ISB iDiya - B-Plan competition for Social Enterprises
Navendu Shirali
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Navendu Shirali
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Hello Everyone,
I hope this email finds you in fine fettle. I am writing to you regarding a B-Plan competition specifically aimed at starting social enterprises organized by ISB.
Who is it for?
If you have been harboring an idea related to starting a social enterprise but was not able to get appropriate funding or avenues this could just be your opportunity.
What’s in it for you?
· A platform to showcase your idea where it will be looked on by arguably the best minds in the industry
· Top 20 teams will be showcased on the ISB website. Needless to say this will increase visibility to your idea manifold
· An all expense paid 1 week Bootcamp organized by ISB for the top 6 teams where you will have access to lots of VCs and Angel Investors as well as ISB faculty and students to help refine your business idea and get funding.
· Cash prizes to the top teams in addition to prospective VC funding
· This plan is open ONLY FOR WORKING PROFESSIONALS (for enterprises targeted ONLY on Indian markets) and so no competition from ISB, its affiliates and other B-Schools around the world. J
I would request you to please go through the attached deck for additional details and also through the iDiya website www.isb.edu/iDiya which is quite exhaustive. You will have the entire process chalked out with information on the methodology, selection procedure, the templates for submitting ideas and also access to other resources worldwide. Also please go through the Jury and Mentoring section of the site to get an idea of the people involved with this event.
My attempt at Marketing (since I am a 25% MBA already :P)
· iDiya is organized in collaboration with the Net Impact club of ISB which is a GOLD CHAPTER and is one of the flagship events at ISB with a lot of visibility
· This is the 2nd year of iDiya and in the very first year ISB received 125 applications from all across India
What I want from you?
Please reach out to your contacts and feel free to forward this email to anyone who would be interested in participating. It can be anyone as long as he/she is a working professional (public/private/self/anything). Also the idea has to be focused on India. I am copying three people from the Net Impact and the iDiya core team whom you can direct specific questions too.
They are :-
1. Satyajit Mallick – Core team member (iDiya) and lead co-ordinator (BOOTCAMP)
2. Mudita Chauhan – Net Impact Evangelist (Net Impact Chapter @ ISB)
3. Udayan Dasgupta – Core team member (iDiya)
In addition please feel free to reach out to me in case you have any questions regarding this event (or directly reach out to one of the above). My co-ordinates are below.
P.S. – Navendu, I am really hoping someone from your friend circle applies. Please feel free to fwd it to your ‘Initiatives of Change’ group!
Thanks and Regards,
Avishek Chandra
PGP Class of 2011
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