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The Power of Ideas, India's largest entrepreneurial platform that encourages, nurtures and grooms business ideas by connecting them with relevant mentors, incubators and investors, is back with the simple aim of creating an entrepreneurial culture in India.The Power of Ideas was first launched in 2009, in the middle of an economic slowdown, to boost sentiment and encourage India Inc to approach

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A business plan is important not only in a conventional enterprise but also in unstructured fields like film-making. The idea is just sinking in as the 254 finalists of ET’s Power Of Ideas programme fine-tune their business plans for a presentation at the investor meet. To prepare for this crucial meet, the participants will soon undergo one-on-one mentoring.For a close look at a typical business

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The one emotion that binds the applicants of ET’s Power of Ideas programme is passion. The 746 contenders, who couldn’t make it to the final list of 254, are keen to pursue their dreams, despite a temporary setback. At the elevator pitch stage, ET and angel partner Indian Angel Network had decided that 746 ideas from the list of 1,000 did not make the cut.For instance, Delhi-based Dr VK Singh and

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ET’s Power of Ideas is not about metropolitan themes set in concrete jungle, it’s a lot about earthy ideas from sons of the soil. The final list of the programme would not have been complete without ideas from the sector that employs 60% of the country’s population, agriculture. Although, the ideas in the rural and agriculture sector were few, but interestingly, they came from very young

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IT and telecom seem to be the hottest sectors in the final shortlist of The Power of Ideas programme. Of the 254 ideas shortlisted by The Economic Times and angel partner, Indian Angel Network, 57 came from the IT/technology-enabled services (ITES) sectors. Another 14 ideas were from the internet space, taking the total number of IT and IT-based business ideas to a whopping 28%.Almost 30 out of

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Education is not a barrier to becoming an entrepreneur and this statement is aptly supported by the profile of the 254 participants who are part of the final shortlist of The Power of Ideas programme. A good 40% of the finalists have non-professional qualifications only. They are graduates, postgraduates without fancy management degrees and those who have done certificate courses to supplement

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Over 12,000 ideas. A shortlist of 1,000 proposals. Now, just 254 waiting for their final mentoring.The budding entrepreneurs that The Power of Ideas programme has incubated are now just one step away from achieving their dream: To sit across the table with a potential investor, argue out their case, and hopefully, walk away with funds. Hearing the mentors speak at the three group mentoring

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Kamini Auditorium, one of Delhi’s finest auditoriums generally used for theatre and music came alive this time with a session designed to inspire young aspiring entrepreneurs. The scorching Delhi heat didn’t deter the participants and even before the registration desks opened there were more than 400 excited faces abuzz in the auditorium’s lobby. Soon everyone was herded into the cool comfort

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On 17th April, the Elevator Pitch Mentoring Sessions moved into its Bangalore Edition. Kicking off with its trademark entrepreneurial celebration, the session left aspirants inspired and no questions unanswered. Bangalore's contribution to The Economic Times - The Power of Ideas contest is noteworthy- the maximum business proposals came in from this city. At the session, the panel comprised

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Question:Post submission and shortlisting, I have refined my business idea thereby altering critical data. Is this likely to be negatively assessed at The Elevator Pitch?Answer: Of course not. The panelist expects you to alter your business proposal,and refine it to include more accurate data and learnings.Question:The panelist talks of consumer acceptance to guage profitability of our business

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Download The Elevator Pitch Format, by clicking here.Once you've downloaded The Elevator Pitch Form, here's some useful tips to ensure your submitted form matches panelist expectations.PRODUCTS AND SERVICESIn this segment, begin by including a clear and concise description of your product/service. Also include how your product/service fits into your potential consumers' need. What sets your

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At the Mumbai leg of The Elevator Pitch Mentoring Sessions, the auditorium was abuzz with potential entrepreneurs hobnobbing with other aspirants and angel investors. A crowd of 350 plus turned up for the two hour Mentoring Session that included insights and learnings from experienced, successful entrepreneurs across the country. The session took off to a ceremonious start with Vinod Mahanta,

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With the results of the first short-list declared in The Power Of Ideas initiative, it is time now for the short-listed candidates to gear up for the second round of the programme. In order to proceed to the final stage of meeting investors, all short-listed participants will be required to make an ‘Elevator Pitch’ in the next few days. What is the Elevator Pitch?It is just a brief dialogue

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Increasingly Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) is being seen as a cost effective solution, more so in entrepreneurships looking for cost effective deployments for their business ideas. Open Source Software is a given among entrepreneurs from technology backgrounds, but among the rest, entrepreneurs in Finance, Agriculture, and Education among other disciplines, OSS may not be as well known

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With blogs fairly exploding as a medium of choice for expression among over 100 million netizens who use them to document everything from the personal to the professional, it was only a matter of time that initiatives to filter blogs on their content came into the picture.It is the way of the world that no sooner chaos begins to manifest itself in steps order.Since the time the first Blog

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Glossed over by catchwords like ‘innovation’, ‘drive’, ‘passion’ etc. what is often not spoken about is the fact that many turn into entrepreneurs because they hated their day jobs. In the glut of technology options available it is something as simple as escaping the clutches of a day job that drives many down the entrepreneurial pathSix months into her job as an investor relations executive, it

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In response to purogovind on TwitterPurogovind: “Am wondering how important are financials. I just have a vague picture of it.”(Context: filling up Financials section in the Business Summary for submission to The Power Of Ideas)The Economics Times response:“For those with an existing business, please use a table to summarise your past years’ revenues and profits and project the same for the next

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UPDATEThe submission deadline for entreprenurial business summary to The Power Of Ideas is now extended to 6 P.M., Feb 23, 2009.Visit The Power Of Ideas to submit your business entry.

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Yesterday, The Economic Times concluded its The Power Of Ideas series of seminars with 'Capital Idea' - How entrepreneurs can access and bring their business ideas to life. The Speakers on the panel were Jitender Balakrishnan, Deputy Managing Director, IDBI, Sandeep Singhal, Founder, Nexus Capital, Gautam Patel, Partner, Battery Ventures, Rahul Khanna, Clearstone Venture Advisors.As reported by

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Submissions for Start-up Funding Received2,500+Some sectors Start-up Submissions received in areRetailMedia & EntertainmentHealthcareEducationAgricultureTo submit your Start-up idea for possible VC funding, visit Power Of Ideas

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In a little over an hour and half from now, at 11:30 A.M. panelists who’re in the business of helping entrepreneurs achieve their goals will speak in Mumbai at the Economic Times seminar on - 'Capital Idea' - How entrepreneurs can access and bring their business ideas to life.The SpeakersJitender Balakrishnan, Deputy Managing Director, IDBISandeep Singhal, Founder, Nexus CapitalGautam Patel,

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Tomorrow, The Economic Times concludes its The Power Of Ideas series of seminars with the last one in Mumbai. With Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, and Ahmedabad done, Mumbai will now hear what a distinguished panel of speakers has to say on"Capital Idea" - How entrepreneurs can access and bring their business ideas to life.SpeakersJitender Balakrishnan, Deputy Managing Director, IDBISandeep Singhal,

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Unlike overseas, there are few or no large bookstore chains, musty second-hand bookstores, or sprawling public libraries in India outside of the cities. In recent times however several book stores have cropped up here, but they are few and far-between. Perhaps, it is an indication of how little India reads, something that rankled and goaded Manish Kumar and Arti Jain into founding

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Now that letters are rare to come by, and there’s little or no sense of anticipation of arrival of letters from friends and relatives, letter boxes have become redundant save the occasional subscription, and the household bills.With fewer people reading books, subscriptions stand even lesser chance of being read. But if there’s one thing why we return to letter boxes, time and again it is for the

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This afternoon The Economic Times rolls into Ahmedabad with its The Power Of Ideas series of seminars. With Kolkata, Bangalore, and Delhi done, now Ahmedabad will hear what a distinguished panel of speakers has to say onSlowdown throws up more Entrepreneurs.SpeakersPankaj Patel, CMD, Zydus CadilaDr. Samir Barua, IIM-A DirectorPiruz Khambatta, CMD, RasnaAshish Soparkar, CEO, Meghmani

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In a little over an hour from now The Economic Times rolls into New Delhi with its The Power Of Ideas series of seminars. With Kolkata, and Bangalore done, now New Delhi will hear what a distinguished panel of speakers has to say onEcosystem for Innovativeness in India. Is Jugaad a disruptive technology?SpeakersJagdish Khattar (Head of Carnation Auto and Former MD Maruti Udyog Limited)Shivinder

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What the Internet affords those with ideas is a medium to bring them to reality, and nowhere more so than in the classrooms where the academics of the subject can tested for viability in the public sphere, even long after one has passed out and is working at a job.For those of us who might be tempted to associate start-ups with Applied Sciences or Management courses, think again. While Applied

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Out on the Indian street it is the enterprising that will improvise and innovate with their businesses. Those of us who have traveled many a mile in Indian milieus, particularly the bazaars will remember voices heard over the noise of people milling about, voices that are particularly energetic, and persuasive, while others not as much.But whatever the case maybe there is every chance, if you

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Solapur is a little over six hours by train from Mumbai. Those who travel regularly to Solapur and back will tell you to book your tickets in advance if you’re planning a trip by III Tier AC to this outpost in Maharashtra for, on weekends sugar barons travel between Solapur and Mumbai and there’s nary a ticket to be had if you haven’t planned your travel in advance.Siddeshwar Express is the

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The Economic Times is more than a home to us. It is where we think, analyze, and occasionally conceive ideas that we, like some folks elsewhere, hope will make a difference. The Power Of Ideas came from one such deliberation not too long ago.At first we thought it daunting, and then we were consumed by an entrepreneurial spirit and went for it. We thought if we put our heart into it, the results

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