Conference Agenda

Breakfast Closes

Doors Close

Welcome – Vishwas Mahajan, President, TiE Pune Chapter

Plan of the day – Ajay Bhagwat and Vinay Nathan – Co-Chairs TIECON Pune

Plenary – ‘Entrepreneurship in the Indian context – each time, a brand new beginning.’ with
K. Ganesh, Founder Growth Story and Portea Healthcare. Earlier TutorVista, Marketics, Customer Asset and IT&T

Plenary – The emotional roller-coaster of being an entrepreneur with
Mahesh Murthy,  Brand management Guru, Venture Capitalist, Speaker and columnist. Founder, Pinstorm and co-founder, Seedfund

Plenary – Entrepreneurship on steroids – founding to exit in 18 months – the Little Eye Labs story with
Aditya Kulkarni, Founder, Little Eye Labs, now Product Manager FaceBook

Plenary – ‘Sapere Aude (Horace) – Dare to be wise and create a new beginning’. with
Rajiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Auto
Its the story a new beginning for an existing company – strategy of repositioning  Bajaj from being a maker of cheap scooters to becoming a marketeer of sporty motorcycles.

Parallel Track I : Fund your dream : Demystifying the funding process
Reverse Pitch Session moderated by K Rajinish Menon
This is a format aimed to educate entrepreneurs on how to choose the most suitable fund for their project and which criteria are most important in this decision making process

Parallel Track II : Grow your venture : Uncover Growth Strategies that Worked
Manak Singh of Ascent Foundation is in conversation with two entrepreneurs in diverse businesses, size and diametrically opposite personalities to cull out their growth mantras.
Ravi Pandit – the Chartered Accountant who founded and grew KPIT – the well known IT company with half a billion dollar revenue
Venkatesh ( Venky ) – the finance expert who founded and grew Desi Fast Food chain Goli Vada Pav to over 250 outlets

Parallel Track II : Track 2 : Puneri tech companies in hypergrowth mode
Dr. Anand Deshpande of Persistent Systems Leads shocasing of  the very own Puneri companies on the growth track and discusses nuances of creating high growth tech companies out of Pune.
Milind Borate of Druva – the storage company that has been in news
Nishith Shah of Fab.com – the e-commerce company that serves American market from Pune

Doing Good to Do Well – Addressing Social Problems and Creating Sustainable Business Models
Panel :
Moderator : PR Ganapathy, COO Villgro Innovations
Dr Abhishek Sen (MBBS & M.Tech),Founder, Biosense – developed low-cost medick devices for mass use in the field.
Aniruddha Atre, Founder BOPPEI – developed model for solar lights – providing energy while creating local entrepreneurs.
Sudesh Menon (B.Tech IIT Kharagpur)Founder, WaterLife – provides safe drinking water to underserved areas.

Plenary – Is Entrepreneur the new Brahma? by
Devdutt Patnaik : Well-known author, mythologist, speaker who has connected Indian mythology to business

Valedictory

Beehive Networking over Tea
Innovative Networking Event to maximize your participation in this TIECON