Conference agenda

Welcome

Plenary – Born in Pune – 1 : Narayana Murthy in fireside chat with Pravin Gandhi and three Puneris.

Interaction with Narayana Murthy on his entrepreneurial journey that began in Pune

Plenary – Born in Pune – 2 : Featured Puneri Entrepreneurs.

Narayana Murthy presents three chosen Pune entrepreneurs

Plenary – Sourav Majumdar ( Entrepreneur Magazine) presents path-breaking women entrepreneurs..

Manju Bhatia, Lina Ashar, Shilpi Kapoor

The TIE Stree Shakti panel at TiECon Pune 2013 will focus on future of Women entrepreneurship. It has been observed that there are large number of enterprises which are driven by women who either do not scale up or do not come to the fore front. What are the challenges faced by them at various levels? How supportive is the ecosystem & what else can be done? Do we see the number of women entrepreneurs growing in India? How does this impact the India story?

Breakout I – Reverse Pitch by Investors to Entrepreneurs

Speakers : Mukund Mohan, Sameer Verma, Padmaja Ruparel, Mahesh Murthy, Vikram Gavande, Anand Lunia, Ashish Dave, Ankur Agarwal

Reverse Pitch is a event where the investors get 5 minutes to  demo or pitch . The pitch includes  Operational Experience, Ticket Size , Sectors , Investment Thesis and Portfolio. The pitch is generally  followed by networking with startups.

Breakout II – “from starting-up to Scaling-up”

Speakers : Manak Singh, Vikram Bhatt, Prashant Bhaskar, Sanjaya Mariwala

Scaling-up with the energy of a Start-up…Scaling-up is a natural progression post starting-up…Let’s explore the entrepreneurs’ mindset through this  transition…where asking the right Questions is  equally critical as seeking the right answers… Insights from 3 exciting entrepreneurs – from diverse industries and across various growth stages – on their journey of striking a balance on – Structure for growth & agility of a start-up team – Experience & Experiment – Stability & Pace of growth – Biz-as-Usual & Biz-unUsual

Breakout II – Where is big money headed – future of growth funding

Speakers : Kishor Patil , Sanjay Kukreja , Ajay Bhagwat

How do leaders of successful companies use the past and present to predict the future?  Once they estimate the future, how do they position themselves to exploit their strengths to maximize profits?  More importantly, how do they know they are on the right track and if not, how do they take corrective actions?  Listen from two of the best from the industry……

Plenary – Social Media for the FUTURE by Mahesh Murthy

VC Round-table : Pre-shortlisted Entrepreneurs attending TiECON Pitch to VCS

Plenary – ” The story of Dhobis and Watchmen”, …Delivering Maharashtra from Boardroom to Grassroot (and vice versa) with ‘Model T7′, a disruptive innovation for growth, where the majority stakeholders of the society are beneficiaries” by Abhijit Pawar

Stories of Business Model Disruption

Speakers : Ravi Mantha , Vikram Vohra , Bhavish Agarwal

This session will explore the innovative and disruptive business models that  can scale in future. It will also present entrepenrurs with business models that are strikingly different from their competition.

Business Sutra: a very Indian approach to management by Devdutt Patnaaik

Valedictory

Presenting Annual B-School Business Plan Competition Awards - Pramod Chaudhari

Presenting Mementoes to Eco-System Partners - P.K. Agarwal