From b6b0a6d2d602fc8dce1fe68883be03564e0030b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Asutosh Palai Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 05:39:32 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] minor correction in venture unpluged --- _includes/head.html | 2 +- _posts/2015-10-19-venture-unplugged.md | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/_includes/head.html b/_includes/head.html index caf6d6a..4247e0e 100644 --- a/_includes/head.html +++ b/_includes/head.html @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ - + diff --git a/_posts/2015-10-19-venture-unplugged.md b/_posts/2015-10-19-venture-unplugged.md index 6085440..fd44146 100644 --- a/_posts/2015-10-19-venture-unplugged.md +++ b/_posts/2015-10-19-venture-unplugged.md @@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ title: Venture Unplugged categories: [wona, news, cover] tag: news image: news/venture.jpg -excerpt: On the first day of Thomso’16, The Entrepreneurial Development Cell (EDC) organised ‘Venture Unplugged’, a panel discussion with the who’s who of the entrepreneurial world. The audience primarily consisted of self-providing enthusiasts who themselves aspired to venture into business in later part of their life and were delighted to see these dignitaries on the stage. +excerpt: On the first day of Thomso’15, The Entrepreneurial Development Cell (EDC) organised ‘Venture Unplugged’, a panel discussion with the who’s who of the entrepreneurial world. The audience primarily consisted of self-providing enthusiasts who themselves aspired to venture into business in later part of their life and were delighted to see these dignitaries on the stage. --- -On the first day of Thomso’16, The Entrepreneurial Development Cell (EDC) organised ‘Venture Unplugged’, a panel discussion with the who’s who of the entrepreneurial world. The MAC auditorium was packed to the rafters, abuzz with excitement and anticipation. The audience primarily consisted of self-providing enthusiasts who themselves aspired to venture into business in later part of their life and were delighted to see these dignitaries on the stage. +On the first day of Thomso’15, The Entrepreneurial Development Cell (EDC) organised ‘Venture Unplugged’, a panel discussion with the who’s who of the entrepreneurial world. The MAC auditorium was packed to the rafters, abuzz with excitement and anticipation. The audience primarily consisted of self-providing enthusiasts who themselves aspired to venture into business in later part of their life and were delighted to see these dignitaries on the stage. + With 30 long years of exposure to the corporate world and an illustrious career in entrepreneurship, Pramod Saxena, the founder of OxigenUSA moderated the discussion. He started off with a vivid analogy likening entrepreneurship to a game of boxing. One doesn’t fail on falling, but only on not getting up again. -The first speaker Mohit Saxena co-founded InMobi in 2006 and is the current CTO of the firm. He narrated his success story which demonstrated what a rocky ride entrepreneurship is. He recollected the scarcity of funds he faced when he returned to India after completing his MBA from Harvard. Eventually he did acquire the patronage, but the beneficiary insisted that they start the mobile ad network from India and that made all the difference to their story. This way + +The first speaker Mohit Saxena co-founded InMobi in 2006 and is the current CTO of the firm. He narrated his success story which demonstrated what a rocky ride entrepreneurship is. He recollected the scarcity of funds he faced after returning to India. Eventually he did acquire the patronage, but the beneficiary insisted that they start the mobile ad network from India and that made all the difference to their story. This way entrepreneurship requires pivoting around the original blueprint and hence planning is an iterative process. Another major challenge that entrepreneurs face is the eternal race against time. Faster the execution, better the expectancy of success. He also highlighted the fact that hurdles and socio-economic slowdowns are not something to be cribbed upon, but to be looked at as opportunities for better performance. You just need to identify the problem and get cracking at it.