Business Ideation to Business Plans

							Business Ideation to Business
Plans…. Part I
A workshop for
World Zaratushti Chamber of Commerce
Mumbai , October 2009




                        Raj Bhat
                         2009
2 Day workshop focusing on….
   Discovering ideas that                Understanding ‘Break Even
    work around us. ‘ The                  Point’ and ‘Unit Price Costing’
    Newspaper Exercise’                   Fundamentals of ‘Financial
   Learning the 7 domains                 Statements’
    framework .                           Government Schemes to help
   Applying the 7 domains                 startups
    framework to discover                 Discussing HR issues in startups
    ‘How good is my idea ?’               ‘The Wallet Exercise’
                                           uncovering customer
   Elements of Business Plan              expectations
   Importance of Online                  Further learning's on Teams and
    Marketing Strategy for                 Execution Strategy
    startups                              3 minute elevator pitch

                                Raj Bhat
                                 2009
Participants
   Shahzad Daver & Team
   Nainaz Shroff & Team
   Bomi Doctor & Team
   Farookh Irani
   Darayus Khajotia
   Faredoon Kapadia
   Firdosh Roowala
   Nazneen Deboo
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                     2009
Ideas are everywhere ………
                       The news paper exercise to
                        discover ideas all around
                        us.
                       The participants discussed
                        that ideas are important but
                        not everything.
                       Only those ideas can be
                        monetized that solve real
                        problems. Greater the
                        problem greater the
                        opportunity.
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Applying 7 domains learning
                         The participants learnt
                          about the 7 domain
                          framework
                         The importance of
                          discussing issues of
                          Markets v/s Industry
                         Applying the 7
                          domains learning to
                          check ‘How good is
                          my idea ? ‘
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                2009
Getting the marketing plan right
                          The participants agreed
                           the getting online was
                           the best option for a
                           startup business.
                          Vikas Kashikar of
                           Uptime Technologies
                           gave an insight on
                           Getting Online
                           Strategies.
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Finance & Accounts
                        CA Virendra Shah gave a
                         lucid presentation on
                         Project Finance and
                         essential financial ratios.
                        Basing their learning's on
                         Unit Price Costing and
                         Break Even Point Analysis
                         the participants learnt the
                         fine art of managing their
                         finances in a startup.

              Raj Bhat
               2009
Sharing notes on HR
                         Yazdi Tantra sharing
                          his experience of hiring
                          in the market place.
                         The participants
                          accepted that attracting
                          and retaining top talent
                          remained an area of
                          concern for fledgling
                          startups
               Raj Bhat
                2009