Entrepreneurship Simplified: From Idea to IPO

There is an entrepreneurial boom in the world, but the failure rates of new start-ups remain alarmingly higher at around 70% globally. A very large portion of the remaining 30% start-ups also fail to scale and drift on with sub-optimal operations. This talk covers fundamentals which, if executed properly, will lead to improving the probability of the success of the venture. the talk would cover:

• Idea generation and validation
• Mission, Vision, Values, and Culture
• Funding your venture
• Winning with Venture Capitalist
• Building your organization
• Business and Marketing Strategy
• IPO/Strategic scale
• Wealth creation and sharing

Speaker: Ashok Soota

Ashok Soota, Executive Chairman Happiest Minds, is widely recognized as one of the pioneering leaders of the Indian IT industry. Happiest Minds is a Digital Transformation company with business lines of Product Engineering Services, Digital Solutions andInfrastructure & Security.
 
Ashok was also Founding Chairman & MD of MindTree, a company he led to a very successful IPO. Prior to MindTree, he led Wipro’s IT business for fifteen years.  He also led the turnaround of Shriram Refrigeration into a highly profitable company after 4 straight years of losses.
 
Ashok has been the President of leading industry associations like Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a member of the Prime Minister’s Task Force for IT and on the Advisory Council for the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva.  He is a Fellow of INAE and CSI and on the Board of Governors of Asian Institute Management (AIM), Philippines.  He is a recipient of multiple IT Person of the year and Lifetime achievements awards.
 
Ashok’s philanthropic contributions are channeled through Ashirvadam, a Trust he has created for environmental protection and helps for the needy including vocational training, education, and medical assistance. Ashok is a co-author of the international bestseller – “Entrepreneurship Simplified”.
 

Agenda:

6:30 pm: Registration & Networking
  7:00 pm: Welcome note by the Head of Campus, SP Jain.
7:10 pm: Introduction of the speaker by Mr. Parminder Singh, Chief Commercial and Digital Officer- Mediacorp Pte Ltd, TiE Charter Member
7:20 pm - 8:20 pm: Talk
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm: Q & A 

Pricing:

Free for Members, $20 for Non-members