A special session on startups was organised by the Department of Commerce (Morning Section) via the Zoom platform for students of the Morning Section on the 3rd of February 2021 from 2 PM i 3 PM. The speaker for the event was Mr. Ravi Ranjan, Entrepreneurship Evangelist and Startup Expert, founder of "Velocity1".
The Webinar started with a welcome address by Rev. Fr. Dr. Soosai Nayagam, Associate Dean of the Department of Commerce (Morning Section). To begin with, a brief discussion took place on entrepreneurship, venture capital, angel investments and how venture capitalists help in the formation of startups. The process of funding which is the key aspect for a startup and its sources were explained in detail, particularly the idea of building unicorns during the pandemic.
In this context, the relevance and challenges that the market possess, especially with the new budget 2021-2022 in place, was understandably explained by our guest Mr. Ravi Ranjan. Moving on, how startups influence in the development of an economy from a global perspective was highlighted. In this context, how the Startup Genome and Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) lend a helpA special session on startups was organised by the Department of Commerce (Morning Section) via the Zoom platform for students of the Morning Section on the 3rd of February 2021 from 2 PM i 3 PM. The speaker for the event was Mr. Ravi Ranjan, Entrepreneurship Evangelist and Startup Expert, founder of "Velocity1".
The Webinar started with a welcome address by Rev. Fr. Dr. Soosai Nayagam, Associate Dean of the Department of Commerce (Morning Section). To begin with, a brief discussion took place on entrepreneurship, venture capital, angel investments and how venture capitalists help in the formation of startups. The process of funding which is the key aspect for a startup and its sources were explained in detail, particularly the idea of building unicorns during the pandemic.
In this context, the relevance and challenges that the market possess, especially with the new budget 2021-2022 in place, was understandably explained by our guest Mr. Ravi Ranjan. Moving on, how startups influence in the development of an economy from a global perspective was highlighted. In this context, how the Startup Genome and Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) lend a helping hand to startups caught the attention of the students.
The emcee for the event was Prof. Sovik Mukherjee, Academic Coordinator of the Department of Commerce (Morning Section). Towards the end of the session, Mr. Ranjan shared many success stories in the Indian context as case studies to help the students understand the concept of startups using cases of OYO, Wow Momo, Phool.Co to motivate the students to become young entrepreneurs in the coming days. The session concluded with an informative Q&A session.ing hand to startups caught the attention of the students.
The emcee for the event was Prof. Sovik Mukherjee, Academic Coordinator of the Department of Commerce (Morning Section). Towards the end of the session, Mr. Ranjan shared many success stories in the Indian context as case studies to help the students understand the concept of startups using cases of OYO, Wow Momo, Phool.Co to motivate the students to become young entrepreneurs in the coming days. The session concluded with an informative Q&A session.