Angel Funding Opportunity – Aug 2015

GBG Mumbai is the Marketing Partner for the i5 Summit organised by IIM & IIT Indore. We are happy to bring you an unique opportunity.

Here’s your chance to Raise Angel Funding up to $25,000 in 10 minutes

During the summit, they have Venture-I which is the International Venture plan competition. It is a one of a kind platform where entrepreneurs can raise 15 lakh rupees of investment JUST by selling a minority stake(ie 5%) of their start-ups. It’s the fastest you will ever raise money- in just a ten minute duration (7 min pitch+ 3 min Q&A).

Want more? The Winner will also be inducted into NASSCOM 10k Startups’ Innotrek ‘2016 delegation to the Silicon Valley straightaway!

The platform is open to start ups that are less than 2 years old and have not raised more than 50 lacs rupees. If it is a business idea, the co-founders must have a full time team and a prototype.

Registrations for the Venture-I challenge have already begun and shall close on 7th August, 2015. Click here to signup http://bit.ly/venturei

Do spread the word and help a startup grow.
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Divum is Hiring for App developers

Founded in 2008, Divum is a pioneer among India’s Mobile App Developing startups. Divum is now hiring for Fresh and Senior Software Application Engineer at Bangalore.

 

Team Divum
Team Divum

Divum is known for building over 900 mobile apps across IOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Symbian for prestigious clients such as Askme, Freeads, YellowPages, MakeMytrip, BookMyShow, India Games – Disney, NDTV, Art of Living, Times Internet, India Today Group and many more. They also work closely with Samsung, Microsoft, Google and Blackberry.

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Click on links below to see the detailed job Description and contact details to apply.

For more queries write to [email protected]

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Prepare to get Inspired! Here’s the agenda for Google Day on Dec 13th

11 speakers from various walks of life with different expertise and great point of view are here to Inspire entrepreneurs of Mumbai to go the distance. We also have 4 interesting startups doing the Lightning Talks followed by an Open House discussion with 2 Googlers and 2 GBG Mumbai team members.
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The lunch and tea is on us, all you have to do is check-in at the venue well on time and get yourself a seat. So brace yourself and get ready to be Inspired.

Spread the word & stay in touch with us using hast tag #GDayXmumbai on Twitter, Google+ and Facebook.

Excited? Tell the world about it . Click here to Tweet -> 

We hope you enjoy the sessions, here’s the agenda.

Time Speaker Topic
9.15 am Registrations and Tea
10.00 Sunil Rao, Head of Startup Ecosystem, Google India Keynote address
10.30 Naiyaa Saggi, Co-founder at Babychakra.com How to build your business when women are your primary audience
11.00 Sanjay Parekh, Founder, StartupRiot Dream Big
11.30 Jasmeet Gandhi, Umeed 1000 & Microsoft Taking the Plunge
12.00 Satish Kataria, Managing Director, Catapooolt Power your Belief with Crowdfunding
12.30 Sreeraman Thiagarajan, Chapter Manager, GBG Mumbai Going beyond price wars, How to build a real ecommerce brand
1.00 Lunch
1.45 Paul Ravindranath, Program Manager, Startup Ecosystem, Google India The significance of communities in startup ecosystem
2.00 Ruchika Gupta, Art for Akanksha Using web technologies to empower economically weaker section
2.30 ElsaMarie, Co-founder, Safecity.in The web is what you make of it
3.00 Tea Break
3.30 Lightning Talks
4.00 Romin Irani, Google Developer Expert How to be business ready for wearables
4.30 Rohan Mirchandani, CEO, Hokey Pokey Ice creams Applying technology in non-tech startups
5.00 pm Session Moderated by Hardik Shah, Core Team, GBG Mumbai Open house with Sunil Rao, Paul Ravindranath and Sreeraman Thiagarajan

VenueHarkisan Mehta Institute of Journalism, Mithibai College Campus, Vile Parle, Mumbai. (Look for Gate 2, and then reach 1st floor, Seminar Hall)

The registrations closes on the night of Dec 10th.

Event by Google – Hangout for Webmaster – Helping users find mobile-friendly pages

Google recently announced how they are making website more mobile friendly, read the post here
To help website owners / webmaster The Google Search Quality team is doing a ‘Site Clinic’ to help Indian webmasters understand what they can improve on their websites in terms of mobile-friendliness.
If you don’t already know, in a Site Clinic the team takes a close look at the participants’ websites and points out specific issues that can be fixed. This Site Clinic is going to be over Hangouts-on-Air and focused around mobile related search issues.
You can encourage our communities to submit their website here or scroll down to fill the form if you want the Search Quality team to take a look at it.
 
Last date to submit is Thur, Nov 27.
Below are more details about the hangout:
When: Dec 4, 2014
Where: Over hangouts on Air (Link will be shared just before the event)
Time: 3:00 to 4:00 PM
Note: Since it will not be possible to discuss every individual website submitted, we’ll summarize the common issues observed among all the participants’ websites. However, we may pick some examples and point those out on specific websites if required.

This is a event conducted by Google, for queries reach Mr, Nitesh from Google here

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Event: Bootstrapping vs. Fundraising – When and How – Nov29th.

Read the notes from the meeting here gbgmumbai.org/vc-notes/

The world is full of ideas, everyone of us have a profound knowledge of something in our own field of work and an idea follows immediately to make it better. But then, Ideas are dime a dozen, the challenge is in execution. Of the many challenges that hinders executing a world changing idea is access to resources (aka money).

To take the plunge and getting things done is not everyone’s cup of tea, thankfully there are Angels (Friends, Family) who take the leap of faith along with a wannabe  entrepreneur to setup shop and grow the startup.

We wish it was that easy! Well, consider this scenarios:

  • Can your competitors take over the market if they raise capital and you bootstrap?
  • Can your business continue growing without external funding?
  • What are your chances for successful fundraising? or should you even try?
  • You may need the VCs, but does VCs need you?

If answering these questions was not hard enough, there are more jargons in the world of fundraising, Pre-Money, Post-Money, Rights of capital protection, Political rights, Liquidation preferences…does this mean one must give up hopes and resort to just bootstrapping?

Let us remember, ‘raising capital is not equal to success, not raising is not equal to failure’. Whether bootstrapped or funded, the money is just a means to an end. But how does one decide what to do and how to go about?

GBG Mumbai brings you an exclusive session – ‘Bootstrapping vs. Fundraising – When and How‘ where you can hear two perspective on the same topic; one from a Venture Capitalist, another from an Entrepreneur who recently raised funds.

Speaker Profile:

  • Prashanth Mehta, Partner, Lightbox Venture (Lightbox’s portfolio includes InMobi, Cleartrip, Naukri)
  • Prateek Shukla, Co-founder / CEO, grabhouse.com (the startup that gives you broker free house renting)

Date & Time: Saturday, Nov 29th. 3.45pm. Seminar Hall, Harkisan Mehta Institute of Journalism. Mithibai College. Vile Parle.

Entry: Free and by registration only. Please fill the form below and await your confirmation.

Who should attend? If you are a startup or intending to start one in the near future, and would like to know how to the nuances of bootstrapping and raising money, then this event is for you.

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Getting started with e-Commerce – Focus on Women Entrepreneurs

gbg-women-mumbai-ecommerce-eventFor a startup, the world of online sales, whether products or services, can be daunting at first; the options seem confusing and the information conflicted. Too many people advise too many things, there are thousands of choices to get started with ecommerce, you can choose to build your own website or have your product listed on a market place like Flipkart or Amazon.

However, some big questions remain unanswered, do small retailers really stand a chance online? What about these factors that the big guys dont face but startups do?

  • Variety of product choices
  • Logistics and supply chain
  • Storage and inventory management
  • Web technologies including server costs, payment options, COD (cash on delivery)

Even if you cross all these hurdles, how do you market your business? Do a prospective customer trust you to open their wallets?

We at GBG Women, Mumbai are here to help you out. We are bringing in experts speakers from the ecommerce domain who will share their entrepreneurial journey on how they got started and how they are profitably sustaining their ecommerce venture.

Whether you are a woman wanting to take the entrepreneur plunge, or a running a business from home (it can be cute candle making or awesome Dhokla recipes), This event is for you! We will be talking about technology and e-commerce in plain simple English so that you can understand, learn and implement.

Date & Time: Saturday, 11th October. 4pm to 6.30pm.

Venue: 8th Floor, Seminar Hall, (MET) Mumbai Educational Trust, Bandra Reclamation Ranwar, Bandra West Mumbai, Maharashtra -400050

Who Should attend: Primarily meant for Women who want to learn the basics; a few good men are allowed 🙂

Agenda:

  • 3.45pm: Registration
  • 4.o0pm: Welcome address by Jasmine Pereira, Lead for GBG Women-Mumbai
  • 4.15pm: Jayanti Gupta, Founder of www.parinita.co.in will share her entrepreneurial journey in ecommerce space.
  • 5.00pm: Harsh Pamnani, formerly Sr. Marketing Manager at FirstCry.com will share ‘how to build a brand among women audience’
  • 5.45pm: Tanul Mishra Founder & CEO, eatopia.in will share and interact about her journey in ecommerce.
  • 6.30pm: Photo session and Networking

Entry free and by registration only, Do sign-up below or click here. Limited seats.

Questions? write to us at [email protected]

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Deep Dive into e-Commerce

Did you hear about this, 40,000 units of Xiaomi Redmi 1S smartphones sold in 4.5 secs on Flipkart? Ya, we heard that too and wanted to help our community members to figure how to do cool things like that.

So, here’s our next event, it is all about the big booming eCommerce in India. How to get started, how to optimize your existing store, how to create a fulfillment model that’s efficient and then we added even more interest things like, what is Hybrid Commerce, why should you care to know about it? What roles does vernacular language play in eCommerce?

Get to know it all, we have the best in business as our speakers this time. Sign-up soon, limited seats and entry by Invitation Only

Speaker Profile:

Mr. Rajaiv Prakash (IIM-A, former CEO of futurebazaar.com, currently founder and CEO of Next In Advisory Partners where he helps multiple startups leverage the power of eCommerce)

Mr. Harish Singla (ISB Hyderabad, Director and Co-founder of REIT India, An eCommerce Enabler for Selling Online. REIT India builds connect between Brands/Labels and eCommerce Marketplaces with its professional ‘End2End’ services.

Date: 20th September | Venue & Time: Will announce soon.

Queries? write to us at [email protected]

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One on One with Google

Dear Member,

Most of you know that GBG Mumbai is a stand alone initiative and is independent from Google, the corporation. Almost all our events are organized based on our understanding of what suits you the best and hence we conduct events & bring in speakers who are expert in their own domain to help you use technology for business success.

Now, GBG Mumbai brings you a unique chance to take your entrepreneurial venture to the next level; for the first time, here’s a chance to get your start-up mentored by some of the brightest minds from Google through One on One sessions.

This is available exclusively for GBG Mumbai members.

To register yourself for the one on one program, Do fill in the form below and await a response soon.

Note: Filling the form does not automatically qualify you, please await a response from us or Google directly.

 

Queries? Write to us at [email protected]

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How to get your business online, the basics of building a website

The most essential digital element to get your business online is a website, but it is also a complicated process if you dont know how to get one. One can sure hire a web developer or agency, but a lot of us do not know how to get the best website designed and developed even at the cost of a web designer. There are far too many components and jargons associated with websites that make it sound very tedious and tiring process.

GBG Women wants to help women entrepreneurs of Mumbai to get their business online through websites, which is a valuable sales aid for their business and growth.

We aim to demystify the jargons, simplify the process of building a website, guide in creating content that is SEO friendly and choosing the right platform for your business such as e-commerce, etc.,

At GBG Women, Mumbai, we have always been around to help you use technology for business success, we love start-ups and SMEs. So, join us to take your business to the next level as we bring to you a interactive and detailed session on ‘How to get your business online, the basics of building a website

Entry: Free and by registration only (scroll down to register)

Event Date and Time: August 9th, Saturday. 4.45pm to 7.00pm 

Address: Seminar Hall, Harkisan Mehta Institute of Journalism, Mithibai College, Vile Parle, Mumbai.

Note: The event is a interactive session tailored to benefit women entrepreneurs, small business owners, bloggers and SMEs to understand the basics of web design and development. No programming skills or prior knowledge is required. Anyone interested to learn is welcome. We do not plan to cover advanced website topics in this session.

Please come on time.

Cheers and see you on 9th August at 4.45pm

Got any questions? write to [email protected]

Event: Learn to use Google Display Network

Whether your business is into making yummy cup cakes or building the next Candy Crush app, you have the constant need to meet the right audience and grow your business by creating awareness and generating leads.

For a start-up, the challenge increases even more, thanks to limited budgets and lack of a full fledged marketing campaigns. So how do you address these challenges?

Google Ads empowers your business with Google Display Network (GDN) which can:

  1. Generate Awareness: by getting your ads in front of consumers, so they can learn about your business as they consider their options. The more that people research in your business category, the more important it is for your products or services to stand out from the crowd.
  2. Increase Sales: by getting your ads on relevant sites and in front of more people, more often, so that when they come to buy, it’s your business that’s top-of-mind.
  3. Drive Loyalty: by re-engaging interested consumers. Target your ads to people who have already visited your website, even if they didn’t buy anything. Reminding them of your business is likely to bring them back to your website again and keep your business top-of-mind.

At GBG Mumbai, we have always been around to help you use technology for business success, we love start-ups and SMEs. So, join us to take your business to the next level as we bring to you a interactive and detailed session on GDN.

Entry: Free and by registration only (scroll down to register)

Event Date and Time: July 19th, Saturday. 4.00pm to 6.30pm 

Address: Seminar Hall, Harkisan Mehta Institute of Journalism, Mithibai College, Vile Parle, Mumbai.

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Agenda:

  • 3.45pm to 4.10pm: Registration and Introduction
  • 4.15pm to 4.30pm: Learnings from Google I/O 2014 by Sreeraman Thiagarajan (Chapter Manager)
  • 4.30pm to 6.30pm: Google Display Network Session by Sandiip Porwel (Founder and CEO of Virtual Snipers)
  • 6.30pm onwards: Group photo session and networking break (hot beverages provided)

Note: The event is a interactive session tailored to benefit entrepreneurs, small business owners, bloggers and SMEs to understand and implement Google Display Network and Google Ads to promote their business No programming skills or prior knowledge is required. Anyone interested to learn is welcome.

Please come on time.

Cheers and see you on 19th July at 3.45pm.

Got any questions? write to [email protected]

 

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