Startup@FMS - contd..

Mr. Mohit Malik, Head, Leadership and Strategy Practice, Anoova Consulting
He gave us insights about some Entrepreneurs like Vinod Khosla, Hardeep Singh Bedi, Mike Moritz, Jyoti Randhawa, who have made big in life after facing loads of turmoils. He gave statistics on how a chunk of venture capitalists funding fail and how they loose money maximum.

Mr. Rajit Pal Singh, Managing director and Co-Founder, Reach Potential Consultants
He gave us insights about HR- consulting in India and added a different dimension to the talk by asking the attendees to nurture the spirit of entrepreneurship with immense focus & doing out homework for need & feasibility analysis to the optimum. He also handled all queried related to the VC factor, as to how should we pitch to a VC? While talking about his key learning's, he also spoke of how important it is to be in a "Beginner's Mind" - state of being where we approach learning with no judgment, sensory & pre-conceived notion.

Mr. Tarun Bhalla, CEO, Building Blocks
He spoke of how building blocks was making big in changing the state of primary education in India through its consulting to various organizations regarding the quality of education in India. He gave us thorough insights regarding how one should evaluate opportunities before taking the final call.

Mr. Nishith Arora, Founder, ADI media
He focussed on his journey: turning points, constraining and influencing factors. He also shared his experiences in Harvard University.

Mr. Satyan Mishra, Founder and CEO, Drishtee
An FMS alumnus Mr. Mishra gave valuable insights about delivering services and related information to the village community through Information Kiosks mentioning the vast difference between rural markets and the urban markets. He gave extensive information about education, women empowerment, micro finance, e-health, life insurance in Rural India.

The speakers answered queries for the budding entrepreneurs as to how to pitch before venture capitalists for leadership positions rather than a small piece of the pie. Apart from the valuable insights and words of inspiration, some speakers encouraged the students to join start-ups like their own and take on bigger challenges in life.

The Seminar was followed by a Panel Discussion comprising the above speakers in which the panelists pondered upon "Challenges in scalability & globalization for a Start-Up". In addition to the speakers for the Seminar, Professor Vivek Suneja of FMS and also joined the discussion. Professor Suneja brought in an academic perspective to the discussion which was highly appreciated by all the student participants.

The event witnessed enthusiastic participation from several business schools and all-in-all was a great learning experience.

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