Sunday, December 19, 2010

Launchpad and Nurture Talent Academy Present


Startup Boot-camp in Bangalore
January 2011


Nurture Talent Acedemy :Nurture Talent Academy, India's 1st training institute for entrepreneurs, aims to support and train budding entrepreneurs right from the beginning of their ventures. It has conducted 40 workshops for 670 startups across 15 cities.


LaunchPad helps you discover your true calling and launch your career to a new orbit through our specialized courses taught by our awesome gurus


About the Mentor
Amit Grover is an IIT Delhi and IIM Indore alumnus. He has worked previously with Infosys, Asian Paints and Onida. He is also a member of Mumbai Angels, and has led over 25 deals in last 4 years.

you will also get to interact with our guest faculty who are suceesful entrepruners and venture capitalists.


Intended For
Managers
Software Engineers
Entrepreneurs
Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Advertising Professionals
Students




Finance for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

Batch I : 2 pm to 8 pm on Jan 14th 2011
Batch II : 2 pm to 6 pm on Jan 16th 2011
Fee : Rs 1500

AGENDA
- Basics of entrepreneurial finance
- Revenue, cost, profit concepts
- Breakeven analysis
- Pricing concepts
- Profit and loss, Balance sheet, cash flow statements
- Cash required to start a business
- Equity vs Debt
- Introduction to venture capital and angel investments
- What do investors want from finance aspects?
- Valuations
- Sources of investments

Business Plan for Entrepreneurs

15th January 2011 9.30 am to 5 pm
Fee : Rs 2500


Do you want to start your own venture?
Have a great idea but cannot articulate it in a formal document?
Dont know what investors look for in a business plan?

Business Plan is the key element for an entrepreneur in the lifecycle of his/her startup. It is required to communicate the essential elements of the business to investors, employees and key customers. This workshop is aimed at helping all entrepreneurs create a formal business plan for their business.

Event Highlights
This workshop covers all aspects of making a formal business plan, including a hands on exercise specific to your startup.

The following topics will be covered in details:

- process of writing a business plan
- key elements like financials, marketing, team, assumptions and executive summary
- customising a plan for investors
- dos and donts, common mistakes

Free templates, excel sheet and formats will be shared with all participants before the workshop. You also get a chance to learn from successful entrepreneurs and investors.


Note - Lunch is included in the fees.


The workshop will follow below agenda:

9.30 AM - 10 AM - Introductions
10 AM - 11 AM - Key elements of business plan - financials, marketing, team, assumptions
11 AM - 12.30 PM - Standard formats for presentation, excel and word templates
12.30 PM - 1.30 PM - Dos and donts, Common mistakes in a business plan
1.30 PM - 2.30 PM - Lunch
2.30 PM - 5 PM - Hands on session and review - make your own business plan under expert guidance

You also get a chance to learn from successful entrepreneurs and investors.

Marketing and Sales for Entrepreneurs

16th Jan 2011 9am to 1pm
Fee : Rs 1500
What is marketing?

- Basics of marketing - 4 Ps
- Branding
- Advertising
- Market Research
- Sales Strategy
- Distribution Strategy
- How to do PR?
- How to get customers?




For more details and to register
Call
Roshan : 8123470560
Balaji :    9886503318
Amit Grover : 09833410822
Email - amit.grover@nurturetalent.com
WebSite URL :- http://www.nurturetalent.com

Friday, December 3, 2010

Start Your Own Restaurant Workshop

 LaunchPad Presents Workshop on : The Art of Starting and Managing Your Restaurant or Cafe
      
Do you Dream of Starting your own cozy little cafe or Restaurant? Wanna quit your boring job and be a Entrepreneur in the Lucrative Food and Beverages Industry? Learn the secrets from Master Chef, and Restaurant Consultant Madhu Menon in our Workshop . This is your opportunity to reduce your risk and make your dream come true.
  • Why Start a Restaurant
  • Type of Restauants-Differences
  • How to come up with a restaurant concept
  • Market Analysis
  • Costs of various kinds of restaurants
  • Menu planning and food costing
  • Staffing
  • Equipment requirements
  • Statutory licences and other paperwork
  • project management guidelines
Why Attend : This Workshop will enable you to learn the tricks to set up and operate your dream restaurant from our expert. 

About Madhu Menon : Madhu Menon is a Geek turned Chef. His Passion for South East Asian cuisine led him to set up Shiok , A fine dining restaurant in Bangalore. He is also a Restaurant Consultant with Mcorp Hospitality . His articles appear in magazines such as MInt and Tehelka. 
follow him on twitter @madmanweb

Photo by Madhu Menon
Dates : January 8th and 9th 2011                          
Venue : Launchpad, New BEL Road,Bangalore
Workshop Fee : Rs 5000 (Register soon for early bird discount) ,  Limited Seats.

Contact : 9886503318 / 8123470560 
Mail : roshanonline@gmail.com




Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Monday, October 25, 2010

Meet Our Design Guru

Arun Kumar Francis. Arun is a graduate of Center for Product Design and Manufacturing, IISc Bangalore. Presently, he is a Industrial Designer at TVS Motors Design Studio working on next generation automobile concepts. Arun's other passions are vintage bikes and Music.


You can see his work on the following sites 


For details about the course
Call NOW

Balaji 9886503318
Roshan 8123470560
roshanonline@gmail.com
gbalaji82@gmail.com

Design Workshop


Weekly schedule.
DesignBasics
§ Pleasantries and Warm-up
a. Distribute booklet 1 on schedule
b.Distribute materials for work
c. Sketch your dream product
d.Presentation of sketch with introduction
§ So what is design then?
a. Brainstorm on a common defenition
§ How to show your idea
a. Mediums of design
§ Language of a designer!
a. Sample of concept sketches
---- Break ----
§ PD/ID and the design horizon in general
a. difference between art & design?
b.Fields of design
c. Design as a career
§ A Video presentation on ID
§ Leisure Assignment: Research on PD/ID
a. What are the different fields of design?
b.Where can i study design?
c. What is your area of interest in design?
d.Sites to visit & learn
§ Basics of sketching – lines & circles
a. Elements of design
b.Line quality & weights
c. Geting Circles right
§ Assignment: select an existing product to redesign
a. Sample design plan
b.Explain target customer & typical usage
c. Collect images [magazines, internet, etc] - important
d.Create design plan n presentation format – explain USP
ConceptDesign
§ So what have you learnt last week?
§ Review of assignments – selection of product
§ Introduction to perspectives
a. Drawing simple shapes & forms
b.Drawing a product in perspective
§ Sketch your product
a. How to Generate concepts
b.Sketching side views of concepts
---- Break ----
§ Sketch your product
a. Creating front & perspective view of the product
§ Assignment: Collect Product sketches related to your product
ProductRendering
§ Review of assignments – refinement pointers
§ Introduction to rendering
a. Light effects
b.Differentiating Material
§ Assignment:Single light source rendering
a. Render product in single light source
b.Occlusion and shading
§ Advanced rendering Techniques
a. Creating front & perspective view of the product
b.Colour and reflection theory
c. Composition and Background
d.Introduction to Digital media
---- Break ----
§ Render your product for final presentation
§ Assignment: Preparation of powerpoint slides for presentation
a. Required slides in presentation
DesignPresentation
§ Review of assignments– refinement pointers
§ Introduction to Design prototyping
a. Why protyping is essential?
b.Soft and hard media of prototyping – video Presentation
§ Creating your portfolio
a. Pointers for effective Portfolio preparation
b.Presentation pointers
---- Break ----
§ Final Presenting about your product
a. Feedback
§ Workshop Conclusion
REFERENCE MATERIAL:
1. Karl T. Ulrich and Steven D. Eppinger, Product Design and Development,
Tata-McGraw-Hill, India
2. Workshop booklets
a. Schedule
b. Sketching
c. Rendering theory
d. Creating Porfolio