Entrepreneur 2019

Conference Agenda

Day 1 - July 17, 2019
Leadership Summit	10.00 am - 11.00 amPlenary Session: The Role of the Government in Building Entrepreneurship Ecosystem #Beyond Basics Disruptive technologies pose opportunities and challenges for both traditional industries as well as governments grappling with unexpected and unfamiliar regulatory issues. Here are some hot topics: How can ecosystem leaders provide effective support to increase the pool of high growth firms. How to frame laws and regulations fit for the companies of tomorrow. Data, Privacy & Trust: What's next? What is it that we need to change most in key sectors? Should public policies that affect startups be designed globally, too? Keynote Session: The Corporate-Government Connect Plenary Session: State Leadership: How State Leaders can be Catalysts for Creating Entrepreneurial Hubs in India The session will connect policymakers from Rajasthan and Telangana to explore innovative regulatory changes and policy initiatives and accelerate entrepreneurial growth around the world. Masterclass: How to Fund and work with Young Entrepreneurs and make a Success of Business
Innovation Summit	Plenary Session: How to Build a Company for Scale & Impact Riding the Rollercoaster - Life & Work at Series A The panel will discuss how companies marry innovation with growth. When acquiring customers, the constant pivot is what every day work day looks like. It is the time when the business plan of an enterprise really takes shape. Innovating with Right Intent: Creating an Innovative Product or Service to Suit New-age Needs Making Companies Future Ready How to Raise Money for New Industry Keynote: Zero to One: How to Start Up & Build the Future The keynote will dissect how passion can be translated into reality in business. It will give a glimpse into attributes needed to take your company from Zero to One and explain how raising investments is just one step in the long ladder to the top. Keynote: Thriving Among Giants: How this Startup Grew to a $100 Million Business The keynote will highlight how to build a company from ground-zero and how the founder’s focus needs to evolve in his/her company’s journey to $100 million. Plenary Session: Building Leadership Through Workplace Innovation A 5% increase in productivity can lead to 10X growth in turnover. How will this leadership at workplace innovation driven by people look like. People: What it means to have an engaged workforce and the benefits this will bring to your business. We also look at how effective communication and development of staff can bring positive change. Purpose: The culture you want your organisation to have and how your physical and virtual workspace can help. Practice: Workplace practices you can adopt to help foster creativity, productivity and growth. Profit: How to turn your business into a profit centre. Plenary Session: Building a Business around a Community The panel will discuss how companies need to establish their own community to really build a business. It will dissect what needs to change in the style quotient of leaders and employee behavior as well as the approach towards services and sale. It will debate what it takes to tap into a community. . Keynote: How to Turn Adversity into Opportunity The keynote will explain how to identify when your business is going downhill and steps that business owners need to take at the right time to come out of adversity. It’ll reflect upon the enormous options that India now has to turnaround businesses. The talk will explain what founders need to learn for the long-term benefits of their ventures.

Day 1 - July 17, 2019

Leadership Summit

10.00 am - 11.00 amPlenary Session: The Role of the Government in Building Entrepreneurship Ecosystem #Beyond Basics
Disruptive technologies pose opportunities and challenges for both traditional industries as well as governments grappling with unexpected and unfamiliar regulatory issues. Here are some hot topics:

How can ecosystem leaders provide effective support to increase the pool of high growth firms.
How to frame laws and regulations fit for the companies of tomorrow.
Data, Privacy & Trust: What's next?
What is it that we need to change most in key sectors?
Should public policies that affect startups be designed globally, too?

Keynote Session: The Corporate-Government Connect
Plenary Session: State Leadership: How State Leaders can be Catalysts for Creating Entrepreneurial Hubs in India The session will connect policymakers from Rajasthan and Telangana to explore innovative regulatory changes and policy initiatives and accelerate entrepreneurial growth around the world.

Masterclass: How to Fund and work with Young Entrepreneurs and make a Success of Business

Innovation Summit

Plenary Session: How to Build a Company for Scale & Impact
Riding the Rollercoaster - Life & Work at Series A
The panel will discuss how companies marry innovation with growth. When acquiring customers, the constant pivot is what every day work day looks like. It is the time when the business plan of an enterprise really takes shape.

Innovating with Right Intent: Creating an Innovative Product or Service to Suit New-age Needs
Making Companies Future Ready
How to Raise Money for New Industry

Keynote: Zero to One: How to Start Up & Build the Future
The keynote will dissect how passion can be translated into reality in business. It will give a glimpse into attributes needed to take your company from Zero to One and explain how raising investments is just one step in the long ladder to the top.

Keynote: Thriving Among Giants: How this Startup Grew to a $100 Million Business
The keynote will highlight how to build a company from ground-zero and how the founder’s focus needs to evolve in his/her company’s journey to $100 million.

Plenary Session: Building Leadership Through Workplace Innovation
A 5% increase in productivity can lead to 10X growth in turnover. How will this leadership at workplace innovation driven by people look like.

People: What it means to have an engaged workforce and the benefits this will bring to your business. We also look at how effective communication and development of staff can bring positive change.
Purpose: The culture you want your organisation to have and how your physical and virtual workspace can help.
Practice: Workplace practices you can adopt to help foster creativity, productivity and growth.
Profit: How to turn your business into a profit centre.

Plenary Session: Building a Business around a Community
The panel will discuss how companies need to establish their own community to really build a business. It will dissect what needs to change in the style quotient of leaders and employee behavior as well as the approach towards services and sale. It will debate what it takes to tap into a community.
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Keynote: How to Turn Adversity into Opportunity
The keynote will explain how to identify when your business is going downhill and steps that business owners need to take at the right time to come out of adversity. It’ll reflect upon the enormous options that India now has to turnaround businesses. The talk will explain what founders need to learn for the long-term benefits of their ventures.

Day 2 - July 18, 2019
Money Summit	The Future of Funding Keynote: From Founder to Funder: An Entrepreneur’s Transition A first-hand account of running your own venture to venturing into angel investment and venture mentoring. Plenary Session: Essaying Angel Investment Ecosystem in India City of Angels Building an Alumni of Angels Learning from the Global Angel Ecosystem Decoding Discipline to Professionalise the Network Plenary Session: Sealing the Deal: The How, What and Why of Exit Inside Tech M&As: Picking the Right Match Both Sides of the Table: Forging a Successful Path to Acquisition From Basement to a Billion-Dollar Exit Unicorns Eyeing Acquisitions Plenary Session: Inside the World of Venture Capital Transforming Trends: Going Deeper into Riskier Bets Liquidity Lessons: Riding the Wave of IPOs Cross Border Investment Trends Hot Markets for 2019 Investing in the Future Plenary Session: Cross Border Investment Trends How global investors are betting big on Indian companies. What is so interesting about India and where are the real deals happening?
Growth Summit	Keynote: Building a Global Brand - A Look Beyond India & its Big Potential Plenary Session: Tech Xchange - Bringing World Innovation & Technology to India Why make it when you can buy it? India is becoming a coveted market like never before for many countries. From parking investments to partnering to scale up, world’s investors and innovators want to collaborate with India and tap its various strengths. Getting Global Tech to Empower Indian Businesses Indian Startups & the Opportunity for Partnerships Strengthening Existing Companies with Rich Talent & Fresh Approach Plenary Session: Deep Dive - How to Build a Leadership Team That Delivers Know all about the precise structure and skill set that define a highly scalable team. In this practical workshop, find out how to identify what your team should focus on and how the team members should interact. Determine how to efficiently make consistently high-quality, scalability-focused decisions. Whether or not you already have an A-Team, in this session you’ll learn not about what but rather whom you need to take your business to the next level. Keynote: Building a Unicorn Tech – Substance over Speed

Day 2 - July 18, 2019

Money Summit

The Future of Funding
Keynote: From Founder to Funder: An Entrepreneur’s Transition
A first-hand account of running your own venture to venturing into angel investment and venture mentoring.

Plenary Session: Essaying Angel Investment Ecosystem in India

City of Angels
Building an Alumni of Angels
Learning from the Global Angel Ecosystem
Decoding Discipline to Professionalise the Network

Plenary Session: Sealing the Deal: The How, What and Why of Exit

Inside Tech M&As: Picking the Right Match
Both Sides of the Table: Forging a Successful Path to Acquisition
From Basement to a Billion-Dollar Exit
Unicorns Eyeing Acquisitions

Plenary Session: Inside the World of Venture Capital

Transforming Trends: Going Deeper into Riskier Bets
Liquidity Lessons: Riding the Wave of IPOs
Cross Border Investment Trends
Hot Markets for 2019

Investing in the Future
Plenary Session: Cross Border Investment Trends
How global investors are betting big on Indian companies. What is so interesting about India and where are the real deals happening?

Growth Summit

Keynote: Building a Global Brand - A Look Beyond India & its Big Potential
Plenary Session: Tech Xchange - Bringing World Innovation & Technology to India
Why make it when you can buy it? India is becoming a coveted market like never before for many countries. From parking investments to partnering to scale up, world’s investors and innovators want to collaborate with India and tap its various strengths.

Getting Global Tech to Empower Indian Businesses
Indian Startups & the Opportunity for Partnerships
Strengthening Existing Companies with Rich Talent & Fresh Approach

Plenary Session: Deep Dive - How to Build a Leadership Team That Delivers
Know all about the precise structure and skill set that define a highly scalable team. In this practical workshop, find out how to identify what your team should focus on and how the team members should interact. Determine how to efficiently make consistently high-quality, scalability-focused decisions. Whether or not you already have an A-Team, in this session you’ll learn not about what but rather whom you need to take your business to the next level. Keynote: Building a Unicorn Tech – Substance over Speed