Workshop on “Startup Ecosystem for Early Stage Entrepreneurs”
Endeavor to motivate students for entrepreneurial activity, Expeditors Club, MBA department in association with Institutions Innovation Council (IIC) and Entrepreneurship Development Cell of PES’s Modern College of Engineering has organized the workshop on “Startup Ecosystem for Early Stage Entrepreneurs”. The resource person for the session was Mr. Sopan Aghav. Mr.Aghav is a successful Entrepreneur and Director and Business Head of Pushpa Impex (ShriGunj), Pune having rich experience of more than 15 years in entrepreneurial activities. In his session, he talked about entrepreneurial ecosystem for early stage entrepreneurs by refereeing t his own experiences during the early stage of startup. He then briefs about difference between Startup and business. His focus was on startup recognition by the government. What are eligibility criterion for registering company as a startup and benefits of registration. He then focusses on Funding aspect for early stage startups and explain the prerequisite for availing the funds for startup. He mentioned various governmental and non-governmental sources from where the funds can be procured. With examples of angel investors to some governmental incentives how the early stage entrepreneurs can seek funds s explained by Mr.Aghav. In the end he discusses some cases from Shark Tank show to stress on the message that Idea/ concept is more important than various functions of Management. The workshop was very encouraging for the students to transform them in to job creator instead of job seeker.