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Presentation explain mirroring entrepreneurial potential.
Mirroring Entrepreneurial Potential
Indian School of Entrepreneurship
& Enterprise Development
1. LEARNED COMPANIONSHIP
AND SUPPORT
1. A LONELY PATH OF
SELF-LEARNING
2014
2. RANDOM LEARNING
AT EVENTS
3. HIGH INCIDENCE OF
CLASSIC MISTAKES
4. MIS-ALIGNED TEAMING
2. CUSTOMISED AND
INTEGRATED LEARNING
3. CORE LEARNING TO
REDUCE COMMON MISTAKES
4. TEAMING PROCESS NEEDS
FACILITATION & GUIDANCE
Entrepreneurs & Startups need a mirror & a learned companion
Entrepreneurial
Mindset
Market of Entrepreneurial Wisdom: Pain, Gap & Remedy
Pain felt by entrepreneurs
& startups
Remedy
Conceived
5. LACK OF QUALITY,
RELEVANT. APPLIED.
INNOVATIVE AND OUTCOME-
ORIENTED EDUCATION.
6. WORK EXPERIENCE LACKING
CREATIVE, EXPERIMENTATIVE
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND
DISCRETIONARY LEARNING.
Vision
Create and deliver educational programs to
enable entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs to launch
and grow innovative enterprises and start-ups.
Integrated
institution serving
the widest value
chain from young
ideators to scaling
startups.
Unique
institutional model
(non-
governmental,
non-promoter
driven, largely
driven by internal
stakeholders.
Unique faculty
de?nition -
combines
academia,
entrepreneurs
and business
professionals),
young to
experienced,
interdisciplinary
and global.
Proprietary
pedagogy,
curriculum and
content
Unique
selection and
recruitment
processes
One stop
institution for a
whole range of
entrepreneurial
learning
opportunities.
Distinctions
Distinctions
Mission
? iSEED envisions a perpetually evolving and enterprising
world that would realise the critical need to nurture new
ventures to realise their potential and serve the humanity at
large.
? iSEED aspires to become the comprehensive hub in the
entrepreneurial ecosystem that will symbiotically engage with
aspiring youth, entrepreneurs, startups, investors, educators,
government bodies and institutions and enable each to
collaborate, learn and advance collaboratively to
continuously enhance vibrancy into the ecosystem.
? iSEED aims to advance entrepreneurial thinking,
experimenting and researching on innovative learning
methods, and develop a dynamic multidisciplinary
curriculum for entrepreneurs.
? iSEED will be a learning partner and the closest institutional
companion to the new-age entrepreneurs enabling them to
develop their ideas into high-performance, equitable and
sustainable enterprises that meet the rigorous demands of
today’s dynamic and emerging markets.
? Be a respected educational institution for
entrepreneurs and innovators in India,
? Conduct actionable research.
? Develop ‘ethical, sustainable and best
practices’ for the entrepreneurial
ecosystem.
? Be an exemplary institution that practices
an entrepreneurial mindset and preserves
entrepreneurial values and work culture.
? Demonstrate excellence in teaching and
incubation.
Become the leading brand of
entrepreneurship education for budding
entrepreneurs and startups.
2014
Engaged Faculty/ Long-term
Mentoring
Personal handholding, practical
guidance, resourceful support.
structured and continuous
interaction.
Horizontal, Applied &
interdisciplinary Learning
Learning entered around
enterprise needs of budding
entrepreneurs
Structured learning from past
cases
Research based learning from
academics , practitioners and
entrepreneurs from adjacent
ecosystem
Team Alignment & Resource
Enablement
Easy and early access to
potential team members
inducing a natural process of
alignment in facilitated
Value-add from iSEED
- an Integrated, focused
institution engaged with
the ecosystem
Entrepreneurial
Mindset
iSEED Value Proposition
4
3
8
2
6
1
Integrated institution with in-house
incubator and seed funding
Committed Founding Team
of operational nature
Strong, diverse and
interdisciplinary faculty
Institution in synergistic alliances with various
players in the entrepreneurial ecosystem
Comprehensive set of programs
for entrepreneurs at various stages
9
7
7
Placement in startups and
intrapreneurial corporates
High quality o"ine Content for
broad online outreach
Institution with global
outlook and active linkage
5
Proprietary pedagogy, curriculum, and content
10
Greater faculty attention on
each student
iSEED Institutional Model
Daily Integration of Classroom Learning with Applied Learning
- Wisely designed classroom engagement
- Team teaching by faculty who complement
- Student ideas integral to content delivery
- interactive sessions beyond lecturing
- Learning selective concepts and frameworks
- Lab resembling design studios or start-up labs, idea
development
- Daily application of classroom learning
- Learning by doing: Field assignments & market visits
- Group problem solving
- Mentoring engagements, connect with investors
- Networking/collaboration with startup eco-system
- Essential learning of liberal arts nature
- Character building and human values, cultural sensitization
- Communication, listening, decision making, interpersonal, global outlook and endurance skills
- Group exercises and activities interspersed through the day; between days, weeks & terms
Implementation Lab
Humanities & Character Building
Horizontal Learning First Half
Second Half
Across Days and weeks
Pedagogy @ iSEED
iSeed with singular focus
on entrepreneurship higher
education strategically
immersed in the eco-
system
The learning space for entrepreneurs is
largely dispersed with a critical quadrant
unaddressed. Better institutions in India are
less focused on Entrepreneurship and largely
distant from the entrepreneurial eco-system.
Networked
& Disjointed
!Horizontal learning
! Daily implementation of Theory
Campused
& Focused
Distant from
Ecosystem
Focus on Entrepreneurship
Embedded in
Ecosystem
iSEED
IITs
IIMs
Accele-
rators
Incub-
ators
Co-
sharing
E-events
Shiv Nader
Woxsen
ISB
iSEED Strategic Positioning
EDI
Bennett
Ashoka
Dr Harsh Mishra
! Professor of Entrepreneurship &
Strategic Management with vast
institution-building experience in US
and India
! Founder and President of iSEED with
strategic leadership, program and
curriculum design and faculty roles.
! Previously a prof at the State
University of New York and MDI
Gurgaon for 2 decades
! PhD (Strategy) from Fox School
(USA) and B.Tech from IIT Delhi.
Dr. Deepak Pandit
! Longstanding corporate with general
management experience with
telecom MNCs and global satcom
startups
! Co-founder at iSEED in-charge of
Program Delivery, Program Director
(PEP), incubation, institution
development, teaching and research.
! PhD in the area of Innovation
Management from MDI Gurgaon.’
Graduate of first full time MBA
batch from BIMTECH with a 1
st
class undergraduate Degree in
Commerce (Hons) from University of
Delhi
! Publications include a teaching case
on entrepreneurship accepted as a
part of Harvard. Business School
collection.
Sidharth Tripathy
! Master Degree holder from Harvard
University with special focus on
Educational Innovation & Social
Entrepreneurship,
! Co-founder, Chief Evangelist, STREP
Program Director, and a faculty at
iSEED.
! a serial entrepreneur and currently the
Founder & CEO of 'Skillizen that is
building the World’s 1st Management
Skills Curriculum for young citizens.
Team
Team
Vikram Karayi
! Vikram has over two decades of
experience in Human Resources
management and Consulting in
India and has held country HR
leadership roles in organisations
including Lucent Technologies,
Philips Software, Fidelity
Investments, Exxon Mobil, Steria
India and Salesforce.com. He has
consulted extensively with the
Indian 'CXO' community in the
areas of leadership coaching and
assessment, organisational
capability development, and
culture change. He also has 'core
expertise' in the design and
development of HR systems and
K.C. Jacob
! Has a diverse & cross functional
leadership experience of over
three decades in marketing and
strategic planning across sectors
of retail ?nance, luxury retail,
consumer goods & media.
! Core team member at iSEED with
roles as Head Marketing &
Corporate relations, Program
Director (WEP) & mentor.
! Worked with leading organizations
like the Taj Group of Hotels,
Hotline, Reader’s Digest, Media
Transasia, TOI & the Muthoot
Group. His core specialty is in
new market entry, market
acquisition & business turnaround.
Sachdev Ramakrishna
! Sachdev played several leadership
roles in the industry. He was till
recently the Strategy, Marketing &
Communications Director for the
India and Singapore geographies at
Sopra Steria. In his remit at Steria,
he helped build a signi?cant brand
and business presence for the
company, as well as leading the
strategic planning process for the
company in India and Singapore.
He had earlier served as Global
Vice President of Strategic
Marketing at MphasiS, Chief
Information O$cer at Dr.Reddy's
Laboratories and Head Of Strategic
Planning at Piramal Enterprises Ltd.
Team
Samir Shah
! An active investor in early stage companies, with
investments in clean energy, technology, water,
education and health-care.
! Advisory Board Member and a faculty at iSEED..
! MBA from Wharton School (Univ of Pennsylvania),
! Has experience in global ?nancial markets for
over 27 yrs with various ?rms (including Goldman
Sachs) in New York and Hong Kong.
! On the Investment Committee and Advisory
Board member at an early stage investment ?rm,
Contrarian Funds and on the Selection Council at
Venture Nursery, an angel backed accelerator
based in Mumbai.
! Director in Waaree Energies Limited, a leading
solar energy company in India and on the Capital
Markets Committee at the Indian Merchants
Chamber, Mumbai. He is trained as a Chartered
Accountant and a lawyer prior to completing his
MBA at Wharton.
! Co-Founder & Partner of Tenshi Peak
Ventures, a Singapore-based global angel
investment, mentorship and business
development platform,
! Advisory Board Member and a faculty at
iSEED..
! MBA from London Business School , Masters
from the IIFT, New Delhi and a Bachelors in
Mechanical Engineering from College of
Engineering, Guindy (Chennai), India.
! An active investor, mentor as well as an
entrepreneur. His angel investments have been
in number of sectors such as online gaming,
education, clean energy, Internet of things to
broader areas in ICT.
! Previously held senior roles in Royal Bank of
Scotland & Morgan Stanley in Singapore and
Hong Kong.
Ramesh V. Raghavan Dr. Mahesh Joshi
! Director of Research & Practice, Center for
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Associate
Professor of Global Strategy and
Entrepreneurship at the School of Business,
George Mason University.
! Advisory Board Member at iSEED
! PhD from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.
! Awarded “School of Business Service Award”
several times, recognized“Teacher of the Year” &
“Commitment to Academic Excellence” awards.
! Researcher on process innovativeness, adoption
of new technology, and strategic change
publishing articles in highly reputed academic
journals winning several “Best Paper Awards”
! Founding member of an Internet based
business. and an advisor to several startup ?rms
in the Washington DC metro area,
Advisors
Programs
Duration
Frequency
(per anum)
Launch
Initial
Intake
(No.)
Fees
(Rs Mn)
50 weeks 1 Jul 2016 25 0.80
25 weeks 2 Dec 2015 30 0.10
12-weeks 3 June 2015 20 0.05
14-weeks 1 Oct 2016 20 0.10
25 Weeks 1 Jan 2018 30 0.20
25 Weeks 1 Jun 2017 30 0.40
STARTUP RESOURCE ENABLEMENT PROGRAM (STREP)
GRADUATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM
(GEP)PROFESSIONAL ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME
1-3 days 8 Dec 2014 60 0.03
Program Details
STARTUP RESOURCE ENABLEMENT PROGRAM (STREP)
GRADUATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM (GEP)
PROFESSIONAL ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME
MID-LIFE ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (MEP)
CONDENSED LEARNING PROGRAMME (CP)
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (WEP)
SELF-LEARNING ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (SEP)
Graduate Entrepreneurship Program (GEP)
Kishore has just competed his engineering with flying colors, Always thought that
becoming Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg can only happen by accident, untill one day his
friend told him about ISEED where entrepreneurs are groomed. GEP is going to be his
platform for launching the next big startup venture.
Kishore Tyagi @ Graduate
Entrepreneurship Program (GEP)
GEP
OPPORTUNITY FOCUS
SOLUTION
TRANSFORMATIVE
CURRICULUM
A focused edu-mentoring kind of a program that is largely
unavailable to a budding entrepreneur in a traditional
educational system.
! 1-year full-time program to take a young entrepreneur on the
journey from ideation to enterprise launch
! Designed & delivered by ISEED.
! INTERDISCIPLINARY curriculum : Filling the void in the market for
entrepreneurial wisdom
! APPLIED curriculum: Taking the de?nition of “applied” from
learning mid-range skills to higher entrepreneurial competence
! SIMULTANEOUS curriculum: Filling the crucial need to build one's
venture alongside crucial entrepreneurial learning
Startup Resource Enablement Program (STREP)
Currently an insurance salesman aspires to become a Bus Dev Head , Keen to learn
from the school of life but doesn’ t want to spend years to get some meaningless
degree. STREP is the bridge to his dreams.
Ramesh Reddy @ Startup Resource
Enablement Program (STREP)
GEP
OPPORTUNITY FOCUS
SOLUTION
TRANSFORMATIVE
CURRICULUM
Hiring the right people is the single biggest challenge for any
growing startup
! 6-month Full-Time Transformative Program
! Co-designed & co-delivered by iSEED & startups for startups.
! INCULTARATE (Culture & mindset development modules
needed to succeed in startups jobs)
!INSKILL (In demand skill modules handheld by Startup
Practitioners on UI/UX, Digital Marketing, Business
Development, WeB Technology, People Management & Supply
Chain Management)
! INSIMULATE (Real & live startup projects from hiring partner
startups/companies)
Professional Entrepreneurship Program (PEP)
A corporate animal by the day and a closet day dreamer who is always thinking about
building his own company. But wonders how can he learn the entrepreneurial ropes while
still being in his job. Now the 12 weekend PEP at iSEED will bring his dreams to life.
Sunil Borwankar @ Professional
Entrepreneurship Program (PEP)
GEP
OPPORTUNITY FOCUS
SOLUTION
TRANSFORMATIVE
CURRICULUM
Several entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs have ideas which are
underdeveloped. Even when they have ideated, business owners sometimes
get stuck in devising a sustainable growth strategy which can be
implemented e!ectively. There is a lack of dedicated o!erings focused on
entrepreneurs to resolve these teething issues in their new ventures.
! Through its PEP program, iSEED provides a unique handholding to assists
participants in acquiring the knowledge, skills and attitude for realizing their
dream of becoming successful entrepreneurs.
! 12-week weekend mode
! Concepts, tools and techniques explained by iSEED core faculty
! Peer learning and ideation tools
! Framework base for key concepts
! B Plans and growth strategy presentation to panel of experts
! Access to funding networks
! Guidance from mentors, investors and fellow entrepreneurs
! iSEED entrepreneurial community support
Women Entrepreneurship Program (WEP)
Marketing manager in an MNC, tired of reading stories about others breaking through the
glass ceiling, wants to script one of her own. It will give her a better work-life balance. Full
of ideas and energy to create a startup. What’s her next step ! WEP is the way to go.
Ankita Bhatt @ Women
Entrepreneurship Program (WEP)
GEP
OPPORTUNITY FOCUS
SOLUTION
TRANSFORMATIVE
CURRICULUM
Several women entrepreneurs and potential women entrepreneurs have
ideas which are underdeveloped.
Even when they have ideated, business owners sometimes get stuck for a
lack of mentorship and supportive ecosystem to begin the enterprises.
! iSEED provides through its WEP program a unique handholding to assists
participants in acquiring the knowledge, skills and attitude for realizing their
dream of becoming successful entrepreneurs.
!Speci?c problems ranging from ideation, teaming, funding ,to growth
strategy are focused based on the customized need of the participants.
! 14-week weekend mode
! Concepts, tools and techniques explained by iSEED core faculty
! Peer learning and ideation tools
! Framework base for key concepts
! B Plans and growth strategy presentation to panel of experts
! Access to funding networks
! Guidance from mentors, investors and fellow entrepreneurs
! iSEED entrepreneurial community support
Marketing Strategy
TARGET AUDIENCE
GRADUATE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PROGRAM (GEP)
GENESIS
WAY TO CONNECT
Need for a program to nurture young
budding entrepreneurs. Helping their
ideation, learning about their markets
and connecting them with the evolving
start-up ecosystem, for them to
succeed and evolve as better
companies.
STARTUP RESOURCE
ENABLEMENT PROGRAM
(STREP)
PROFESSIONAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PROGRAM (PEB)
The Entrepreneurial seed sowed early in
12th grade through college. The audience
would be:
- Students Age 17+
- In?uencers Parents/Teachers Age 35+
- Digital & Social Media
- Radio Spots & Talk Show
- Newspaper/Select Magazines
- PR/Road Shows/BTL activities
Brand building a separate exercise - all
above + good PR resource.
“India is the 3rd largest start-up ecosystem globally adding 800 start-ups annually.” - NASSCOM Product Council
India with the fastest growing start-up
ecosystem in the world; the number of tech
start-ups is projected to be over 11,500 by
2020, employing over 2.5 lakh people
growing from just 65,000-75,000 in 2014.
Tech/ e-commerce start-ups growing
manifold with scarce employable resource.
Need for a focused program to make fresh
graduates or young working professionals
to become “employable” & “ready” for
start-ups for a committed tenure.
College students in their ?nal year.
Large population of young corporate
employees with a few years of work looking
to explore their potential in start-ups. The
audience would be:
- Students Age 20+
- Existing work force Age 28
- In?uencers
- Parents/Teachers/Peers Age 40+
Social Media & Digital network
Newspaper/Select Magazines
Radio Spots & Discussions
Seminars/Talk Shows
Co-Branding, Endorsements by
established Start Ups and
Entrepreneurial Ventures
Media & Portal Tie-ups
First time entrepreneurs having travelled
the journey through sheer perseverance
get bogged down regularly on many
issues. As a result, barely 10% of
entrepreneur start-ups succeed.
Existing Entrepreneurs facing roadblocks at
di%erent stages of their venture
In?uencers
Mentors & Peers
Entrepreneur Ecosystem Connect
and building silent network
Events focused at the Entrepreneur
Eco space
Digital & Social Media outreach
Programs
Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7
Graduate Entrepreneurs Programme (GEP) 0 25 75 150 250 350 450 550
60 120 360 720 1,200 1,680 2,160 2,520
80 120 360 720 1,200 1,680 2,160 2,520
0 0 40 120 240 400 560 720
0 0 30 90 180 300 420 540
0 0 0 30 90 150 210 270
140 265 865 1,830 3,160 4,560 5,960 7,120
Student Enrolments
STARTUP RESOURCE ENABLEMENT PROGRAM (STREP)
GRADUATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM (GEP)
PROFESSIONAL ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME
MID-LIFE ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (MEP)
TOTAL NO. OF ENROLMENTS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (WEP)
SELF-LEARNING ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (SEP)
May 2013 - iSEED starts after deliberations on formation of
the institution for about 2 months
June 2013 - One Year Full-time Entrepreneurship Program
(currently known as GEP) ideated, program and Curriculum
Designed
June 2013 - Business Office located at Time Tower Gurgaon
July 2013 - Content/Cases Developed for the program
19th July 2013 - Roundtables conducted on various topics
Journey so far …
12th July 2013 - Curriculum Workshop was held to gather
input/feedback from national and international experts on the
design of 1-Year Full-time Entrepreneurship Program of iSEED.
27th July 2013 - 12-Week part-time program for executive
entrepreneurs was piloted.
30th July 2013: Founder Harsh Mishra steps out of MDI
Gurgaon where he was a professor of Entrepreneurship’ to join
as full-time President of iSEED.
1st August 2013: Launch of iSEED by the Hon’ble Union
Minister for MSME in Gurgaon.
September 2013 - Re-teaming at iSEED starts
October 2013: IPR for iSEED filed with the Trademark
Authorities
October 2013: iCube the idea contest for student at colleges
was launched
November 2013 : Research Survey by iSEED was published
January 2014: New team formation was completed
June 2014: The new iSEED website was launched
2014
July 2014: New programs identified and designed
2014: Program on ‘Digital marketing’ was conducted
November 2014: STREP was conceived and designed
December 2014: Program on ‘Market Development for
Technology Ventures’ was conducted
Feb 20, 2015 : Program on ‘Investor Prep for Starups’ was
conducted (oversubscribed with participation from investors
from national and international locations).
June 6, 2015 : PREP Program commences with full batch
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2013 2015
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar June
2014 2015
Incubation
goes live
Short Term
Programs
are
conducted
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STREP
Program
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PREP
Program
Website
goes Live
Digital
Marketing
for short
programs
begin
Teaming in
Place
Investor Prep
Program for
Startups
Dec
2016
STREP first
batch to
commence
Third
campus
planned
0-1'/2
campus
planned
Mid life (MEP)
and Self
Learning (SEP)
programs get
launched
2017
Milestones
Apr Sept
Milestones
GEP first
batch to
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& Enterprise Development
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Presentation explain mirroring entrepreneurial potential.
Mirroring Entrepreneurial Potential
Indian School of Entrepreneurship
& Enterprise Development
1. LEARNED COMPANIONSHIP
AND SUPPORT
1. A LONELY PATH OF
SELF-LEARNING
2014
2. RANDOM LEARNING
AT EVENTS
3. HIGH INCIDENCE OF
CLASSIC MISTAKES
4. MIS-ALIGNED TEAMING
2. CUSTOMISED AND
INTEGRATED LEARNING
3. CORE LEARNING TO
REDUCE COMMON MISTAKES
4. TEAMING PROCESS NEEDS
FACILITATION & GUIDANCE
Entrepreneurs & Startups need a mirror & a learned companion
Entrepreneurial
Mindset
Market of Entrepreneurial Wisdom: Pain, Gap & Remedy
Pain felt by entrepreneurs
& startups
Remedy
Conceived
5. LACK OF QUALITY,
RELEVANT. APPLIED.
INNOVATIVE AND OUTCOME-
ORIENTED EDUCATION.
6. WORK EXPERIENCE LACKING
CREATIVE, EXPERIMENTATIVE
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND
DISCRETIONARY LEARNING.
Vision
Create and deliver educational programs to
enable entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs to launch
and grow innovative enterprises and start-ups.
Integrated
institution serving
the widest value
chain from young
ideators to scaling
startups.
Unique
institutional model
(non-
governmental,
non-promoter
driven, largely
driven by internal
stakeholders.
Unique faculty
de?nition -
combines
academia,
entrepreneurs
and business
professionals),
young to
experienced,
interdisciplinary
and global.
Proprietary
pedagogy,
curriculum and
content
Unique
selection and
recruitment
processes
One stop
institution for a
whole range of
entrepreneurial
learning
opportunities.
Distinctions
Distinctions
Mission
? iSEED envisions a perpetually evolving and enterprising
world that would realise the critical need to nurture new
ventures to realise their potential and serve the humanity at
large.
? iSEED aspires to become the comprehensive hub in the
entrepreneurial ecosystem that will symbiotically engage with
aspiring youth, entrepreneurs, startups, investors, educators,
government bodies and institutions and enable each to
collaborate, learn and advance collaboratively to
continuously enhance vibrancy into the ecosystem.
? iSEED aims to advance entrepreneurial thinking,
experimenting and researching on innovative learning
methods, and develop a dynamic multidisciplinary
curriculum for entrepreneurs.
? iSEED will be a learning partner and the closest institutional
companion to the new-age entrepreneurs enabling them to
develop their ideas into high-performance, equitable and
sustainable enterprises that meet the rigorous demands of
today’s dynamic and emerging markets.
? Be a respected educational institution for
entrepreneurs and innovators in India,
? Conduct actionable research.
? Develop ‘ethical, sustainable and best
practices’ for the entrepreneurial
ecosystem.
? Be an exemplary institution that practices
an entrepreneurial mindset and preserves
entrepreneurial values and work culture.
? Demonstrate excellence in teaching and
incubation.
Become the leading brand of
entrepreneurship education for budding
entrepreneurs and startups.
2014
Engaged Faculty/ Long-term
Mentoring
Personal handholding, practical
guidance, resourceful support.
structured and continuous
interaction.
Horizontal, Applied &
interdisciplinary Learning
Learning entered around
enterprise needs of budding
entrepreneurs
Structured learning from past
cases
Research based learning from
academics , practitioners and
entrepreneurs from adjacent
ecosystem
Team Alignment & Resource
Enablement
Easy and early access to
potential team members
inducing a natural process of
alignment in facilitated
Value-add from iSEED
- an Integrated, focused
institution engaged with
the ecosystem
Entrepreneurial
Mindset
iSEED Value Proposition
4
3
8
2
6
1
Integrated institution with in-house
incubator and seed funding
Committed Founding Team
of operational nature
Strong, diverse and
interdisciplinary faculty
Institution in synergistic alliances with various
players in the entrepreneurial ecosystem
Comprehensive set of programs
for entrepreneurs at various stages
9
7
7
Placement in startups and
intrapreneurial corporates
High quality o"ine Content for
broad online outreach
Institution with global
outlook and active linkage
5
Proprietary pedagogy, curriculum, and content
10
Greater faculty attention on
each student
iSEED Institutional Model
Daily Integration of Classroom Learning with Applied Learning
- Wisely designed classroom engagement
- Team teaching by faculty who complement
- Student ideas integral to content delivery
- interactive sessions beyond lecturing
- Learning selective concepts and frameworks
- Lab resembling design studios or start-up labs, idea
development
- Daily application of classroom learning
- Learning by doing: Field assignments & market visits
- Group problem solving
- Mentoring engagements, connect with investors
- Networking/collaboration with startup eco-system
- Essential learning of liberal arts nature
- Character building and human values, cultural sensitization
- Communication, listening, decision making, interpersonal, global outlook and endurance skills
- Group exercises and activities interspersed through the day; between days, weeks & terms
Implementation Lab
Humanities & Character Building
Horizontal Learning First Half
Second Half
Across Days and weeks
Pedagogy @ iSEED
iSeed with singular focus
on entrepreneurship higher
education strategically
immersed in the eco-
system
The learning space for entrepreneurs is
largely dispersed with a critical quadrant
unaddressed. Better institutions in India are
less focused on Entrepreneurship and largely
distant from the entrepreneurial eco-system.
Networked
& Disjointed
!Horizontal learning
! Daily implementation of Theory
Campused
& Focused
Distant from
Ecosystem
Focus on Entrepreneurship
Embedded in
Ecosystem
iSEED
IITs
IIMs
Accele-
rators
Incub-
ators
Co-
sharing
E-events
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Dr Harsh Mishra
! Professor of Entrepreneurship &
Strategic Management with vast
institution-building experience in US
and India
! Founder and President of iSEED with
strategic leadership, program and
curriculum design and faculty roles.
! Previously a prof at the State
University of New York and MDI
Gurgaon for 2 decades
! PhD (Strategy) from Fox School
(USA) and B.Tech from IIT Delhi.
Dr. Deepak Pandit
! Longstanding corporate with general
management experience with
telecom MNCs and global satcom
startups
! Co-founder at iSEED in-charge of
Program Delivery, Program Director
(PEP), incubation, institution
development, teaching and research.
! PhD in the area of Innovation
Management from MDI Gurgaon.’
Graduate of first full time MBA
batch from BIMTECH with a 1
st
class undergraduate Degree in
Commerce (Hons) from University of
Delhi
! Publications include a teaching case
on entrepreneurship accepted as a
part of Harvard. Business School
collection.
Sidharth Tripathy
! Master Degree holder from Harvard
University with special focus on
Educational Innovation & Social
Entrepreneurship,
! Co-founder, Chief Evangelist, STREP
Program Director, and a faculty at
iSEED.
! a serial entrepreneur and currently the
Founder & CEO of 'Skillizen that is
building the World’s 1st Management
Skills Curriculum for young citizens.
Team
Team
Vikram Karayi
! Vikram has over two decades of
experience in Human Resources
management and Consulting in
India and has held country HR
leadership roles in organisations
including Lucent Technologies,
Philips Software, Fidelity
Investments, Exxon Mobil, Steria
India and Salesforce.com. He has
consulted extensively with the
Indian 'CXO' community in the
areas of leadership coaching and
assessment, organisational
capability development, and
culture change. He also has 'core
expertise' in the design and
development of HR systems and
K.C. Jacob
! Has a diverse & cross functional
leadership experience of over
three decades in marketing and
strategic planning across sectors
of retail ?nance, luxury retail,
consumer goods & media.
! Core team member at iSEED with
roles as Head Marketing &
Corporate relations, Program
Director (WEP) & mentor.
! Worked with leading organizations
like the Taj Group of Hotels,
Hotline, Reader’s Digest, Media
Transasia, TOI & the Muthoot
Group. His core specialty is in
new market entry, market
acquisition & business turnaround.
Sachdev Ramakrishna
! Sachdev played several leadership
roles in the industry. He was till
recently the Strategy, Marketing &
Communications Director for the
India and Singapore geographies at
Sopra Steria. In his remit at Steria,
he helped build a signi?cant brand
and business presence for the
company, as well as leading the
strategic planning process for the
company in India and Singapore.
He had earlier served as Global
Vice President of Strategic
Marketing at MphasiS, Chief
Information O$cer at Dr.Reddy's
Laboratories and Head Of Strategic
Planning at Piramal Enterprises Ltd.
Team
Samir Shah
! An active investor in early stage companies, with
investments in clean energy, technology, water,
education and health-care.
! Advisory Board Member and a faculty at iSEED..
! MBA from Wharton School (Univ of Pennsylvania),
! Has experience in global ?nancial markets for
over 27 yrs with various ?rms (including Goldman
Sachs) in New York and Hong Kong.
! On the Investment Committee and Advisory
Board member at an early stage investment ?rm,
Contrarian Funds and on the Selection Council at
Venture Nursery, an angel backed accelerator
based in Mumbai.
! Director in Waaree Energies Limited, a leading
solar energy company in India and on the Capital
Markets Committee at the Indian Merchants
Chamber, Mumbai. He is trained as a Chartered
Accountant and a lawyer prior to completing his
MBA at Wharton.
! Co-Founder & Partner of Tenshi Peak
Ventures, a Singapore-based global angel
investment, mentorship and business
development platform,
! Advisory Board Member and a faculty at
iSEED..
! MBA from London Business School , Masters
from the IIFT, New Delhi and a Bachelors in
Mechanical Engineering from College of
Engineering, Guindy (Chennai), India.
! An active investor, mentor as well as an
entrepreneur. His angel investments have been
in number of sectors such as online gaming,
education, clean energy, Internet of things to
broader areas in ICT.
! Previously held senior roles in Royal Bank of
Scotland & Morgan Stanley in Singapore and
Hong Kong.
Ramesh V. Raghavan Dr. Mahesh Joshi
! Director of Research & Practice, Center for
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Associate
Professor of Global Strategy and
Entrepreneurship at the School of Business,
George Mason University.
! Advisory Board Member at iSEED
! PhD from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.
! Awarded “School of Business Service Award”
several times, recognized“Teacher of the Year” &
“Commitment to Academic Excellence” awards.
! Researcher on process innovativeness, adoption
of new technology, and strategic change
publishing articles in highly reputed academic
journals winning several “Best Paper Awards”
! Founding member of an Internet based
business. and an advisor to several startup ?rms
in the Washington DC metro area,
Advisors
Programs
Duration
Frequency
(per anum)
Launch
Initial
Intake
(No.)
Fees
(Rs Mn)
50 weeks 1 Jul 2016 25 0.80
25 weeks 2 Dec 2015 30 0.10
12-weeks 3 June 2015 20 0.05
14-weeks 1 Oct 2016 20 0.10
25 Weeks 1 Jan 2018 30 0.20
25 Weeks 1 Jun 2017 30 0.40
STARTUP RESOURCE ENABLEMENT PROGRAM (STREP)
GRADUATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM
(GEP)PROFESSIONAL ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME
1-3 days 8 Dec 2014 60 0.03
Program Details
STARTUP RESOURCE ENABLEMENT PROGRAM (STREP)
GRADUATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM (GEP)
PROFESSIONAL ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME
MID-LIFE ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (MEP)
CONDENSED LEARNING PROGRAMME (CP)
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (WEP)
SELF-LEARNING ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (SEP)
Graduate Entrepreneurship Program (GEP)
Kishore has just competed his engineering with flying colors, Always thought that
becoming Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg can only happen by accident, untill one day his
friend told him about ISEED where entrepreneurs are groomed. GEP is going to be his
platform for launching the next big startup venture.
Kishore Tyagi @ Graduate
Entrepreneurship Program (GEP)
GEP
OPPORTUNITY FOCUS
SOLUTION
TRANSFORMATIVE
CURRICULUM
A focused edu-mentoring kind of a program that is largely
unavailable to a budding entrepreneur in a traditional
educational system.
! 1-year full-time program to take a young entrepreneur on the
journey from ideation to enterprise launch
! Designed & delivered by ISEED.
! INTERDISCIPLINARY curriculum : Filling the void in the market for
entrepreneurial wisdom
! APPLIED curriculum: Taking the de?nition of “applied” from
learning mid-range skills to higher entrepreneurial competence
! SIMULTANEOUS curriculum: Filling the crucial need to build one's
venture alongside crucial entrepreneurial learning
Startup Resource Enablement Program (STREP)
Currently an insurance salesman aspires to become a Bus Dev Head , Keen to learn
from the school of life but doesn’ t want to spend years to get some meaningless
degree. STREP is the bridge to his dreams.
Ramesh Reddy @ Startup Resource
Enablement Program (STREP)
GEP
OPPORTUNITY FOCUS
SOLUTION
TRANSFORMATIVE
CURRICULUM
Hiring the right people is the single biggest challenge for any
growing startup
! 6-month Full-Time Transformative Program
! Co-designed & co-delivered by iSEED & startups for startups.
! INCULTARATE (Culture & mindset development modules
needed to succeed in startups jobs)
!INSKILL (In demand skill modules handheld by Startup
Practitioners on UI/UX, Digital Marketing, Business
Development, WeB Technology, People Management & Supply
Chain Management)
! INSIMULATE (Real & live startup projects from hiring partner
startups/companies)
Professional Entrepreneurship Program (PEP)
A corporate animal by the day and a closet day dreamer who is always thinking about
building his own company. But wonders how can he learn the entrepreneurial ropes while
still being in his job. Now the 12 weekend PEP at iSEED will bring his dreams to life.
Sunil Borwankar @ Professional
Entrepreneurship Program (PEP)
GEP
OPPORTUNITY FOCUS
SOLUTION
TRANSFORMATIVE
CURRICULUM
Several entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs have ideas which are
underdeveloped. Even when they have ideated, business owners sometimes
get stuck in devising a sustainable growth strategy which can be
implemented e!ectively. There is a lack of dedicated o!erings focused on
entrepreneurs to resolve these teething issues in their new ventures.
! Through its PEP program, iSEED provides a unique handholding to assists
participants in acquiring the knowledge, skills and attitude for realizing their
dream of becoming successful entrepreneurs.
! 12-week weekend mode
! Concepts, tools and techniques explained by iSEED core faculty
! Peer learning and ideation tools
! Framework base for key concepts
! B Plans and growth strategy presentation to panel of experts
! Access to funding networks
! Guidance from mentors, investors and fellow entrepreneurs
! iSEED entrepreneurial community support
Women Entrepreneurship Program (WEP)
Marketing manager in an MNC, tired of reading stories about others breaking through the
glass ceiling, wants to script one of her own. It will give her a better work-life balance. Full
of ideas and energy to create a startup. What’s her next step ! WEP is the way to go.
Ankita Bhatt @ Women
Entrepreneurship Program (WEP)
GEP
OPPORTUNITY FOCUS
SOLUTION
TRANSFORMATIVE
CURRICULUM
Several women entrepreneurs and potential women entrepreneurs have
ideas which are underdeveloped.
Even when they have ideated, business owners sometimes get stuck for a
lack of mentorship and supportive ecosystem to begin the enterprises.
! iSEED provides through its WEP program a unique handholding to assists
participants in acquiring the knowledge, skills and attitude for realizing their
dream of becoming successful entrepreneurs.
!Speci?c problems ranging from ideation, teaming, funding ,to growth
strategy are focused based on the customized need of the participants.
! 14-week weekend mode
! Concepts, tools and techniques explained by iSEED core faculty
! Peer learning and ideation tools
! Framework base for key concepts
! B Plans and growth strategy presentation to panel of experts
! Access to funding networks
! Guidance from mentors, investors and fellow entrepreneurs
! iSEED entrepreneurial community support
Marketing Strategy
TARGET AUDIENCE
GRADUATE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PROGRAM (GEP)
GENESIS
WAY TO CONNECT
Need for a program to nurture young
budding entrepreneurs. Helping their
ideation, learning about their markets
and connecting them with the evolving
start-up ecosystem, for them to
succeed and evolve as better
companies.
STARTUP RESOURCE
ENABLEMENT PROGRAM
(STREP)
PROFESSIONAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PROGRAM (PEB)
The Entrepreneurial seed sowed early in
12th grade through college. The audience
would be:
- Students Age 17+
- In?uencers Parents/Teachers Age 35+
- Digital & Social Media
- Radio Spots & Talk Show
- Newspaper/Select Magazines
- PR/Road Shows/BTL activities
Brand building a separate exercise - all
above + good PR resource.
“India is the 3rd largest start-up ecosystem globally adding 800 start-ups annually.” - NASSCOM Product Council
India with the fastest growing start-up
ecosystem in the world; the number of tech
start-ups is projected to be over 11,500 by
2020, employing over 2.5 lakh people
growing from just 65,000-75,000 in 2014.
Tech/ e-commerce start-ups growing
manifold with scarce employable resource.
Need for a focused program to make fresh
graduates or young working professionals
to become “employable” & “ready” for
start-ups for a committed tenure.
College students in their ?nal year.
Large population of young corporate
employees with a few years of work looking
to explore their potential in start-ups. The
audience would be:
- Students Age 20+
- Existing work force Age 28
- In?uencers
- Parents/Teachers/Peers Age 40+
Social Media & Digital network
Newspaper/Select Magazines
Radio Spots & Discussions
Seminars/Talk Shows
Co-Branding, Endorsements by
established Start Ups and
Entrepreneurial Ventures
Media & Portal Tie-ups
First time entrepreneurs having travelled
the journey through sheer perseverance
get bogged down regularly on many
issues. As a result, barely 10% of
entrepreneur start-ups succeed.
Existing Entrepreneurs facing roadblocks at
di%erent stages of their venture
In?uencers
Mentors & Peers
Entrepreneur Ecosystem Connect
and building silent network
Events focused at the Entrepreneur
Eco space
Digital & Social Media outreach
Programs
Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7
Graduate Entrepreneurs Programme (GEP) 0 25 75 150 250 350 450 550
60 120 360 720 1,200 1,680 2,160 2,520
80 120 360 720 1,200 1,680 2,160 2,520
0 0 40 120 240 400 560 720
0 0 30 90 180 300 420 540
0 0 0 30 90 150 210 270
140 265 865 1,830 3,160 4,560 5,960 7,120
Student Enrolments
STARTUP RESOURCE ENABLEMENT PROGRAM (STREP)
GRADUATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM (GEP)
PROFESSIONAL ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME
MID-LIFE ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (MEP)
TOTAL NO. OF ENROLMENTS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (WEP)
SELF-LEARNING ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (SEP)
May 2013 - iSEED starts after deliberations on formation of
the institution for about 2 months
June 2013 - One Year Full-time Entrepreneurship Program
(currently known as GEP) ideated, program and Curriculum
Designed
June 2013 - Business Office located at Time Tower Gurgaon
July 2013 - Content/Cases Developed for the program
19th July 2013 - Roundtables conducted on various topics
Journey so far …
12th July 2013 - Curriculum Workshop was held to gather
input/feedback from national and international experts on the
design of 1-Year Full-time Entrepreneurship Program of iSEED.
27th July 2013 - 12-Week part-time program for executive
entrepreneurs was piloted.
30th July 2013: Founder Harsh Mishra steps out of MDI
Gurgaon where he was a professor of Entrepreneurship’ to join
as full-time President of iSEED.
1st August 2013: Launch of iSEED by the Hon’ble Union
Minister for MSME in Gurgaon.
September 2013 - Re-teaming at iSEED starts
October 2013: IPR for iSEED filed with the Trademark
Authorities
October 2013: iCube the idea contest for student at colleges
was launched
November 2013 : Research Survey by iSEED was published
January 2014: New team formation was completed
June 2014: The new iSEED website was launched
2014
July 2014: New programs identified and designed
2014: Program on ‘Digital marketing’ was conducted
November 2014: STREP was conceived and designed
December 2014: Program on ‘Market Development for
Technology Ventures’ was conducted
Feb 20, 2015 : Program on ‘Investor Prep for Starups’ was
conducted (oversubscribed with participation from investors
from national and international locations).
June 6, 2015 : PREP Program commences with full batch
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Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar June
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Incubation
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Website
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Digital
Marketing
for short
programs
begin
Teaming in
Place
Investor Prep
Program for
Startups
Dec
2016
STREP first
batch to
commence
Third
campus
planned
0-1'/2
campus
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Mid life (MEP)
and Self
Learning (SEP)
programs get
launched
2017
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