Startup Saturday Kochi - Annual Conclave 2016

Posted On : 24 Aug 2016
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Startup Saturday Kochi - Annual Conclave 2016, a gripping extravaganza is all set honour 5 unique startups on 3rd September. So, what your waiting for? Hurry up and register your names for the event to interact with CEOs of startups who can guide you if you are planning to start your own enterprise. Who knows your startup might be the winner for next year. This special event is curated with featured talks, panel discussions, a workshop & Annual startup awards.

Headstart will be conducting this special event to mark their successful tenure of 4 years in Kochi as an ecosystem facilitator. This special event is curated with featured talks, panel discussions, a workshop and startup awards. Powered by FWD Business, other partners for the event are Kerala Startup Mission, Club FM 94.3, Infopark Kochi, Yourstory, XIME Kochi, Explara, TiE Kerala, GDC Cochin, 10 K Startups and Zhooyi.

What is Headstart?

Headstart is India's largest grass root level organization that supports entrepreneurship and startups. With the vision to ‘Change the World through Entrepreneurship,' Headstart has been among the first few, to have driven informal and formal meets of aspiring and inspiring entrepreneurs in India – as early as 2005 -06.

Functions

It facilitates entrepreneurial learning, hiring, marketing insights and peer mentoring amongst the Startups and addresses their issues through various initiatives.

Highlights of Startup Saturday Kochi - Annual Conclave 2016

* Awards for 5 Top Startups

These awards will recognize the most credible dream chasers who are going to make a difference by setting up their own enterprise.

* Speaker Sessions

Varun Chandran, Founder & CEO of Corporate 360 will be enlightening the audience by speaking about his success story - "From Nearly Closing to a $3 million turnover Company"

* Panel Discussions

Entrepreneurs, academics, industry veterans, and professionals will provide their valuable inputs on the various aspects of the startup industry.

Panel Discussion 01: Importance of Ecosystem for Startups

The Startups in today's world do not become a successful one just by an idea or product. It's always the ecosystem that helps the startup to become a cash rich business through proper guidance, mentoring, connections and more. This panel we try to explore the importance of the ecosystem player such as media, government agencies, entrepreneurship groups and peer support.

Rajesh Nair, President - TiE Kerala & Head of E&Y Kochi

Jofin Joseph, COO - Profoundis

Robin Alex Panicker, MD - Antzcamp

Panel Discussion 02: Starting and Running a Startup

Moderator: Amit Singh, Co-Founder - Headstart Network Foundation

Antony Thomas, CIO - GE

Anoop Thomas Mathew, CTO - Profoundis

* Workshops

Rohit Veerajappa, Co-Founder - WowLabz; Facilitator - Lean Startup Machine (LSM)

Lean Startup 101 will equip you with the basics of creating prodcuts that customers want in the most cost effective manner.

Where : Athulya Road, Infopark Campus, Kakkanad, Kerala, India

When : 3 September, 2016