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A Curated Lowdown Of Startup Events [5-11 Feb 2018]
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“Don’t build links. Build relationships.” – Rand Fishkin, Moz
Be it 20 years back or 20 years ahead, the world of entrepreneurs cannot deny the importance of building relationships in their journey to success.
While in the traditional times, word of mouth was the major source of gaining popularity, the today’s entrepreneurs have a number of ways to showcase their products and ideas.
Startup events play a major role here, where the startups not only get a like-minded group to discuss their ideas, but also a chance to gain from the experience of other established entrepreneurs, mentors and innovators.
This week’s list of startup events has been curated along the same lines.
Here Are The Startup Events To Attend This Week
Startup India States Conference
The event has been organized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of on the occasion of the launch of ranking exercise for States/UTs on the basis of initiatives taken to promote Startups.
State/UT Startup ranking exercise is first of its kind initiative and envisages to leverage States/UTs as partners to boost the growth of Startup ecosystem in the country.
The half-day conference aims to discuss the objective of the ranking exercise with a detailed walk-through of the ranking framework. One will also get networking opportunity with various startups and other ecosystem stakeholders
Date: February 6, 2018
Who Should Attend: Senior Officials From States/UTs, Investors, Mentors, VCs, Entrepreneurs, Mentors
Venue: Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, New Delhi
She Starts
Organised by Sheroes, the event is focussed on promoting women entrepreneurship and looks for entrepreneurship lessons from already established ones.
As stated by the event host, “Women entrepreneurship comes with its own set of problems, some unique and some shared! So we formed #SheStarts @ RevStart, a series of mentorship events where selected startups have the opportunity of one-on-one sessions with a leading women entrepreneur.”
Sheroes will be starting the first session with Anisha Singh, CEO and Co-founder MyDala, one of the earliest entrants to the coupons business in India, which is now India’s largest local services marketing platform.
She is also an international speaker on entrepreneurship and passionate about women’s rights and issues at the workplace along with being a judge on the startup reality show called Dropout Pvt Ltd. on MTV.
Her focus now is towards building a future where women’s success stories are accepted as the norm and not the exception. She is an active mentor and angel investor.
Date: February 8, 2018
Who Should Attend: Students, Women Entrepreneurs, Startup Enthusiasts, Mentors, Motivators
Venue: RevStart, Noida
StartupBuddy Conclave 2018
The Startup Buddy Conclave 2018 (SBC18) is organised with an objective of providing a platform to the growing startup eco-system of Delhi NCR to collaborate and share knowledge with their counterparts.
This is a flagship event of Startup Buddy and organised to provide a common platform to the startup ecosystem to foster innovation and entrepreneurship and support Startup India program being promoted by our Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Conclave aims to open the new avenue of opportunities for the Startups, Investor, and professionals to pursue new ideas oriented business ventures, investments, and partnerships.
The speakers in the event include eminent names such as Prajkt Raut, Rahul Maroli, Rajesh Sawhney, Sarbvir Singh, Shaili Chopra, Sundeep Malhotra amongst others.
Date: February 10, 2018
Who Should Attend: Startups, Individuals, Venture Capitalists, Accelerators, Incubators, Angel Investors, Service Providers
Venue: The Grand, New Delhi
That’s all for this week. Do share your experience if you happen to drop at any of the above events in the comments section below.
Stay tuned for the next edition of Startup Events Of The Week!
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