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7th entrepreneurship summit starts at IIMB

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Bangalore Mirror | August 7th 2014

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, is offering an opportunity for participants to define whether they have what it takes to stand out in this world with the Eximius 2014 — their annual entrepreneurship summit.

The seventh edition of the two-day summit will be held on August 9-10 at the institute with the theme being The Road Less Travelled that aims at bringing to the fore unconventional forms of entrepreneurship. The summit is being conducted in close association with the NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at IIMB.
Eximius 2014, in association with Trendin.com, will feature a variety of events and talks by personalities such as Shashi Tharoor, MP and Piyush Pandey, executive chairman, Ogilvy & Mather, South Asia. Tharoor said, “The larger context of individual entrepreneurship in business, political and social sense can change lives, make fortunes and indeed transform the future of our country.” The summit will also feature performances of Piyush Mishra, lyricist, musician and actor as well as Mallika Sarabhai, professional dancer, choreographer, activist and entrepreneur.
Eximius, which will feature around 45 events, will include flagship events such as Ingen, the business-plan competition; Disrupt-It, launchpad for technology startups and Reach, social entrepreneurship event dedicated to finding innovative solutions to real life problems in the social domain. BootCamp will provide a unique platform for startups to showcase their ideas in front of industry veterans.
Vikram Kadam, convenor, Eximius 2014, said, “This year we have laid great emphasis on creating value for early stage entrepreneurs. We envision Eximius’14 to be a crucial milestone for fast growing startup ecosystem at IIM Bangalore.”

IIM Bangalore to host entrepreneurial weekend

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Business Line |August 6th 2014

The premier business school Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore will kick-off its annual entrepreneurial summit – Eximius 2014 on Friday, hosting various speakers, budding entrepreneurs, corporate houses and students at its Bannerghatta Road campus.

With prize money of up to ₹20 lakh for grabs, the B-School will be hosting around 45 events during the summit that will put creative and analytical abilities of the participants to test. Some of the flagship events of the summit include Ingen – the B-plan competition; and Disrupt-It – launch pad for technology startups. The BootCamp will provide a unique platform for startups to showcase their ideas in front of industry veterans.

“This year we have laid great emphasis on creating value for early stage entrepreneurs through various events,” said Vikram Kadam, Convenor of IIM Bangalore’s Eximius in a press statement. “We envision the summit to be a crucial milestone for fast growing startup ecosystem at IIM Bangalore.”

IIM Bangalore expects thousands of participants from over 150 colleges all over India, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and corporate to attend the three-day-long event.

Eminent speakers including Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament and Former UN Under-Secretary General; Piyush Mishra, Lyricist, Musician and Actor; Piyush Pandey, the Executive Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather, South Asia; and Padma Bhushan Mallika Sarabhai, an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus and dancer, activist and an entrepreneur will also attend the summit. This year’s Eximius is sponsored by Trendin.com

Kamal Haasan flags of Vista 2013

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Kamal Haasan

Vista 2013 couldn’t have asked for a better beginning. The keynote speaker, Padma Shri Kamal Haasan, set the tone for the vibrant fest with his candid quotes, witty one-liners, and savvy repartee.

Beyond all that charm which was uncorked effortlessly, was wisdom, delivered in easy-to-digest capsules, and a fervent invitation to B-School students to create opportunities for themselves in the Indian film industry.

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Haasan’s industry tip to IIMB students: Spend little, earn more

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Bangalore Mirror | Sep 28, 2013, 01.00 AM IST

BANGALORE: The keynote address at Vista’13, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore’s annual international business summit, was a slight departure from the usual. After all, Kamal Haasan, the veteran actor and Kollywood super star, hardly a conformist, was the speaker. He meant it to be an interactive session and so it was.

But it was the actor who neatly turned the tables on his questioning audience when he visited the issue of piracy by saying in his familiar drawl, “Let me ask you all a very embarrassing question. How many of you watch movies on torrents?” When a number of hands flew up, the actor quipped, “I love your honesty, but I blame it on your age. You guys watch movies on torrents not because you hate cinema, but because you love it. I too have watched my movies on torrents, but that is because I wanted to see what ails me (with reference to piracy).”

Even while his audience of MBA students wondered where the actor was leading them, Haasan went on to explain how he cashed in on DTH technology to market Vishwaroopam to an audience which did not have the time or money to make it to the theatre.

“A huge percentage of my audience comprises fans from yester years,” Haasan said. “Busy housewives, entrepreneurs like you guys will become, the ill… everyone has a right to enjoy good cinema. This is the main reason I took Vishwaroopam to DTH so that this section of the audience can enjoy my work at home.”

Haasan’s ‘speech’ revolved on the Vista ’13 theme: Inspire. Aspire. Achieve. Much of it was wisdom gained from years of constantly being under the spotlight. “In this country, instigation can be mistaken for inspiration, aspiration can be mistaken for avarice and mere activities can be mistaken for achievements. I have come to you with nothing but the mistakes I made and learnt from. But I have come here because this is the best place for me to learn from free-to-think minds such as yours.”

A s the applause and volley of hoots died down he spoke slowly as if measuring his words. “We are celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema today, but the man who started it all was an entrepreneur who looked at it as a business to mint money. Count the number of theatres and multiplexes today and take a look at the number of film institutes. While people have harvested from the industry few have sowed back. My request to you is to come to my industry with your entrepreneurial skills to make it a better place. Where is the opportunity, you may ask. I say, create one.”

On a question of what financial and business lessons he had learnt from his movies that failed, he said, “I thought smaller movies were the way to go, but then I thought maybe the big budgets ones are the real deal. But I was wrong there too. The real deal is to spend little and earn more. In this industry you have an invisible product called ‘talent’. The moment it gets noticed, people will cash in on it. The trick is to recognise it early.”
Will good cinema die? “Rome will be vandalised by Caesars and recreated by vandals.” But Haasan, known for his sense of humour, delivered his best when a student questioned him on his love for Tamil. “I love Tamil! It’s just that when I tried to say ‘I love you’ in Tamil on my first date, it was disastrous. Since then, I play it safe and stick to simple English in such vital matters.”

Read the full article at: http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Haasans-industry-tip-to-IIMB-students-Spend-little-earn-more/articleshow/23173094.cms?

Use your skills in film industry, Kamal Haasan tells IIMB students

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Deccan Herald | Sep 27, 2013

BANGALORE: Students of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), got an unlikely invitation to try their managerial and entrepreneurial skills in the film industry by one of its leading lights, Kamal Haasan.
“I have a personal and rather self-serving reason for coming here. That is to extend an invitation for people like you to enter the field with your entrepreneurial skills. Although such skills are not lacking in the industry, it is, however, minimal,” the actor said.

He was delivering a keynote address to mark the inauguration of Vista, a three-day business quiz contest at IIMB on Friday.

 

According to Haasan, people mostly had wrong notions about the film industry and mistook it as being only glamorous. At the heart of it, however, it was about ‘business’, he said.

“We are celebrating 100 years of cinema. The persons who started it all were entrepreneurs who decided to take a chance and yielded rewards. There is a need for more such people who are willing to create opportunities and invest in them and are able to see the niche and interest,” said Haasan.

Haasan was of the opinion that there were a number of issues that needed attention in the industry like ‘lack of insurance, exit clause and the need to bring in more finances.’

On why he sought to release Vishwarapoom on DTH (direct to home), Haasan said it was due to the need for cinema to evolve and for better reach. “There are many who are ill informed and unwilling to take advantage of the digital technology. Technology is not an impediment.

People like busy housewives, pregnant women don’t have time to go to theatres. My idea was to reach them,” said Haasan. He also hinted at a possible collaboration with his mentor director K Balachander for his next venture.

Read the full article at: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/359780/use-your-skills-film-industry.html

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