Ishwar Jha

We conducted our Zero to One Crore Workshop for the Final Year students at KES Shroff College and were overwhelmed to see the enthusiasm and the engagement level of the students to learn about entrepreneurship and launching techniques of business.

Photo: Participants involved in “Promise Note” Activity

Photo: Ishwar Jha conducting an activity during the workshop

Photo: Students engaged in the “Balloon Activity” as a part of the closing session

Photo: Group Photo of Ishwar Jha with the participants

It was an overwhelming experience to interact with 75+ students at Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan for our “Zero to One Crore” workshop on 18th November 2016. Many of them were looking to start their own venture and getting their ideas validated through this workshop enabled them to think deeply once again on their concept and ground work involved in setting the business system and process.

Photo: Participants presenting their ideas on Business Model Canvas

Photo: Ishwar Jha addressing the participants during the workshop

Photo: Winner of “One day Business Launch Plan evaluation and validation” with Mr. Ishwar Jha was Himanshi Chauhan.

Photo: Group photo of Ishwar Jha with the participants

Our “Zero to One Crore” workshop at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad gave me an opportunity, on one hand to interact with entrepreneurs who had come to evaluate their existing model or future of their business venture, and on the other hand with the students who were planning to pursue this entrepreneurial opportunity by learning through our framework and tools.

Photo: Participants engaged in making promise to themselves in “The Promise Note” activity.

Photo: Winner of “One day Business Launch Plan evaluation and validation” with Mr. Ishwar Jha was Mr. M V L Narayana.

Photo: Q&A Session with Mr. Ishwar Jha after the workshop

Video: Participant Feedback about the workshop.

https://youtu.be/Eqy_Kqf1Yzo

It was a very interactive and thought-provoking session at NASSCOM 10000 Startup Warehouse with 40+ founders from different industries looking to start their own business. I was glad to even meet entrepreneurs who have successfully achieved 1 Cr but feel that their growth is stagnated. They found the workshop very valuable in terms of how to scale-up and grow their business beyond 1 Cr.

Photo: Ishwar Jha addressing the participants during the workshop

Photo: Participants involved in writing “The First Tweet” activity to announce their business idea to the world.

Photo: Winner being chosen by lucky draw for “One day Business Launch Plan evaluation and validation” with Mr. Ishwar Jha. The winner was Mr. Kalyan Dhokte from Pune.

Video: Feedback from the participants about the workshop

https://youtu.be/4KSSEVrslcE

It was an eye opener for us to see over 150 management students attending our workshop as part of the entrepreneurship nurturing initiative of the St. Francis Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. I told the participants that you can use the entrepreneurial thinking and the process of launching a startup even if you choose to pursue the career at leading enterprises.

The lucky winner for “One day of business idea launch plan evaluation and validation” worth Rupees 60,000 was Ms. Shialee Vaidya.

Photo: Ishwar Jha interacting with the participants during the workshop

Photo: Participants engaged in “Burn your worries” activity during the workshop

Photo: Group photo with Ishwar Jha, management of St. Francis Institute of Management and Research and participants

The participating founders felt that the workshop is a well-articulated 5-step process to help them learn the process-driven approach for idea development, business planning and launch their startup.

Here is what the founders had to say about the workshop, their learning and overall experience:

https://youtu.be/P5N6KWkOUPE

We also announced One day of launch plan evaluation and validation session with Ishwar Jha and team worth Rupees 60,000 to one lucky winner. We congratulate Sameer Prakash for winning the prize and look forward to helping him with evaluation, validation and mentoring him to launch his idea.

Photo: Ishwar Jha conducting the “Zero to One Crore” workshop with founders.

Photo: One-to-one conversation with the participants after the workshop.

We were thrilled to notice that the founders felt that the workshop is a comprehensive, process-driven and relevant to them to prepare for striking the entrepreneurial success.