Finance is the biggest pain point of any entrepreneur. With proper understanding of fundamental concepts, entrepreneurs can be confident to start and grow their ventures. This workshop is aimed at providing complete idea about startup finance issues starting from basics of revenues and profits to more complex issues related to funding and valuations.
Nurture Talent Academy is India's 1st institute for training entrepreneurs and startups. Our objective is to enable 1000 startups to form in next 3-5 years. It has already conducted 45 offline and online workshops across 15 cities attended by 700 budding entrepreneurs. It was selected as India's Hottest Startups for 2010 by Business Today magazine. It has also conducted workshops across leading institutes and corporates like IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIM Kozhikode and MSME Foundation.
About the Speaker
Amit Grover, Founder and CEO of Nurture Talent Academy, is an IIT Delhi and IIM Indore alumnus. He has previously worked with Infosys, Asian Paints and Onida in multiple functions like strategy, sales, marketing and software. He is also a member of Mumbai Angels, India's premium group of angel investors and has led over 25 early stage deals in last 4 years. He is also a mentor with ET Power of Ideas, and regularly speaks to media about entrepreneurship issues like ET Starting Up, CNBC Awaaz Entrepreneur, and Yourstory.in
Agenda
60 minutes - Basic concepts of revenues, costs, profits, working capital
60 minutes - Profit and loss, Balance sheet, cash flow statements
60 minutes - Introduction to venture capital
30 minutes - Sources of funding
30 minutes - Valuations
Mumbai Angels - Presenting Partner
Started in November 2006, the Mumbai Angels is a unique forum where its members may interact and exchange ideas and knowledge. The Mumbai Angels provides a unique platform to start up and very early stage companies by bringing them face to face with successful entrepreneurs, professionals and executives who are interested in and have the funds available to invest in start up companies. Many members of Mumbai Angels have prior Silicon Valley experience. In addition to the capital of its members, the Mumbai Angels provides access to high quality mentoring, vast networks in India and abroad and inputs on strategy as well as execution.The members of the Mumbai Angels typically consider investments of US$ 200,000 to US$ 500,000 and remaining as an investor in the company for a three to five year period prior to an exit pursuant to an initial public offering, trade sale or merger or acquisition. Top 5 companies from the Nurture Talent Academy's workshops across India will be chosen to be screened by Mumbai Angels for investments.
Official Website: http://www.nurturetalent.com
Added by Amit Grover on January 6, 2011