Conference Agenda - Inspiring Talks and Engaging Sessions

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8 Incredible Stages

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome note by

Ms. Ritu Marya

Editor in Chief, Entrepreneur India and APAC

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM How can Indian Startups aim for Global Growth and Build a business with a global market

Bramha Kumar

Joint Secretary (Overseas Employment) and Protector General of Emigrants, Ministry of External Affairs

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM How are CEOs doing things differently to steer big growth and creating a culture for employee retention

Ashok Kumar Gupta

Managing Director and CEO at Shalimar Paints

11:30 AM – 12:00 PMTea Break

12:00 PM - 12:25 PMHow to Balance Turbo Growth and Reduced Burn

Building and running a startup has become even more daunting and challenging. Hear from successful startups as they discuss their personal stories and battle scars in the journey to accelerate scale

The importance of metrics and being smart about how and where you build
Managing volatility and the unknown in a changing investment
How Product Success & Capital Efficiency go hand in Hand
How can you build fast while also managing your burn in the current investment landscape
New-age business practices for bootstrapped, pre-Seed, seed, and series A startups to find support and scale fast

12:25 PM - 01:05 PMBuilding Companies with Longer Time Horizons

Most startups are unlikely to generate revenue from day one or even reach the break-even point. While some businesses take two to three years to become profitable, some take longer to build income streams. For these futuristic companies, cracking the fundraising code becomes tricky.

The real nuts and bolts of early fundraising in 2023
How can founders get around revenue concerns in a more conservative funding market?
How do investors weigh risk when it comes to bets that may take longer to pull off?
What are the idle questions for growing startup categories like robotics and climate?

01:05 PM - 02:00 PMLunch

02:00 PM - 02:35 PMTaking Ambiguity Out of T.A.M

The T.A.M, or total addressable market for startups can be much larger than originally thought. However, startups are often stuck comparing high burn rates with future T.A.M. So how should founders and their backers really think about T.A.M for a balanced business approach?

Going beyond the standard format for breaking down the market size
Balancing between unrealistic projection versus underestimation
Choosing the right consulting and corporate research resources for TAM estimation
How much weightage do investors give to TAM

02:35 PM- 03:10 PMBuilding From Hinterland

India's Tier II and III towns are fast becoming the breeding grounds for valuable companies. Jaipur, Indore, Kochi, Chandigarh and many others are emerging as new startup hubs. Besides internet connectivity, the small-town startup boom is driven by ambitious founders from these areas, market access, remote working culture and reverse migration.

Tech revolution in Tier II, III, and beyond
The growing interest in venture capital funds
Access to the startup ecosystem, which includes accelerators and VC funds
What’s fuelling the renowned confidence of entrepreneurs from Tier II, III
Finding the right talent and other challenges

03:10 PM - 03:35 PMThe Roller Coaster of Life and Work for Startups

Startups are the most progressive businesses around. They encourage creativity, and individuality and are devoid of hierarchy. However, all this comes at the cost of risks, poor work-life balance, and ESOPs in lieu of a good salary. While these new-age businesses have opened up massive job opportunities, unlike SMEs, job security in the startup world is still an elusive concept.

Working for startups Vs working for SMEs and corporates
Pros and cons of working in a startup environment
Room for creativity, initiative, and entrepreneurial spirits to express themselves
Job opportunities in new and unique domains
Startup segments that have aced the hiring game
Living with constant Hiring & Firing cycles

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03:35 PM - 04:05 PMIs AI the Next Growth Barometer?

The next large growth of startups, AI breakthroughs, the opportunities and applications of AI for good, and infinite opportunities for creativity.
How artificial intelligence will shift culture, and change the trajectory of Industry
Ethical implications and governance of generative AI

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12:00 PM - 12:25 PMHow are CEOs doing things differently to steer big growth?

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in Hit Refresh writes that great leaders “recognize the true signal within a lot of noise”. Corporate leaders are addressing the risks while finding the opportunities in digital disruption, the economy and geopolitical uncertainties.

Rise of disruptive digital technologies
Risk of high inflation
Navigating challenges as geopolitical risks escalate
War for talent
Social purpose

Session Speakers:

Hitesh Oberoi

CO-PROMOTER, MD & CEO, INFO EDGE INDIA LIMITED

12:25 PM - 12:40 PMThe Future of Work: A Leader's Playbook to Building and Retaining Tomorrow's Distributed Workforce

Talent Has Changed Forever. The modern workforce is in the middle of one of its biggest shifts since the industrial revolution. Businesses have encountered the rise of global talent pools and the focus is on ‘human enterprise” in this decade. A whole new era of innovation around workforce transformation is just beginning

Companies need to completely rethink how they source, train, equip, motivate, and reward workers.
What work in human enterprise looks like in 2030.
Companies big and small are figuring out how they are going to distribute and manage their workforces in 2023.
How should organizations choose between Roles for Remote setups, hybrid teams, or a return to the office?
Best Practices for organizations to manage remote staffers
Women empowerment

Session Speakers:

Avanish Kamboj

Founder and CEO, Binmile

12:40 PM - 01:00 PMThe Confluence of Startup Culture and Large Companies

Session Speakers:

Ananya Birla

Artist & Businessperson

01:00 AM – 02:00 PMLunch

KEYNOTE: 02:00 PM - 02:40 PMDriving Transformation and Change while Building for Growth : A Leader’s Outlook

Business leader navigate through crisis deftly and at the same build an environment for common goals to be achieved uncommonly

Fostering innovations
Staying ahead of competition
Making progress amid chaos
Communicating change
Making space for reflection
Streamlining priorities
Finding talent
Navigating macro and micro economic challenges

Session Speakers:

Niren Chaudhary

Chairman, Panera Brands USA

02:40 PM - 03:20 PM How Corporations Are Shifting Values to be 21st century Ready

Digital Transformation & Corporate Culture :

Moderation or Disruption
How Companies are Collaborating with Startups for 21st century growth
Tech Priorities for 2023
The Outlook for Tech investments for organizations

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03:20 PM - 04:00 PM Scaling Sustainably: Walking the Talk on ESG

Organizations with a real and transparent commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria have become increasingly attractive to both investors and customers

Possible approaches and solutions, adopted by companies
How to decide where to focus first
companies are blazing bold trails in ESG, diversity and taking the sustainability route

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04:15 PM - 05:00 PMChanging Gears in Web3 : The New of Metaverse, NFT and Crypto

Will AI reshape the Metaverse
NFTs beyond digital collectibles
How Crypto equation is evolving

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05:00 PM – 05:15 PMKeynote : Driving Competitiveness and Innovation with Blockchain

As organizations gain traction in leveraging blockchains for strategic business advantage, we will see a new competitive landscape appear.

How smart enterprises understand how blockchain technology will fuel shifts in the value chain and ultimately see peer-to-peer focused business models.

How Blockchain is radically transforming Organizational business models

Advancements in blockchain and how you can gain a competitive advantage with blockchain technology to further drive innovation within your industry and organization

Session Speakers:

R. Vivekanand

President, BFSI Products & Platforms, TCS

05:15 PM – 05:45 PMWeb3 101: What startup founders should know of Investors' Perspective before raising funds

While Web3 funding has floated during the funding winter period, startups need to be more careful about how they approach investors and their audience.

How Startup's target audience, use cases, and unique offerings should be well-defined and aligned with the Business vision

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05:45 – 06:15 PMThe Game is on : The New and Next of Gaming Business

The future and interconnectedness between traditional gaming and blockchain gaming
Play & earn gaming : The Next Frontier of Digital Gaming
Investor Perspective on Next Gen Gaming

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10:00 AM - 11:00 AMMentor Round Table

One lead speaker for each table addressing the guests seated on an area of their expertise to encourage a fruitful and informative discussion. Each speaker takes two rounds of discussions on their respective topic giving the attendees a chance to partake in more than one dialogue.

B2B Commerce

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How can your startup have recurring model

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Preekshit Gupta

VP-APAC & MEA, Bureau

How to raise Capital if you are Not Located in a Big City

Session Speakers:

Aditya Arora

CEO, FAAD Network

How to find Startup Exits

Session Speakers:

Umesh Uttamchandani

Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer, Dev Accelerator Pvt. Ltd.

How to Negotiate your first term sheet

Session Speakers:

Akshay Hegde

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Shake Deal

Building transformative healthcare startups in India

Session Speakers:

Ankur Sharma

Co-Founder, Aartas CliniShare

How to Build Customer-centric Products & Pricing for Competitive Advantage

Session Speakers:

Rahul Mehra

Co-Founder, Roadcast

How to build an on-demand work fulfilment platform

Session Speakers:

Rohit Gupta

Senior Vice President, Demand at Awign

Boostrapping your Edtech startup to success

Session Speakers:

Ganeshprasad Sridharan

Co-founder & COO, Think School

11:00 AM - 11:30 AMKeynote : State of VC in 2023

VCs have never had so much capital socked away, but with a tightening exit market, many are ‘slowing their roll’ and asserting more control over deals after years of feverish deal-making. What new terms are they introducing into deals? Where are they forging ahead and pulling back, and why? What do founders need to know for their startups to survive and thrive in 2023 and beyond?

Session Speakers:

Madhu Shalini Iyer

Partner Managing, Rocketship.vc

11:30 AM - 12:15 PMFrom Capital and Counsel to Partnerships and Profits: How to Maximize Your Investor Relationships

In today’s market, capital is critical for startups to scale, but founders can also look to investors to open doors to the right partners and help provide operational services to get them in the right place to build. How to turbo-charge post-investment support and services.

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12:15 PM - 01:00 PMHow to Raise Funds When Investors Are More Cautious: The Founder Perspective

The founders who have raised capital in the proverbial winter share what worked for them and how their perspective has been updated in light of the changing economy.

The Impact of Economic Downturns on Startup Financing: Lessons from the Past and Strategies for the Future

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01:00 PM – 02:00 PMLunch

02:00 PM - 02:45 PMDebt Funding - The State of the Venture Debt Market

How Venture debt provides viable alternative Capital without reducing their ownership equity.
Breakdown of Venture Debt Underwriting Models
Understanding the headwinds in the industry for both lenders and borrowers
Sizing up current market sentiment, especially among equity investors

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02:45 PM - 03:45 PMRaising Capital Beyond the Big Cities

You no longer have to be located in Bangalore, Mumbai, or New Delhi to build a startup or raise money. But there are still areas where there are more venture capitalists per square mile and areas where there are fewer.

To get to grips with raising outside of traditional startup hubs, we’re bringing together VCs who either live and invest, or simply invest in more up-and-coming geographies.

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01:30 PM – 02:30 PM Lunch

03:00 PM – 04:00 PM Startup Kickoff

11:30 AM - 12:10 PMFamily Office & New Investments

Emerging Investment Paradigms in Family Offices for long-term investments
Amidst Volatility Lies the Opportunities - Strategic Insights to Deploy Capital for Family Offices
Start-Up Investments - Opportunities and Risks

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12:10 PM - 12:45 PMTurning Start-Up Acquisitions into Success for Legacy Business

The need to look outside a company for new ideas should be seen as a clear benefit and not a detriment to its core business or employees.

Legacy businesses have deep roots in their respective industries, but acquisitions allow new branches of service and product to sprout in new directions.

How can you identify a partner that will allow your start-up to fuel similar growth?

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12:45 PM – 01:15 PMFrom Family Business to Business Family and What it takes to be the next generation of family enterprise leader

How the growth ambitions need to change from thinking and acting like a small, regional company to a large, globally-focused company.
Approaches to innovation and the growth process and the prevalent challenges within the family regarding differences and comfort levels around risk.
Insights into the benefits of bringing into the family-run operation, Professional managers as part of the succession process and investors as part of the growth cycle and the family business’s core values
Gen Next needs different leadership skills to run a Family Business in a different economic climate which is more global and technologically advanced than their superiors How does Gen Next take calls on :
Selling Stake or diversifying the legacy business
Creating a foundation
Managing shared property and investments
How to revamp the family’s advisory team

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01:15 PM - 01:30 PMHow states are empowering the startup culture in India

Session Speakers:

Sanjeev Kumar Gupta

CEO Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM)

04:00 PM – 4:30 PM Building a First Generation Business

A Founder’s Account about – an idea, dealing with failure, initial success, wooing investors and big growth

Session Speakers:

Amit Jain

CEO and Co-Founder, CarDekho Group

04:30 PM – 05:00 PM Fireside chat: Journey of a Digital Phoenix

Session Speakers:

Tanmay Bhat

Youtuber

05:00 PM – 05:30 PMFireside chat: Scaling done right: Building brand for growth

Session Speakers:

Anupam G. Mittal

Founder & CEO, People Group

05:30 PM – 06:00 PMFireside chat: Building value in valutation

Session Speakers:

Aman Gupta

Co-Founder & CMO, Boat

04:00 PM - 04:35 PMFireside chat: Re-writing the D2C Business Rules

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Unveiling D2C 100 Special issue

4:35 PM - 04:50 PM Keynote: Consumerization of Commerce

Session Speakers:

Dipanjan Basu

Co-Founder & Partner, Fireside Ventures

04:50 PM - 05:05 PMKeynote: How Corporate Brands are Acing the D2C Channel

05:05 PM - 05:35 PM Seamless Synergy: Acing Omnichannel Expansion for D2C Founders

Understanding the Omnichannel Landscape: Defining what omnichannel means for D2C brands and how it differs from multi-channel approaches.
Harnessing Data and Insights
Seamless Customer Journey
Embracing Social Commerce
Exploring New Channels: Assessing the potential of emerging channels, such as voice commerce, virtual reality (VR) shopping, and augmented reality (AR) experiences, in enhancing the omnichannel journey.
Challenges and Solutions
The Future of Omnichannel

05:35 PM - 06:00 PMFireside chat: Building a Billion-Dollar D2C Brand

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Conference Schedule

8 Incredible Stages

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome note by

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM How can Indian Startups aim for Global Growth and Build a business with a global market

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM How are CEOs doing things differently to steer big growth and creating a culture for employee retention

11:30 AM – 12:00 PMTea Break

12:00 PM - 12:25 PMHow to Balance Turbo Growth and Reduced Burn

12:25 PM - 01:05 PMBuilding Companies with Longer Time Horizons

01:05 PM - 02:00 PMLunch

02:00 PM - 02:35 PMTaking Ambiguity Out of T.A.M

02:35 PM- 03:10 PMBuilding From Hinterland

03:10 PM - 03:35 PMThe Roller Coaster of Life and Work for Startups

03:35 PM - 04:05 PMIs AI the Next Growth Barometer?

12:00 PM - 12:25 PMHow are CEOs doing things differently to steer big growth?

12:25 PM - 12:40 PMThe Future of Work: A Leader's Playbook to Building and Retaining Tomorrow's Distributed Workforce

12:40 PM - 01:00 PMThe Confluence of Startup Culture and Large Companies

01:00 AM – 02:00 PMLunch

KEYNOTE: 02:00 PM - 02:40 PMDriving Transformation and Change while Building for Growth : A Leader’s Outlook

02:40 PM - 03:20 PM How Corporations Are Shifting Values to be 21st century Ready

03:20 PM - 04:00 PM Scaling Sustainably: Walking the Talk on ESG

04:15 PM - 05:00 PMChanging Gears in Web3 : The New of Metaverse, NFT and Crypto

05:00 PM – 05:15 PMKeynote : Driving Competitiveness and Innovation with Blockchain

05:15 PM – 05:45 PMWeb3 101: What startup founders should know of Investors' Perspective before raising funds

05:45 – 06:15 PMThe Game is on : The New and Next of Gaming Business

10:00 AM - 11:00 AMMentor Round Table

B2B Commerce

How can your startup have recurring model

How to raise Capital if you are Not Located in a Big City

How to find Startup Exits

How to Negotiate your first term sheet

Building transformative healthcare startups in India

How to Build Customer-centric Products & Pricing for Competitive Advantage

How to build an on-demand work fulfilment platform

Boostrapping your Edtech startup to success

11:00 AM - 11:30 AMKeynote : State of VC in 2023

11:30 AM - 12:15 PMFrom Capital and Counsel to Partnerships and Profits: How to Maximize Your Investor Relationships

12:15 PM - 01:00 PMHow to Raise Funds When Investors Are More Cautious: The Founder Perspective

01:00 PM – 02:00 PMLunch

02:00 PM - 02:45 PMDebt Funding - The State of the Venture Debt Market

02:45 PM - 03:45 PMRaising Capital Beyond the Big Cities

01:30 PM – 02:30 PM Lunch

03:00 PM – 04:00 PM Startup Kickoff

11:30 AM - 12:10 PMFamily Office & New Investments

12:10 PM - 12:45 PMTurning Start-Up Acquisitions into Success for Legacy Business

12:45 PM – 01:15 PMFrom Family Business to Business Family and What it takes to be the next generation of family enterprise leader

01:15 PM - 01:30 PMHow states are empowering the startup culture in India

04:00 PM – 4:30 PM Building a First Generation Business

04:30 PM – 05:00 PM Fireside chat: Journey of a Digital Phoenix

05:00 PM – 05:30 PMFireside chat: Scaling done right: Building brand for growth

05:30 PM – 06:00 PMFireside chat: Building value in valutation

04:00 PM - 04:35 PMFireside chat: Re-writing the D2C Business Rules

Unveiling D2C 100 Special issue

4:35 PM - 04:50 PM Keynote: Consumerization of Commerce

04:50 PM - 05:05 PMKeynote: How Corporate Brands are Acing the D2C Channel

05:05 PM - 05:35 PM Seamless Synergy: Acing Omnichannel Expansion for D2C Founders

05:35 PM - 06:00 PMFireside chat: Building a Billion-Dollar D2C Brand

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