and don'ts of making the right pitch from expert mentors, industry veterans and investors.

Major Incentives of Business Track.

  • Winners to get cash prize of INR 5,00,000 and Runner-Up of INR 3,00,000.
  • Direct entry and an all-expense-paid trip to the finals of The E-Bootcamp organized by BASES (Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students), Stanford University.
  • Consultancy opportunities: Worth INR 9,50,000 in the form of Legal, Financial, HR, PR consultancies and scaling up solutions.
    • Legal Consultancy by Nishith Desai Associates
    • Financial Consultancy by Activitas Management Advisors Pvt Ltd
    • HR and Scaling up solutions by Euphoria Consultancy
    • PR Consultancy by Approach Communications
    • IP and related consultancy by Brain League
  • Office Space: Office space worth INR 4,50,000 by Regus Associates.
  • Incubation: Direct entry to the live-in phase of the accelerator program at The Morpheus.
  • Eureka! finalists will receive a chance to pitch their plan in front of a panel of angel investors and venture capitalists from organizations like Indian Angel Investor and Mumbai Angels.

Eureka! Social:
Eureka! Social encourages ideas and B-Plans which cater to people at the bottom of the pyramid and/or for a greener tomorrow. Eureka! Social will run as a parallel track and all the entries will be judged, mentored and evaluated separately. The B-Plan should have a definite revenue model and should be self-sustainable in the long run. It should also be socially relevant and impact the poor.


 

Major Incentives of Social Track:

  • Winners to get cash prize of INR 1,00,000 and Runner-Up of INR 50,000.
  • Direct entry and an all-expense-paid trip to the finals of The E-Bootcamp organized by BASES (Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students), Stanford University.
  • Consultancy opportunities: Worth INR 9,50,000 in the form of Legal, Financial, HR, PR consultancies and scaling up solutions.
    • Legal Consultancy by Nishith Desai Associates
    • Financial Consultancy by Activitas Management Advisors Pvt Ltd
    • HR and Scaling up solutions by Euphoria Consultancy
    • PR Consultancy by Approach Communications
    • IP and related consultancy by Brain League
  • Office Space: Office space worth INR 4,50,000 by Regus Associates.
  • Incubation: Direct entry to the live-in phase of the accelerator program at The Morpheus.
  • Social Media: A month long course free online social media certificate course by Digital Vidya and a month of social media mentoring by Social Samosa.
  • Eureka! finalists will receive a chance to pitch their plan in front of a panel of angel investors and venture capitalists from organizations like Indian Angel Investor and Mumbai Angels.

Special Awards:
Technological and Sustainable Development Award: A prize money of INR 3,00,000 will be awarded based on the criteria put forth by IIT Bombay Class of 1985 Eureka! Youth Award: A prize money of INR 1,00,000 will be awarded to the best youth entry.

To register visit: http://ecell.in/eureka/register

For more details visit: http://ecell.in/eureka

Check out for our Resources and some of the sample B-Plans if you got an idea and want to develop it to a BPlan. Visit http://ecell.in/eureka/portal/resources/documents-and-presentations/ to access the resources.
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Monday, October 8, 2012

Partner Event: iCreate

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This is to bring to your attention that icreate, in collaboration with Technion, is organizing a series of programs across Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi in the month of Oct, 2012. It is our sincere belief that these programs would have an incredibly positive impact on the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem.


Please avail of the special 30% off discount offer for Pluggd.In fans (discount coupon code ‘icreatenextgen’) and 50% off discount offer for students (discount coupon code ‘student’) for the 2-day seminar in Ahmedabad (Oct 12-13). Do also extend the invite to those in your network who you think will also benefit from these programs.


 

Speakers

 

Dr. Harry Yuklea

Advisor to Israeli National Economic Council, the Israeli Chief Scientist Office, the UNECE and to EUREKA (EU Industrial R&D Network). He is also a serial entrepreneur who has managed VC Funds, and is an academic researcher and a senior lecturer of Entrepreneurial Finance and Economics of Innovation at Technion, Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University.

Hadas Kroitoru

Program Manager, Israel India R&D Co-operation from MATIMOP (the official National Agency for inter-national industrial R&D cooperation in Israel)

Tehila Sabag

Projects Manager, Bronica Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center at Technion

Yakov Barac

Director, BizTEC at Technion

Major Amitava Mittra

Chief Operating Officer (India), BGI Engitech Pvt. Ltd.

 In addition, the following people shall also present at via Skype -

 

Sagi Dagan

Deputy Director, Alternative Fuels Administration, Prime Minister’s Office (Israel)

Michael Eisenberg

Managing Partner, Benchmark Capital (Israel)

Moshe Levin

Managing General Partner, DFJ Tel Aviv Venture Partners

Saul Singer

Co-Author, “Start-Up Nation”

Rebecca Zeffert

Founder & Executive Director, Israel-Asia Center

Yair Goldfinger

Currently Co-Founder & CEO, App Card solutions. Past: Co-Founder, ICQ

Ruti Polachek

Founder & CEO, Flakkes Co-Founder & CEO, LoopJoy.

Yoni Bloch

Founder & CEO, Interlude


 

Program Title

Program Fee

Date & Time

Venue

City

Key Program Takeaways

Building a Next Gen Enterprise


 

 

Rs.5000/-


50% discount for students

(use coupon ‘student’)


30% discount for Pluggd-In fans (use coupon ‘icreatenextgen’)

 

Fri Oct 12

Sat Oct 13

(10am

5pm)

GMDC Auditorium

 

Ahmedabad

1.     Best practices for starting-up

2.     Lessons from Israeli start-ups

3.     Ideating and starting the right way

4.     Tips & tricks to fast track the entrepreneurial journey

5.     Global entrepreneurial landscape & technology trends

6.     Opportunities in Israel

7.     Peer networking

Thoughts & Wisdom from a Start-Up Nation

Free Registrations.

Fri Oct 12 (6-8pm)

J B Auditorium, AMA

Ahmedabad

1.     Insights into the Israeli start-up ecosystem (culture, policies, initiatives & supportive infrastructure)

2.     Lessons from Israeli start-ups

3.     Opportunities in the Israeli market

4.     Global entrepreneurial and technology trends

5.     Peer networking

   

Tue Oct 16

(6-8pm)

Indian Merchant Chambers, Churchgate

Mumbai

 
   

Thu Oct 18

(3-5pm)

Satish Dhawan Auditorium, IISc

Bangalore

 
   

Fri Oct 19 (6-8pm)

Shakuntalam Convention Center, Pragati Maidan

New Delhi

 
   

Wed Oct 17

(9.30am-12pm)

Kotak Infiniti, Infiniti Park, Malad (East)

Mumbai

 
   

Thu Oct 18

(10am-12.30pm)

Infosys Ltd., Electronics City

Bangalore

 

 

 

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