Power Talk │ February 2021│Ready to Startup

which ignores the intent of the audience being
addressed. A pitch should be constructed keeping
in mind the listener, be it an investor, a jury in
competition, a potential customer, followed by
your story that connects to them.
Cross Border Ventures
India itself is a huge market with a lot of potential!
But having said that, there are certain ventures for
whom geographical boundaries are not barriers,
e.g, Zoom, Airmeets, etc. This is especially true of
tech based platform startups and startups catering
to niche markets. These niche markets could be
homogenous across different countries. The only
advice that I would give is to be respectful of the
host culture and be flexible.
BIMTECH – An Edge Up!
Atal Incubation Centre- BIMTECH has a vision to
nurture startups that not only create an economical,
but also a social impact on the ecosystem. We run
three programs which focus on the different stages
of start-up where they need support; Khoj for
ideation, Gurukul for early revenue and Udaan for
expansion. Each program is carefully customized
and tweaked regularly to keep up with the current
requirements of the startups. AIC-BIMTECH also
offers co-living facility to the incubated startups,
which provides them access to the residential
infrastructure akin to the students of BIMTECH.
Another differentiating factor would be the focus
on the partnerships created within the ecosystem.
AIC-BIMTECH not only brings aboard partners
from all spheres to provide support structure for the
incubated startups, but there are many international
partners in.
Case Study
An interesting case that we came across in 2018
was of Akash Singh, now an Ashoka Young
Changemaker and Founder of Energinee
Innovation. When we first interacted with him, he
was applying for our Khoj (ideation) Program, with a
self-power generating stick innovated by him for his
grandfather. He wanted to turn that idea into a
venture. It was his enthusiasm and drive that
showed promise, for which he was selected for the
program. Since he was just 19 years at that
Dr.Abha Rishi
CHAIRPERSON
BIMTECH
Centre of innovation
Entrepreneurship Development
particular point in time, it was gently but firmly
established, in the first month itself, that his existing
product was not marketable. It had a lot of design
flaws and low market potential, and he was asked
to pivot. This was followed by many interactions
with him, while he kept on seeking a different idea
that he was equally passionate for, more if not less.
Finally after quite a few interactions with our
mentors, he moved into the waste management
space. As a result, his company is now collecting
temple waste like incense stick ash, from temples
across Delhi NCR, to convert it into different
sculptures moulded with the help of under-trial
prison inmates
Work Culture at BIMTECH
OPEN . EXPERIMENTAL . FAMILIAL
The environment at AIC-BIMTECH, both for the
team and the incubated startups is very friendly
and open with a flat reporting structure. It
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