Yes. We’re finally back. After the longest gap ever! Last time in Mumbai, we had one of our most incredible Open Houses ever. It actually took us months to get over the excitement 🙂
If you missed it – read Mohul’s extensive round up. Video links of each session have been shared in this post itself to give you an idea what kind of energy to expect this time, if you’re a first-timer. You’ve been warned!!
Drum Roll….
The Next Mumbai Open House is on January 16, 2016 (Saturday).
PLS NOTE, THIS TIME WE’RE AT A BIGGER VENUE – OUR OH IS BEING KINDLY HOSTED BY THE BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE (BSE) INDIA. And you all will be seated at the BSE International Convention Hall!!
Pls check out all the venue details and RSVP HERE for sure. We’ll be submitting a list of attendees to BSE.
Thank you BSE for your support – it’s a great privilege indeed to have you as our Venue Partner!
Over the past 4 years, our Open Houses have evolved. Each Open House brings in new learnings and inspires us to keep tweaking the format! Our themes revolve around pillars such as,
#learning
#inspiring
#sharing
#networking
Our endeavor is to inspire you in the most memorable way!
The Plan: 2-6 pm: 4 hours of non-stop learning & interaction
2:00 – 2:15 pm: Welcome + Intro of agenda
2:15 – 2:30pm: Launch – Driven: On Demand Drivers
2:30 – 2:50pm: The Ninja who refused to give up – Mubaid’s story
2:50 – 3:35pm: Mujhse Shaadi Karoge?!! Keychat with Anupam Mittal and Alok!
3:35 – 3:55pm: TeamIndus: What does it take to land on the Moon?
3:55 – 4:25pm: Bootstrapped and I’m Lovin It! (rodinhooder presentations)
4:25 – 5:10pm: FinTech Panel Discussion moderated by Suresh Venkat
5:10 – 5:25pm: From Dhinchak Mumbaikar to Dhinchakwale – Sanket Bhatt’s new avtaar
5:25 – 5:40pm Shailendra Dhakad – The Journey of Carmel Organics
5:40 – 6pm: Group Photo & AOY
6pm – 6:30pm: Networking over Tea & Snacks
The Agenda:
2:00 – 2:15 pm
Welcome address by Alok (Founder) and presentation of Agenda by Mitesh (our Rodinhooder Anchor!)
2:15 – 2:30 pm
LAUNCH at TheRodinhoods!
DRIVEN – On Demand Drivers
2:30 – 2:50 pm
The Ninja Who Refused to Give Up!
Meet Mubaid Syed from Hyderabad, who will share his incredible journey from the time he started up in college till now.
Digital marketing enthusiast. Founder of LazyNinja.in (an online t-shirts brand) and ShipNinja.com (on-demand logistics)… Mubaid has some amazing learnings for his age!
2:50-3:35 pm
Mujhse Shaadi Karoge?!!
Keychat with Anupam Mittal and Alok! (followed by Q&A with the audience)
Anupam Mittal
Founder & CEO at People Group
Anupam started his entrepreneurial journey by founding People Group, which includes businesses such as Shaadi.com, Makaan.com and Mauj Mobile
.
Besides his operational role, Anupam is also an active angel investor with over 75 investments such as Interactive Avenues, Ola Cabs, Druva, Fab Hotels, PipeMonk, Pretty Secrets, Ziffi, PropTiger, Limo, The Porter, Ketto, InstaLively, Intelligence Node, Just Ride, TrueBil, Lets Venture and others. He is an advisor and LP in some of the leading VC firms in India.
Anupam Mittal has been voted by Business Week as one of India’s 50 Most Influential People and is consistently ranked amongst top Icons of India’s Digital Ecosystem.
3:35 – 3:55 pm
Sheelika Ravishankar, TeamIndus
TeamIndus the only Indian team in the Google Lunar XPrize competition, and is developing a privately funded Spacecraft capable of soft landing on the Moon by 2017. TeamIndus is amongst the top contenders for the Grand prize of the world’s largest incentive competition ever, winning $1M as a Milestone prize last year.
Sheelika Ravishankar leads TeamIndus’ Outreach program. She is responsible for formulating & executing strategies that will make TeamIndus’ GLXP mission one of the most inclusive event of all times. Prior to TeamIndus, Sheelika held senior management positions at GPI, Mudra Communications, BBM Group amongst others.
3:55 – 4:25 pm
Bootstrapped and I’m lovin’ it….!
This is a presentation session where 2 Rodinhooders who have been bootstrapped for at least 3 years, will get a chance to present their stories and tell us how they’ve kept at it for so long!!
4:25 – 5:10 pm
Bulls, Bears and Apps – making sense of them all!
FinTech Panel Discussion with Sharad Singh (Valuefy), Ravinath Dasika (Tavaga) and Kalpesh Desai (Nudge) moderated by Suresh Venkat.
Sharad Singh (CEO, Valuefy Solutions)
Sharad started his career with Infosys solving the Y2k puzzles.
He has been an entrepreneur for the past 10 years creating products for the BFSI sector. With his start-up Valuefy, he offers products to fund managers and has two out of top 3 asset managers in the country as his clients.
In the most recent avtar, Sharad is baby-sitting Invezta.com, which aims to democratize healthy and low cost investing for the common man.
Sharad is an engineering graduate with MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad.
Ravinath Dasika (Co-founder Tavaga)
Ravi graduated from IIT Bombay in 2006 and has an MBA from London Business School. Ravi has spent over 6 years in the DeltaOne trading divisions of Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse.
At Credit Suisse, Ravi built several cross product Index, ETF and inventory arbitrage strategies to exploit differential pricing, tax treatment and time zones of different DeltaOne products.
Kalpesh Desai (CEO, Nudge)
Kalpesh started his entrepreneurial journey in 2007 with a venture in Employee Background Screening space called Screen Facts.
Prior to that he was part of the leadership team at Standard Chartered Bank. He headed the Lending against Marketable Securities & Depository Services Business under Wealth Management for the bank.
Kalpesh is a MBA from NMIMS and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Production Engineering.
He is currently working on a Mobile App called Nudge Card Deals & More.
Moderator: Suresh Venkat (Independent Media Consultant & Anchor)
Previously, Suresh was Technology Editor with CNBC TV18, India’s preeminent business news network. Suresh’s editorial expertise lies in the domains of Technology, Innovation, Green Businesses and Social Enterprise.
5:10 – 5:25pm
From Dhinchak Mumbaikar to Dhinchakwale…
5:25 – 5:40pm
An inspiring story all the way from Neemuch…
Shailendra Dhakad (Founder, Carmel Organics)
Shailendra is a first generation entrepreneur from a Farming Community in a village of MP. They are engaged in end to end integration of Herb Supply Chain from production to processing and distribution across the globe.
5:40 – 6:00 pm
We will conclude with the Customary Group Photo & 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!
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm:
Networking over tea & snacks.
*****
DON’T FORGET TO RSVP HERE! We are required to submit a list of attendees to BSE.
Pls carry any photo ID for security purposes at the BSE entrance.
If you are a tee winner – PLS WEAR YOUR RODINHOOD TEE!!
*********
Special thanks to our Host & Venue Partner: Bombay Stock Exchange !!!
World’s Fastest Exchange with a speed of 6 Microseconds
On Twitter @bseindia
****
A big shout-out to InstaLively – our awesome Digital Partner who will be live streaming the entire event so rodinhooders from different cities can watch it live!
****
Cheers to Nik’s Lil Bakery & POLA Snacks – our Snacks Partners!
Volunteers:
Would you like to Volunteer to be part of the Organising Team? We will need lots of hands and legs!! So please Paint your name here! (if you can commit some time and energy!)
[Many thanks to Jedi Sushrut who has offered to do the MASTER PPT! phew!]
Partners:
We also welcome partners! Would you like to be our Food Partner, Click Partner, Video Partner…?! Yell & Tell! It will make Yoda and us super happy! (just send me an email pls!)
******