It’s that time of the year….! The Annual Open House – the last of 2014. Bigger & better! Mumbai – watch out!!
We had a mind-blowing Open House on B’lore in Sept. Read Priyadeep’s word by word account which really captured the awesomeness.
The Mumbai Open House is on Dec 6, 2014 (Saturday). Pls check out venue details and RSVP HERE! And if you’d like to be a part of the Organising Team – PLS FILL OUT THIS FORM HERE and comment on this post – we want to put a team together ASAP!
(Mumbaikars in July2014)
Thank you NSE for your continued support – you are the most awesome Venue Partner!
As you know, we’ve been evolving as we go along. Each Open House brings in new learnings and sets a new bar for us! Our themes will revolve around pillars such as,
#learning
#inspiring
#sharing
#networking
And as usual, this time too we shall be unpredictable 🙂
The Plan in a glance: (there are some surprises in between)
2:00 – 2:15 pm: Welcome
2:15 – 2:30pm: Launch @TRHOH [Catch it]
2:30 – 2:50pm: BawiBride: Coming Full Circle with The Rodinhoods
2:50 – 3:20pm: KeyChat with Sangram Sawant: The Story of Pescafresh
3:20 – 3:40pm: SellMojo & Apptuse: All things commerce – Getting India Online
3:40 – 4:00pm: Alok: The Seven Deadly Sins to generate downloads & engagement
4:00 – 4:15pm: Rudrajeet: Everybody wants to make an app today!
4:15 – 4:45pm: KeyChat with Satyen V. Kothari: The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma
4:45 – 4:55pm: PartyMap – The Next Best Thing in Music Education
4:55 – 5:30pm: Group Photo, Networking & AOY!
The Proposed Agenda (pls note: the timings are suggestive – so don’t hold a gun to us if it doesn’t go by plan!)
2:00 – 2:15 pm
Welcome address by Alok (Founder) and presentation of Agenda by our anchor Abhishek Tanya Rao
2:15 – 2:30pm
LAUNCH at TheRodinhoods!
Catch it! (it’s an app in case you’re wondering!)
Broadcast to anyone around you. Throw and Catch practically anything with anyone.
(sounds ambiguous? good!!)
CELEBRATING REINVENTION – Inspiring Rodinhooder Stories!
This session (not in succession) is dedicated to Rodinhooders who have reinvented themselves in the last 2-3 years. Perzen Patel (Bawi Bride) and Nameet Potnis (SellMojo & Apptuse) will share their incredible stories! We will try and include more such stories in every Open House across cities!
2:30 – 2:50pm
Coming Full Circle with The Rodinhoods
Perzen Patel or Bawi Bride as she is fondly called shares her story of how she has come full circle as an entrepreneur by being a member of The Rodinhoods for more than 3 years. Perzen shares her journey of going from a failed startup to an idea that she dreamed up at night to a successful catering business that is poised to grow rapidly.
FISH ‘N CHIPS! OUR EXCITING KEYCHAT SESSIONS!!
Catch Alok in candid conversation with two inspiring founders – Sangram Sawant (Pescafresh) & Satyen V. Kothari (Citrus Pay) in two separate sessions!! Trhs Open Houses will never be the same again!!
2:50 – 3:20pm:
KeyChat with Sangram Sawant: The Story of Pescafresh!
(Sangram in an informal chat with Alok followed by Q&A with the audience)
Sangram Sawant (Founder & CEO) has spent almost a decade in the seafood industry and built a ‘Shore to Door’ brand like Pescafresh. What started as a shoestring venture initially in central Mumbai, currently is delivering fresh seafood to over 20,000 households in Mumbai with retail Shop In Shop outlets in Mumbai, Bengaluru & Hyderabad. He will share the challenges, hits & misses, and how he rides the wave at Pescafresh!
3:20 – 3:40pm:
All things commerce – Getting India Online
Nameet Potnis has been really really busy in the last 2-3 years getting India online with SellMojo & Apptuse!
3:40 – 4:00pm:
The Seven Deadly Sins to generate downloads & engagement
Yep! Alok’s got a special presentation waiting for you…
4:00 – 4:15pm
Everybody wants to make an app today!
Rudrajeet Desai (Co-founder & CEO of Ideacts Innovations) shares how his passion for movies compelled him to create moviebuddy – a social app on movies and advise to entrepreneurs on creating mobile apps.
4:15 – 4:45pm:
KeyChat with Satyen V. Kothari (Citrus Pay): The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma
(Satyen in an informal conversation with Alok followed by Q&A with the audience)
Satyen V. Kothari (Founder/MD) leads overall strategy, product roadmap, user experience, marketing & strategic alliances for Citrus Pay (a Sequoia-funded company). He has spent the last 16 years in Silicon Valley and India, and has started companies in the areas of marketing automation, social e-commerce, and strategy/design consulting.
4:45 – 4:55pm:
The Next Best Thing in Music Education – PartyMap
A small company that comes with both online and offline models in the Music space. Nik will share the challenges he faces.
4:55 – 5:30pm
The Customary Group Photo, Networking & AOY!
Mingle, mingle, mingle! Click, click, click!!
Distribution of 100 free copies of the Autobiography of Yogi by Alok. This is a world record attempt!
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Pls carry any photo ID for security purposes at the NSE entrance.
If you are a tee winner – PLS WEAR YOUR RODINHOOD TEE!!
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Special thanks to our Venue Partner: The National Stock Exchange!!
NSE has launched innovative platforms for SMEs. – “EMERGE”, where SME company can raise capital and list themselves and “EMERGE-ITP”, where Start-Ups and young companies can get listed without IPO. These platforms play an important role in converging the start-up ecosystem and channelizing risk capital to growing companies.
To know more about the platform, visit www.nseindia.com/emerge or write to emerge@nse.co.in“
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We invite volunteers to help us make this Open House bigger and better than ever before! We will need help with event organization: venue coordination, mike running, social media, photography and more!
Please fill this form to volunteer.
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