Power Talk │ February 2021│Ready to Startup
POWER TALK FEBRUARY-MARCH 2021 Edition - READY TO STARTUP It’s time to start as pandemic paves way to a new day, a new year, a new life, a new relationships, a new career, new opportunities and so much more for so many of us. As the first edition of the new year 2021. POWER TALK focuses on sharing all that we need to make a perfect new beginning, plunging into the world of entrepreneurship. The stalwarts from the world of Start-up, Finance, Media and Coaching have penned down their years of experience on reams of paper for us to take a hiccup free flight into the territory of UNICORNS .. turning over a new leaf Dr. Abha Rishi is on the cover page .CEO for the Atal Incubation Centre at Birla Institute of Management Technology. She has her Honors in Entrepreneurship from Stanford University,holds a Chevening Rolls Royce Science and Innovation Leadership Programme-scholar from University of Oxford Enjoy the issue ! More power to you Founder & CEO- Archanna (https://www.linkedin.com/in/archannagaarg/) Power Talk with Archanna www.powertalkwitharchanna.com
POWER TALK FEBRUARY-MARCH 2021 Edition - READY TO STARTUP
It’s time to start as pandemic paves way to a new day, a new year, a new life, a new relationships, a new career, new opportunities and so much more for so many of us. As the first edition of the new year 2021. POWER TALK focuses on sharing all that we need to make a perfect new beginning, plunging into the world of entrepreneurship. The stalwarts from the world of Start-up, Finance, Media and Coaching have penned down their years of experience on reams of paper for us to take a hiccup free flight into the territory of UNICORNS .. turning over a new leaf
Dr. Abha Rishi is on the cover page .CEO for the Atal Incubation Centre at Birla Institute of Management Technology. She has her Honors in Entrepreneurship from Stanford University,holds a Chevening Rolls Royce Science and Innovation Leadership Programme-scholar from University of Oxford
Enjoy the issue !
More power to you
Founder & CEO- Archanna (https://www.linkedin.com/in/archannagaarg/)
Power Talk with Archanna
www.powertalkwitharchanna.com
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The world is more than ever in an Incredible phase
when it comes to the need of Innovation and the
talented, highly motivated Start-up founders are
putting in enormous effort to take their companies to
higher levels of growth. Seize the day and NOW is your
time.
In this highly competitive global market , we also see
failures, Black Swan unpredictable events laying the
finest companies low . The harsh fact of high failure
rates, not able to sustain the Progress, tough
Customer acquisition and high marketing costs are
factors to be well aware of for Founders.
There will be factors way beyond your control. Do not
feel let down and stifle your ability to be creative,
Innovate and find ways to survive and Thrive!! There
is support, Strategies and frameworks to Pivot, Find
new customer segments and unleash the full
potential you and your teams have.
So what needs to be done?
What are the critical factors to always be tracking
to stay strong in these challenging times ?
A few thoughts and guidelines from the hundreds of
conversations, Workshops and Research work that I
have been personally involved with. Will look at
diverse aspects like Marketing, Personal Branding,
Digital Tools, Networking, Skill Building,
Communities and Ecosystem
Government policies and opportunities. This is not
just for large enterprises, even Start-up founders
must study about government grants and
onboarding as a vendor. Apply for the various
Programs. Few of them are listed below
KSUM( Kerala), THUB(Telangana),Karnataka Startup
Cell( KITS,KTECH,NAIN etc).These two states are
just some of the very active states
Great resources
Invest India, DIPP programs
https://startup.karnataka.gov.in/
https://dipp.gov.in/japan-plus/flagshipprogrammes-goi-digital-india
Vijetha Shastry
2019-PRESENT
EXCEUTIVE DIRECTOR
TiE BANGALORE
2017-2019
LEAD INNOVATION
NASSCOMM
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
There are many active associations in your state
and city, CII ,FICCI, TiE, NASSCOM, ASSOCHAM,
Toastmasters, Dev circles etc
Seasoned founders are learners and readers. Be a
good mentor to younger founders , and remember
the digital natives are amazing growth tools
Be honest and strive to cut down unnecessary
costs, you need a good Runway to stay around for
longer terms and achieve your dreams, vision!
Invest in Free or Paid CRM, billing marketing, note
taking ,blogging tools like Hubspot ,Zoho,
Mailchimp, Freshworks, Medium, Asana, Notion
The playbooks are out there in the Open. Do your
research, apply the vital principles. Some samples
for addon reading :
https://www.birac.nic.in/big.php
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