Aimed
at evangelizing and
mentoring India’s burgeoning start-up ecosystem, National Association of
Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) is set to host the second
edition of NASSCOM Innotrek 2015. With 39 start-ups selected for this year’s
edition, the program aims to provide this group of Indian technology
entrepreneurs & founders, an opportunity to get encouraged through
workshops, networking sessions, investor panels, expert roundtables and
corporate briefings with subject matter experts and global veterans.
InnoTrek initiative has received a very encouraging response
from both – the participants and the industry – for promoting entrepreneurship,
and providing a learning and networking platform for the participants. The
shortlisted will also have the opportunity to learn important lessons on
scaling up globally and forge relationships to give them a competitive
advantage.
Starting May 11th 2015, the program will provide
insights into the booming technology markets along with networking
opportunities with Silicon Valley investors, entrepreneurs and service
providers. It will showcase 38 promising early stage tech startups from India
working through diverse domains like ad-tech, mobility, big data analytics,
SAAS, etc. The focus this year will be on practitioners networking and peer to
peer interaction which will enable startups to learn from their counterparts in
the valley.
On Innotrek Delegation
visit, Mr. Ravi Gururaj, Chair, NASSCOM Product Council said “The
U.S. is a large unified market with a single language and a single culture,
which allows companies to grow big before they can start thinking of
international expansion. Building on our event last year, we are excited to
take 40 very promising and innovative start-ups to the Silicon Valley. We want
to give them the exposure that will help them not only ‘think scale, but think
global”.
Rajat Tandon, Sr.
Director, NASSCOM 10,000 Startups added, “To win big, ‘I need to move to
Silicon Valley’. I’ve heard this American Dream from entrepreneurs. Valley, is
yes the globe’s tech mecca and with InnoTrek our objective is to deep dive into
the SV (Silicon Valley) experience for startups and build back in India, since
it’s better to be there, where your customers are.”
On the agenda for the week-long trek are workshops, accelerator
visits, expert panels and roundtables on growth hacking, consumer & mobile
web, and fund raising tips with successful US entrepreneurs, and investors.
Entrepreneurs will also get to have a direct first-hand interaction with
reputed seed accelerators like 500 Startups, Spinta Accelerator, and
YCombinator that have an impressive portfolio of companies that they have
invested in and accelerated from across the world.
Delegation will also be
attending the globally renowned TiECon. A complete day is for campus visits to
the corporate offices of global tech giants like Google, LinkedIn and Facebook
followed by a Shark Tank where these startups will get the opportunity to pitch
to valley investors. Innotrek will conclude with the visit to Maker Faire, to
"celebrate arts, crafts, science projects, engineering and the
Do-It-Yourself mindset”, basically to encourage out-of-the-box thinking, which
is critical for entrepreneurs.
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