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Startup Weekend Delhi NCR - Innovator's Edition
Friday, May 22 - 24, 2015
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Startup Weekend Delhi NCR - Innovator's Edition
Friday, May 22 - 24, 2015
Friday, May 22 - 24, 2015
Event starts at 6:00 pm
Stirring Minds
238 A
Udyog Vihar, Phase - 4
Gurgaon,
Haryana
122016
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Start your Entrepreneurial journey here in 54 hrs !! No Talk, All Action !!
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EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday May 22nd
6:00 pm
Registration
Arrive at the venue and get checked in
7:00 pm
Networking
Share ideas, practice pitches, get to know fellow participants
7:20 pm
Welcome & Speakers
Review agenda for the weekend and introduce speakers, coaches, and community leaders
7:30 pm
Pitches Start
Optionally line up to give your pitch
8:30 pm
Dinner
Dinner along with campaigning
9:00 pm
Voting
Attendees vote for the top pitches
9:15 pm
Form Teams
Teams start forming and discussing ideas
10:00 pm
Begin Work
Start to formalize teams and take an inventory of skills. Be honest, and direct about what resources and skills are needed for the weekend. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow
Saturday May 23rd
9:00 am
Breakfast
Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
9:30 am
Begin Work
Teams formed and setting up workspace for the weekend
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Check-In
After-lunch check-in, status reports, call for help
2:00 pm
Coach Meetings
Coaches help teams one-on-one. They are here to help!
6:30 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm
Check-In
After-dinner check-in, status reports, call for help
10:00 pm
Wrap-Up
Finished for the day. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow
Sunday May 24th
9:00 am
Breakfast
Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
10:00 am
Check-In
Coaches arrive. Final opportunity to ask questions
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:30 pm
Coach Meetings
Coaches arrive… ASK QUESTIONS
3:00 pm
Presentation Prep & Tech Check
Final hours of worktime should be focused on perfecting your presentation, tech-check for final presentations also takes place
4:00 pm
Dinner
5:00 pm
Final Presentations
7:30 pm
Judging & Awards
8:30 pm
Wrap-Up
9:00 pm
Go Home!
Speakers
Varun Khaitan
Co-founder UrbanClap
Co-founder UrbanClap
UrbanClap (www.urbanclap.com) is an online platform which helps customers find and hire trusted service professionals. Whether you are looking to decorate your home, get candid pictures of your wedding, plan your kid’s birthday, learn yoga or get a massage at home, we are a sure shot destination for your service needs.
UrbanClap (www.urbanclap.com) is an online platform which helps customers find and hire trusted service professionals. Whether you are looking to decorate your home, get candid pictures of your wedding, plan your kid’s birthday, learn yoga or get a massage at home, we are a sure shot destination for your service needs.
Event Judges
Bhawna Agarwal
Chief Executive Officer
Bhawna is an award-winning Digital leader & an entrepreneur with 16+ years in leading media houses, Internet companies & start-ups in India.
LinkedIn featured her in 'Power Profiles in India' - indicating the most visited industry profiles in 2012.
Currently Advisory Board Member - Venture Fund.
Advisory Board Member -OYO Rooms
CEO - Luxury Retail Services Pvt Ltd
LinkedIn featured her in 'Power Profiles in India' - indicating the most visited industry profiles in 2012.
Currently Advisory Board Member - Venture Fund.
Advisory Board Member -OYO Rooms
CEO - Luxury Retail Services Pvt Ltd
Coaches and Mentors
Pranav Bhatia
Founder, Stirring Minds
Pranav Bhatia has been involved with startups for more than a decade. He worked with a few educational test prep startups and took the plunge to start his own venture ZIGEDU Learning Solutions to leverage technology in educational methods used in colleges across the globe. Later, ZIGEDU acquired the Indian operation of a UK- based group, and Pranav founded Lemon Interactive Inc, which provides tech solutions and develops internal proprietary products.
With over seven years of experience in educational ventures and guiding more than 20,000 students across classrooms, Pranav strongly felt the lack of platforms which help grow and nurture early entrepreneurial minds, creatives and freelancers.
With over seven years of experience in educational ventures and guiding more than 20,000 students across classrooms, Pranav strongly felt the lack of platforms which help grow and nurture early entrepreneurial minds, creatives and freelancers.
Vishal Bansal
CEO, HealthStart
Early Stage Investor in healthcare start ups, Physician Entrepreneur & Management Consultant with a clinical background, an international MBA and strong entrepreneurial leaning and experience in healthcare
Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Management Consulting, Product Development, Digital Healthcare, Healthcare Innovation, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital & Mentorship
Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Management Consulting, Product Development, Digital Healthcare, Healthcare Innovation, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital & Mentorship
Ishita Matharu
Founder - Mechenex
Ishita Matharu is the founder of Mechenex a certified car assistance network. Prior to Mechenex, she was in the online marketing space at Google since 2010. Having experienced different roles, she discovered her passion for Small & medium businesses and startups as an Account manager helping them grow using Google's advertising solutions.
Apart from this, she is a Krav Maga instructor and conducts several workshops for self defense under the organization Krav Maga India. And whenever a few months in a year permit, she does a Bharatnatiyam dance show with her group 'Jyotsna Shourie's dance center' in some city in the world.
Having worked with more than a 1000 companies at Google, she loves guiding companies to strategize their digital solutions to create brands online and drive performance.
Apart from this, she is a Krav Maga instructor and conducts several workshops for self defense under the organization Krav Maga India. And whenever a few months in a year permit, she does a Bharatnatiyam dance show with her group 'Jyotsna Shourie's dance center' in some city in the world.
Having worked with more than a 1000 companies at Google, she loves guiding companies to strategize their digital solutions to create brands online and drive performance.
Varun Khaitan
Co-founder UrbanClap
Co-founder UrbanClap
UrbanClap (www.urbanclap.com) is an online platform which helps customers find and hire trusted service professionals. Whether you are looking to decorate your home, get candid pictures of your wedding, plan your kid’s birthday, learn yoga or get a massage at home, we are a sure shot destination for your service needs.
UrbanClap (www.urbanclap.com) is an online platform which helps customers find and hire trusted service professionals. Whether you are looking to decorate your home, get candid pictures of your wedding, plan your kid’s birthday, learn yoga or get a massage at home, we are a sure shot destination for your service needs.
Shishir Gupta
Entrepreneur, Strategic Advisor & Angel Investor
B.Com, LL.B. & MBA with 11 years of Experience in various domains of Information Technology. Founded IT Company in 2003 and Developed Application in different technologies. Invested in various startups and associated as Strategic Advisor with Large Business Groups
Kartik Venkataraman
Founder
Kartik is a veteran in the travel, ecommerce, digital space, with global experience building and scaling B2C businesses, using analytics, marketing, decision sciences to improve and scale businesses. Prior to founding RedCarpet, Kartik was VP of Marketing & Analytics at Tradus, where he drove triple digit topline growth while significantly improving overall profitability. Kartik held numerous leadership roles at Travelocity and Sabre, where he built products and processes to optimize decision making in multiple areas including pricing, display and merchandizing, marketing and customer care. Kartik holds a Masters from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelors from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
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