Kauffman Foundation has started a NEW entrepreneurship website.
http://entrepreneurship.org/
and resources center
http://www.entrepreneurship.org/ResourcesCenter/
The website tells
“In the midst of our worst financial crisis in decades, entrepreneurs will once again lead the economic recovery.”
Actually, innovation and entrepreneurship (in business, social, political and military areas) are the reasons what makes USA and UK different from others. India is different too in the recent times.
What do you think?
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Dear Sir/ Madam
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell of IIM Bangalore is organizing Eximius 2010-the entrepreneurship summit of IIM Bangalore on August 14 & 15, 2010. We would be extremely obliged if you can help us in publicizing this opportunity for budding entrepreneurs through your website and network. Please find below a small writeup of Eximius 2010.
Thanks
Regards
Kevin Patel
Junior Coordinator, EnI Cell,
IIM Bangalore
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell of IIM Bangalore proudly presents
Eximius ’10 – The Entrepreneurship Summit of IIM Bangalore
On August 14th& 15th, 2010
After the success of EXIMIUS 2008 and 2009, the third edition of EXIMIUS will be bigger with more events and exciting speakers!
India is at the cusp of innovation! EXIMIUS 2010 is a tribute to our spirit of entrepreneurship, which we celebrate at our two-day summit at IIM Bangalore.
EXIMIUS is a prime opportunity for participants to interact with the thinkers and doers of the entrepreneurial world! It also provides budding entrepreneurs with a much-needed platform to showcase their ideas and analyze their plans before taking the plunge! With a business plan contest, Venture Capital workshops, speaker series and engaging panel discussions, we cordially invite you to Eximius’10 . Our flagship event is:
GENESIS – THE VC SPEED DATE!
Genesis provides a platform for all budding entrepreneurs and enthusiasts to pitch their business ideas to venture capitalists, in a one-on-one session.It’s an excellent opportunity to get real time feedback from multiple VCs. In these sessions, participants simulate real-life situations, test their ability to think on their feet, convince the panel and make their business a true success. PLEASE NOTE: SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY AUGUST 3, 2010.
Other events at Eximius ’10 include INGEN–The Business Plan contest, a panel discussion on “The Next Billion Dollar Idea,†a showcase on Innovation in Start-ups, and a Speaker Series on themes like Green Technology.
All this and much more await you at EXIMIUS 2010. Be amidst happening people, innovative ideas and a world of opportunities. For more details and updates visit http://www.eximius-iimb.com.
We recently interviewed Freeman Murray to talk about the incubator being launched at IIM Ahmedabad, iAccelerator. We talked about Indian entrepreneurship a bit and thought it might be relevant to this post. Below is our question and Freeman’s answer.
ChubbyBrain: One of the impressions we’ve heard of Indian startups is that they’re excellent at copying ideas or providing services but not necessarily the drivers of innovative business models/products? Do you think this is a fair or accurate comment? Why or why not?
Freeman: The scene is still young. I don’t think there is any question about where we’re trending, and with the size of the wave thats coming, in 5, 10 things will be dramatically different. But yeah, its true right now. Entrepreneurs are younger and less experienced on average than their equivalents in the Valley.
The full interview can be found here:
http://www.chubbybrain.com/blog/2009/04/indias-y-combinator-iaccelerator/
On a more general note, we think our platform, ChubbyBrain (http://www.chubbybrain.com) would be quite relevant to you, your fellow writers and readers as a research tool and means to promote VentureWoods. We’re a NYC-based information services platform seeking to structure and democratize information about startups and investors. At present, we have 15,400+ startups and 1300+ investors on the platform.
Within the next few weeks, we should be adding 15-20 venture capital and angel investment firms that invest in or that are based in India as well.
Please don’t hesitate to drop us a line if any questions or if you’d like to partner in any way.
Thanks.
Jonathan @ ChubbyBrain
team(at)chubbybrain.com