(EARLY BIRD OFFER: 25% discount valid until July 22nd Apply Code: Pre_Accelerate )

Event Organizer & Speaker: Pradeep Prabhu
Organizer's Contact Number: (+91) 9900531974
Organizer's E-Mail ID: [email protected]

TICKET PRICE: Rs 2000/- per person

EVENT DURATION: 1 Day

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Startups (Idea/Early Stage/MVP/Prototype/Pre-Seed)
Entrepreneurs looking to start a company
Students
Anybody interested in Startups & Entrepreneurship
EVENT DETAILS:

With a very hands-on approach, this 1-day Pre-Accelerator program delivers targeted content and workshops, providing participants with a unique environment to test business ideas and improve their entrepreneurial skills.

This intensive day long program has a clear focus: immerse our participants in a challenging environment, perfect for failing fast and evolve quickly.

WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM ABOUT?

If you're truly passionate about Entrepreneurship & dream to create the next wave of World changing startups in India, then this is the perfect program for you!

Experience a day long Master class which will help Entrepreneurs in Early Stage to scale their Startups. This is a Master class packed with some of the MOST important business skills, tools, frameworks, and processes required by Entrepreneurs or Startup Owners to build sustainable & scalable startups. The days will be a mix of theory, practice, DIY sessions, case studies, quiz, Q&A, Tips from Guest Speakers, and delicious food breaks - LESS THEORY & MORE PRACTICALS!

At the end of the day, participants will not only be equipped with the business skills required to build their startup but will also convert their raw ideas (on paper) into pragmatic business models.

Think of this Pre-Accelerator as an experience rather than an event!

AGENDA FOR THE PRE-ACCELERATOR IS LISTED BELOW:

PRE-PREPARATION [previous day]:

Concepts slidedeck & other theoretical documents will be e-mailed to people who have purchased the tickets one day in advance
Spend a couple of minutes to read this slide deck to understand the concepts
IDEA PITCHING & TEAM CREATION [10:30 AM - 11:00 AM]:

Introduction & Networking
Pitch your Startup Ideas (if you don't have or don't like to pitch an idea, then it's ok. You can work on some other idea in a different team)
Voting of Ideas
Selection of top ideas
Team formation
UNDERSTAND BASIC CONCEPTS WITH TEAM MEMBERS [11:00 AM - 11:30 AM]:

Ideation
Business Modeling
Lean Startup
DESIGN YOUR BUSINESS MODEL [11:30 AM - 2:30 PM]:

Brainstorm ideas, discuss priorities, diagnose pros/cons with team members
Design your business model
Review with Mentor(s)
CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT & LEAN METRICS [2:30 PM - 3:15 PM]

Design your Lean process
Create customer interview questionare (Validation)
Decide the best metric to measure your startup's progress
Review with Mentor(s)
TEAM PITCH & CLOSING [3:15 PM - 4:00 PM]

Pitch your team's business model
Q&A
Closing remarks
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP FACILITATOR:

Pradeep is the Founder & CEO of Startup Wizardry which is an Events company specializing in Entrepreneurship. He specializes in Business Model Innovation & Venture Capital Investments (Angel/Seed/VC). He has mentored several Startups at his company and Accelerators such as NUMA Bangalore ( A Paris based Startup Accelerator http://numabengaluru.com/), Institute of Product Leadership (http://www.productleadership.in), & Raffles Design School (http://rafflesbangalore.com). He is an Events Organizer at Startup Pirates (A Portugal based Pre-Accelerator http://www.startuppirates.org/) & Startup Weekend (TechStars https://startupweekend.org). He is a Curator for Startup Digest Bangalore (TechStars https://www.startupdigest.com).

Prior to this, he worked as a Management Consultant at US Government Agencies like Client Network Services Inc., (CNSI)/US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington DC, & short term gigs @ innovative startups like ZoomCars (Bangalore), Plutora (Australia), & G2G (Bangalore). He is a Computer Science/MIS graduate from the State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton.