NASSCOM to collaborate with AP, TS
Hyderabad, May 8 (INN): 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 40 start-ups selected for the this year's edition, the program will also have Information Technology Ministers SR Patil (Karnataka) and K Tarakarama Rao (Telangana) and IT Secretaries Srivatsa Krishna (Karnataka) and Jayesh Ranjan (Telangana), accompanying the delegation this year. The program aims to provide a group of Indian technology entrepreneurs and founders, an opportunity to get encouraged through workshops, networking sessions, investor panels, expert round tables and corporate briefings with subject matter experts and global veterans.
Starting May 11th, 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 40+ 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, Ravi Gururaj, Chairman, 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'.
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. The networking activities and site visits will help entrepreneurs to get a better understanding of the global work culture and exchange views on building a constructive work environment.
On the agenda for the week-long trek are workshops Accelerator visits, expert panels and round tables 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 that have an impressive portfolio of companies they have invested in and accelerated from across the world.
News Posted: 8 May, 2015
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