In Pic: Mr. Rajesh Nahar- CEO, Co-Founder of Cbazaar is speaking at the session Bootstrapping or Funding for success session – Panel discussion by Mr. Chandu Nair - Consultant to entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Mr.Satish CV-Founder & CEO of Atchayam's Food Box, Mr.GokulVisveswaran of NFN Labs, Mr.SriramManoharan- CEO of Contus
TiE Chennai organizes Lufthansa “Runway to Success -Season 4”, mentoring camp in the city
Chennai, March 19, 2016– TiE Chennai in association Lufthansa organized a full day mentoring camp in the city named “Lufthansa Runway to Success - Season 4”, a multi-staged initiative that celebrates the spirit of Indian entrepreneurship. The program was developed by Lufthansa in partnership with the business experts at TiE across its chapters in India.
“Runway to Success” kicked off with a nationwide outreach inviting small and medium entrepreneurs to mentorship camps conducted byTiE in key cities across the country. The camps hosted by well-known entrepreneurs of the region offered insightful sessions as well as individual mentoring sessions by experts. It was a great learning curve for the new age entrepreneurs as they had an opportunity to interact, discuss and hear the success stories from the established entrepreneurs in their region.
The Chennai chapter of season 4 mentoring camp saw a series of discussion that include –
* Bootstrapping or Funding for success– Panel discussion by Chandu Nair - Consultant to entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Mr.Satish CV-Founder & CEO of Atchayam's Food Box, Mr.GokulVisveswaran of NFN Labs, Mr. Rajesh Nahar- CEO,Co- Founder of Cbazaar, Mr.SriramManoharan- CEO of Contus
* Perfecting your pitch - DoraiThodla- CEO of iMorph Inc. and Technology Mentor
* Financing your venture - V Shankar - Founder, CAMS, Ms. ShobanaAnand -Director, Redrock India Offshore Consultants Pvt Ltd, Mr. Mahalingam K – Director of TSM Group
* Agile entrepreneurship: What’s it all about and how can I use it? - Guerrilla Outlier marketing- Pravin Shekar-kreator-in-chief at krea
* Negotiation Skills – Do I Need it? - J Krishnan (UniMity Solutions)
* Authoring Books- Kiruba Shankar –Blogger, Digital Entrepreneur, Social Media Specialist, Successful Entrepreneur
* Personal Branding - Sorav Jain –Thinker in Chief –echoVME, Nandita Pandey-Director- Strata Vision Pvt Ltd.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Narayanan, President, TiE Chennai, says, “We admire Lufthansa's commitment to entrepreneurship. They have much to contribute themselves as a leading player in the travel and hospitality industry, possessing all the capabilities of customer friendliness. A much needed skill that has great promise in a country like India where such skill can create huge entrepreneurial opportunities for differentiation within verticals. “Runway to Success – Season 4” mentoring camp is a unique platform which brings together the successful and aspiring entrepreneurs under one roof. Through this program, we try to set up a platform for each and every entrepreneur to find his/her mentor to discuss and get the necessary guidance to achieve their business goals.”
Like the previous editions, Season 4 of the mentoring camp also has organized a contest for start-ups to find India’s most innovative SMEs. The winner gets a free Lufthansa Business Class ticket to the US and a seat at Stanford University’s Design Thinking Boot Camp. The mentorship camps are being organized across the country to empower entrepreneurs, culminating in a grand Startup Expo at Gurgaon on April 23, 2016. The event will bring together start-ups, investors, corporates, students and embassies.
