Trade associations have always been about building connections—between businesses, professionals, and opportunities. But in today’s world, printed lists or scattered spreadsheets simply don’t suffice. As the founder of EbizIndia, I’ve worked with associations that struggled to keep their member data updated, share it effectively, and make it genuinely useful for their community. A digital members’…
NASSCOM recently held a NASSCOM Product Conclave (NPC) in Kolkata and organised a special section for the students, titled eSummit. There were 2 competitions under this banner – a business plan competition and an idea to prototype. I was called upon to mentor the applicants in making effective presentations and we had a 1 hour…
Yesterday I attended a nice pitch-fest event hosted by Sramana Mitra, who is keen to see more entrepreneurs from Bengal make it to the $1 million per year club. While some of the presenters had some nice ideas, the presentation left a lot to be desired. This was quite evident from the audience reaction. You…
I recently attended IT Niketan, a new initiative by Nasscom to bring together and empower the designers, developers and the testers of the IT industry. The energy of the attendees was infectious and most of the people stayed till the end to consume the nuggets shared by the speakers. The speakers also had a wide…
A snippet of my talk at the recently concluded Nasscom Emergeout Conclave at Kolkata, introducing the “Why Buy” game is now online. You can watch it right here. [mc src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZzorNbQAYk” type=”youtube”]Arun Agrawal’s talk at Nasscom Emergeout Conclave at Kolkata[/mc]