April 6th-8th,Megabucks at IIT Kanpur

There is a good news followed by a slight bad news.The good news is , myself and Ashwin are representing Startups in India at Megabucks(IIT Kanpur).Well,we are planning to give a small presentation on the following:
a. Blogging and its impact on Business
b. Blogging an effective way of marketing
c. Startups in general(this would also include interviews from some of the Entrepreneurs whom we have met during the course of our journey)

Yes,I know it is all in one(but it would work) and we are planning to follow Guy Kawasaki's 10-20-30 rule for our presentation.

Now the bad news is I won't be able to blog might for the next two days since, I would be busy in the event.

My takeaway from the event would be meeting new tech enthusiasts,entrepreneurs and yes,not to forget the VC's , without whom business would never have been possible.

I wish myself(and Ashwin) "all the best"(I know I am being childish) and hope to reach Kanpur and make this event a very fruitful event for my entrepreneurial career.

MegaBucks: International Business and Entrepreneurship Festival

IIT Kanpur is organizing Megabucks,an International Business and Entrepreneurship festival from 6th April to 8th April 2007.Below are some of the details of Megabucks:

What is Megabucks?
Megabucks is the Annual Entrepreneurship Competition of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. 'Megabucks', the event that provides a nurturing ground for the ventures emanating from business plans of students and professionals. It aims at serving as the right platform for budding entrepreneurs to act on their ideas and talents to develop them into reality and nurture them to form exceptional enterprises. Transversal E Networks, Kalzoom Technologies and GEO-X are examples of companies that have already bloomed into the corporate world through megabucks. With the passage of time, Megabucks has gained great recognition among the academia and corporate world.

Why should you attend Megabucks?
The event religiously receives participation not only from Indian institutes like IIMs, XLRI, SP Jain , IITs, but also from international universities like Stanford, Purdue and National University of Singapore.

Prominent names that would attend the festival:
Mr. Vinod Khosla,Mr. Amit Gupta(IIM A), Honorable Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Mr. K.V.Kamath, Mr. Muhammad Yunus, Mrs. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Ambanis and Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal and many more

Competitions at Megabucks in a Nutshell:

• iDeas The Business Plan Competition
• Cliffhanger The Corporate Quiz
• BattleField The Case Study Competition
• AdMad The Advertising Contest
• MarkStrat The Marketing Strategy Game
• Finsense The Stock Market Game
• Paper Presentation The Paper Presentation Competition

How do you register for Megabucks:
You can follow the link to register for Megabucks

Registration for the various events have already started from 10th of March,2007
More details of the event can be found on their official website

Google Tech talk in Bangalore

I just thought that so many events are happening in Bangalore and Chennai , so it would be difficult for many people to keep track of it.Specially,if the event pertains to my love "Google" it had to be on my blog ;-)

An interesting "Google Tech Talk" on 21st February,2007.The highlight would be on "Past,Present and Future of the Internet".The details of the event can be found on My Upcoming Events.Seen below is a snapshot of the event details.