The Startup Summit examines the science of starting a business in terms of The Physics Behind Starting a Business, The Mathematics of Selecting the Best Business, The Chemistry of Managing Business Operations and The Biology of Building Business Growth. Today’s competitive and transitional times demand that early entrepreneurs build their business keeping all four aspects in mind. Successful entrepreneurs, business and industry experts continue to be generous with their time and knowledge to mentor small business owners and early entrepreneurs, and so we should not miss this opportunity.

The Physics behind starting a business

In business, just as in physics, and also perhaps life in general, it's easier to maintain momentum than to overcome inertia. Quantum represents the potentiality in business to create ground for a rewarding Business Start-up. Physics explains how the natural world behaves -- how matter, energy and motion work. We need to draw on the laws of physics to design the business model and draw the business plan. Only then can we build dynamic structures and processes that will serve us best.

The Mathematics of Selecting the Best Business

With hundreds of different brands, investment levels and business types, how can you select the right business? Selecting the right business needs logic and reasoning that helps us read the numbers right. By recognising what numbers tell us we can discover the right business for our investment that minimizes risk and maximize Returns.

Market evaluations are a crucial part of selecting the right business opportunity; which calls for an understanding of:

  • Demographics of potential customers,
  • The local need for the product or services being offered
  • Cost of the services or products
  • Current & vacant market share

The Biology of Building Business Growth

The science of biology empowers us with the understanding of how organic and sustainable growth is created. Growth is good when everything is in place to support it, but it is bad when it happens when people, processes, and systems are not in place or ready to support that growth.

The Chemistery of Managing Business Operations

Good chemistry enhances Business productivity, because it enables altruistic partnerships and business relationships in which everyone is involved in the process of collaboration and there is an unparalleled balance of give and take leaving fewer issues to resolve & therefore less time devoted to non-creative agendas. It empowers us to manage all the equations between our vendors or colleagues or even customers, to ensure smooth functioning in everyday business


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Speakers

Ms. Mahalakshmi Saravanan,
Founder & Partner, Women Entrepreneurs India
Prof. Dr. Ganesan Ramaswamy,
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, National Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development
Mr. Navarre Roy,
Senior Associate Attorney, Selvam and Selvam
Ms. Parveen Papa,
Chairperson, FICCI - FLO Chennai Chapter & Director, Huma Specialists Hospital Research Centre Private Limited
       
Mr. Srini Vudayagiri,
Director, Peepul Capital
Mr. Karthik Nagendra,
Founder & Director, Thought Starters
Mr. Subramanian S,
AVP & Regional Head- Tamilnadu, Brand Capital
Mr. K Pandia Rajan,
MD, Ma Foi Strategic Consultants
       
Ms. Veena Kumaravel,
Founder, Naturals Beauty Salons India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Satish Chamyvelumani,
Founder & CEO, Atchayam Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. KA Srinivasan,
CFO, Ventureast Proactive Fund
Mr. Kalichamy K,
VP - Head, Business Innovation Group (Big), Medall Healthcare Pvt Ltd
       
Mr. V. Thiyagarajan,
Founder & CEO, Knobay Educational Technologies Pvt, Ltd.
Mr. Vivekanand Palaniappan,
Joint Managing Director & Founder, Fitness One Group India Ltd.
Mr. B. Srinivas,
President - The Entrepreneurs Club, Director- PPP InfoTech Ltd.
Chef Subrata Debnath,
Executive Chef, Hyatt Regency Chennai
       
Mr. Pranav Suresh,
CEO, Startup Village
Mr. Subramanian,
Vice President, Cadd Centre
Mr. M. K. Harris Abdulla,
Managing Director, Fruit Shop
Prof. Dr. B. Balaji,
Director (MBA & MCA), SSIET - Sree Sastha Group of Institution
       
Mr. Bhaskar Venkatraman,
Founder – Director, Millennium Soft-Tech (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. G. Ravikumar,
Director, Centre For Entrepreneurship Development, Anna University, Chennai
Mr. Sridharan V,
Regional Manager - Credit Advisory & Loan Syndication Vertical, Tamilnadu Region, SIDBI Chennai
Mr. Charath Narasimhan,
CEO, Indian Terrain
       
Mr. Chackochen Mathai,
GM – Business Development, Trends In Vogue Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Suri.VG,
Managing Director, Kanchanna Patti
Mr. Jai Subash,
Managing Director, APJ Cabs
Mr. C. K. Mohan,
Founder, Power Aids & Vice President (TANSTIA)
       
Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman,
Founder-BharatMatrimony.com
Ms. Suneeta Reddy,
Managing Director-Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.
Mr. Balachandar R,
Founder & CEO - Laundry Project India Pvt Ltd (TLP),Wassup Brand
Dr. Srikant Patankar,
Project Advisor-Klear Karbon, Mohite Motors
       
Mr. Appu,
Director - Customer Relationship, Roadmap IT Solutions Private Limited
Mr. A. D. Padmasingh Isaac,
Chairman & MD, Aachi Group Of Companies
Mr. Rewins Kidangan,
Deputy General Manager-Retail, Vodafone South Limited
Dr. K. Karthikeyan,
Founder - CEO, Svasam Group Of Companies
       
   
Mr. Sanju Unni K,
Managing Director and Principal Trainer, Brainx India
Mr. Senthil Nayagam,
Owner, Go Grab.in
   

Conference Agenda

STARTUP SUMMIT
Franchise and Retail Show 2014
Date - July – 12th - 13th, 2014
Venue – The Westin, Koregaon Park, Pune
DAY 1 - 12th July, 2014
10:00 - 10:30 Welcome Address
INAUGURATION AND LAMP LIGHTING
10:30 - 11:30 INAUGURAL SESSION: BUILDING AN ENTREPRENURIAL ECOSYSTEM
  • Change on the horizon – Economic trends that will benefit the Indian Business Environment
  • Making India an easier place for foreign Businesses – What changes will it take?
  • Environment and reforms – Enabling Environment and Policy reforms for Young Indians to start businesses.
  • Follow the Money – Maximizing the Economic power of SME’s by strengthening the Investment climate.
  • Big Business and Start-ups – supporting each other.
Mr. Abhay Daptardar, Asst. Director, MSME-DI, Mumbai
Dr. (Capt) C. M. Chitale, Dean, PUMBA
Mr. Vishwas Mahajan, Product Preneur-in-Exile | President - TiE Pune
Mr. H P Srivastava, Vice Chairman, DCCIA Pune , Head - HR & Commercial Departments, Oriental Rubber Industries Limited
11:30 - 12:30 Session I :
THE NEW AGE FRANCHISE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • Emerging trends in the Franchise Start-up scene – High growth sectors and new Opportunities.
  • Low-Capital, scalable and High Return Consumer Products and Service Franchise partnership Opportunities with Indian Corporate.
  • Franchise Opportunities – big and small for the Start-up, the Professional Entrepreneur and the Operational Super-house.
  • Generation Y has the best potential to emerge as franchisees – Balancing skills & Entrepreneurship in New India.
  • Making India an easier place for Women Entrepreneurs to start business
  • New Opportunities for women business owners
Mr. Amitava Saha, Co-Founder, Firstcry.com
Mr. Rohit Gadia, Founder & CEO, CapitalVia Global Research Limited
Mr. Avinash Aggarwal, Chief Executive Officer, FoodJockeys LLP
Mr. Arun Nair, Director, The Pride Hotels India
12:30 - 13:30 Session II :
THE HEALTH, BEAUTY & WELLNESS BUSINESS MAKEOVER

  • Business & Consumption Mega trends – What drives Beauty & Personal Care Market in 2013?
  • The Potential of combining the hair salon, nail salon, beauty salon and day spa business.
  • Innovative Franchising strategies – Multi-unit, Re-franchising and conversion franchise.
  • The changing face of Distribution and Product Retailing
  • The Beauty and the Capital – Creating a scalable Business model.
Mr. Anurag Kedia, Director, Four Fountains De-Stress Spa
Ms. Manjari Patel, Master Trainer, Hypoxi India
13:30 - 14:30 Networking Lunch
15:15 - 16:00 Session III :
RETHINKING RETURN ON EDUCATION

  • The Consumerisation of Education – Consumer Attitudes & Buying Behavior.
  • Where to put your Ideas & Money – Education categories that will grow and shrink.
  • Franchising & Joint Ventures – Where Education Business can infuse growth and consolidation of small institutes under a single corporate umbrella?
  • Business models – What fits best for faster growth in the Business of Education?
Mr. Parag Shah, Founder Director, MIDAS India
Mr. Rakesh Mittal, Director, Choice Group of Institutes & Director, Indo Global Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture
Mr. Abhishek Ballabh, Entrepreneur | Co-Founder, Extraaedge.Com
15:30 - 16:00 Session IV :
TECHNOLOGY THAT MEANS BUSINESS

  • Developing your technology strategy.
  • The hidden lessons of cloud computing.
  • Employing technology as a successful tool.
  • Best practices to reach enterprise efficiency.
  • How IT can maximize the potential besides reducing cost.
  • IT enabling productivity.
Mr. Pratik Gandhi, Entrepreneur | Strategist, Trainer, Speaker | Founder, Digiwale
16:00 - 16:45 Session V:
MAKING AN IMPACT WITH YOUR MOST VISIBLE CREDENTIAL TODAY – YOUR IMAGE!

KeyNote by Ms. Kuiljeit Uppaal, Founder & CEO, Krea
16:45 onwards Close of Day 1 - Followed by Franchise India Fest
Day 2 - 13th July, 2014
10:30 - 11:30 Session I:
TAX & LEGAL KNOW HOW FOR SME BUSINESS

  • Competition laws in relation to the retail sector.
  • Small businesses are the most likely suffer from legal issues.
  • Managing legal agreements for small-medium enterprise.
  • Marketing through social media.
Mr. Manan Choksi, Regional Director, RE/MAX MGM
11:30 - 12:30 Session II :
THE CAPITAL CONNECTION

  • What do Investors Look for; What Sectors & Businesses are Hot Today?
  • Debt vs. Equity – What will come easy vs. what is right for each stage of Business?
  • Key metrics early-stage Investors look for in a Business.
  • How to raise, manage and utilise funding?
  • Exit-thinking – Build to Exit from day 1 of your Start-up.
Mr. Girish Narasimhan, Managing Director, Corporate Finance Association
Mr. Karanvir Shekhawat, Early Stage Investor & Entrepreneur
Mr. Manish Kumar, Partner, Incu Capital
12:30 - 13:30 Session III :
THE RIGHT RECIPE FOR A FOOD SERVICE BUSINESS

  • Food Business trends 2013 – What's hot, what's next!
  • What makes Western F&B brands successful in India?
  • Been there-seen there! Making your Restaurant the place to be.
  • What's in store for Financing Restaurants?
  • How the modern day franchise owners' model is changing in Food Service Business?
Mr. Shashikant Kekare, Joint Commissioner, Food & Drug Administration, Pune**
Mr. Sanee Awsarmmel, Chairman, Maharashtra State Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology
Mr. Ameet Pahilani, Managing Director, Cafι Chokolade
Mr. Arvind Budhani, Owner, Budhani Bros Wafers
13:30 - 14:30 Networking Lunch
14:30 - 15:30 Session IV :
RETAIL 2020: GROWTH & REVENUE IN RETAIL

  • Driving Profits &Market share in New Retail landscape.
  • Why Retail service is a growing business category
  • Building a Tier-II and Tier-III model why a cookie cutter approach will not work?
  • How Corporate are encouraging Entrepreneurship through retail franchise models?
  • The latest Expansion, Localization and Partnership strategies for retail models.
  • Ecommerce - The new Retail Era.
Mr. Siva Rangaswamy, Retail IT consultant and Managing Partner, RDS Consulting
Mr. Shashank Pathak, AVP – Leasing, Inorbit Malls India Pvt Ltd.
15:30 - 16:00 Session V :
What it takes to Become a successful Franchisee

Key Note By Coach Harish Mehta, Business & Executive Coach, Action COACH, Law of Attraction Coach, Certified Mind Mapping Trainer
16:00 - 16:30 Session VI :
Business & Career Opportunities in the Education Industry - A GUIDELINE FOR STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS

Keynote By Dr. Sharad Patil, Asst. Professor, Dr.D.Y.Patil School of Management, Pune
16:30 onwards Networking Tea and Visit to Expo

Delegate Profile

THIS EVENT IS A PERFECT PLATFORM FOR ENTREPRENEURS LOOKING TO JUMPSTART THEIR BUSINESS IDEAS AND CAN BE ATTENDED BY:

  • Local Business owners
  • Aspiring Entrepreneurs
  • Future & Recent Graduate Students
  • Entrepreneurs leading start- ups, fast growing ventures, and spinouts
  • Potential franchisees investing in franchise/ retail system
  • Franchisors/ Licensors/ Franchisees/ Licensees/ Licensing Agents
  • Founders, CEOs, COOs, Presidents, & other key seniors
  • Emerging franchisors
  • Entrepreneurs & brands looking to franchise their business
  • Product manufacturer foraying or already in retailing
  • Chain store operators seeking alternative distribution & reorganization methods.
  • Franchise Consultants or Suppliers
  • Retail business owners who need new ideas & want to streamline their operations
  • Professional firms, architects, landscape & urban designers
  • Banks and other sources of development funding
  • Manufacturers looking for licenses or franchise systems to enhance their products
  • Retail suppliers from real estate & technology.

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