iweekend - Delhi

iweekend is a wonderful concept by iweekend.org, a spain based organization. Around 50 entrepreneurs participate in this 2.5 days event. On friday evening session, few entrepreneurs present their ideas, other vote for them online thru their laptops. Based on voting 7 entrepreneurs are selected for next round. They have to face Q&A from other entrepreneurs and again there is one more round of voting. Top 4 makes to next round.

In the final round, an invited guest (in Amity, Noida - IIM, Banglore faculty) asks few questions from selected entrepreneurs and they reply to it. Again there is a round of voting and then finally two entrepreneurs are declared winners.

Next 2 days, all entrepreneurs form 2 teams with two selected ideas and work to create a complete business plan as a team. They in turn are mentored by VCs, senior entrepreneurs and other leading industry persons.

In short this is a wonderful experience. More as as my idea was declared winner #1 at Amity, Noida.

It was also organized at IIM, Banglore, IIM, Ahmedabad apart from Amity, Noida in March 2010.



Building up on Ideas : Stage 2 from Dreamcast.in on Vimeo.





Idea 1 - Final Presentation from Dreamcast.in on Vimeo.





iWeekend Delhi - In Conversation with from Dreamcast.in on Vimeo.

Guest Lecture at AKG engg college

During my participation in ISBA in Feb 2010, Dr Paul, Dean at AKG College of Engg visited us and liked our designs and then invited us for a guest lecture at his college.


On March 12,2010, we visited AKG College of Engg at Ghaziabad on NH24.I It was around 20 kms Noida and had good infrastructure and a dedicated faculty. 


I spent around 30 minutes talking about myself, electronics and embedded and my favorite project Joy-n-Freedom. During Q&A there were no queries from students, however during the demo of our products, there were lot of queries. 


Students at AKGCE were really wonderful, intelligent and working on lot of new project. Only thing there (as well at most of other engg colleges) was lack of interaction with industry and they were working on old and obsolete technology.


However I saw dedication and keen interest in students welfare in HOD, Electronics Mr Chopra's vision and plan.


I am sure under his guidance, students of AKGEC will create wonderful results.



My best wishes to faculty and students. I am also looking for closer interaction and more projects along with them.


Swati Mehta and Pankaj Talwar assisted me in the presentation. As usual there were cheerful, happy and eager to work and do what ever is required without any issues. 


Copy of presentation is here


http://www.slideshare.net/vinay3065/akg-120310

Looking for marketing team on profit sharing basis

GVC has been focussing on technical innovation and developed some very innovative designs. We got good appreciation from every one.

Marketing or sales was not a focus area till now.

In 2010-11, we are focussing on this and are looking for a self motivated person to join us ASAP.

We are looking for some one who has background in electronics and embedded software along with passion to meet and sell concepts to people. We are not concerned with your qualification.

Compensation will be in two parts - Fixed Salary + Profit Sharing.

Let us know your views or ideas or queries. Call me at 9811074026 or send email to vinay@gvc.in

IIT D Entreprenurial Summit Feb 20-21,2010

GVC particpated in IIT D E-Cell summit on Feb 20 and Feb 21

This was a wonderful experience as six students were part of the team. All of them did a wonderful job and created a space of energy and excitment.

We showcased our GSM based designs. Purpose of the show was to get feedback about our products and look for potential partners and investors. 
                                                                                            GSM+TV was appreciated by almost every one. The feature of getting call details and SMS on TV was unique and lot of people liked this idea.

We met four investors and one of them is now prospective buyer of our design. Apart from Microsoft, Nokia Siemens and Mcdonalds have shown interest in our designs.


Apart from products, we also put up a LCD Monitor and played presentation for the whole day.

Let me also acknowledge students who spent time and energy

Jasmeen Kaur - B Tech IT
Karan Agarwal - B Tech IT
Varun Mathur - BSc IT
Nitish Nanda - BBA
Swati Mehta - B Tech EC
Pankaj Talwal - B Tech EC

Yourstory.in interviewed me

Read the online interview at following link. Yourstory in an online portal and showcases entrepreneurs. Ove 4000 entrepreneurs in various fields are interviewed.  Yourstory also sponsors various events at E-Cells of various colleges. 

http://yourstory.in/entrepreneurs/tech-entrepreneurs/3161-vinay-chaddha-founder-gvc-systems-pvt-ltd

So if you have any plans for becoming an entrepreneur then this site provided lot of information related to funding, resources and networking.

Attending ISBA Conference and exhibiting our designs on Feb 8-9-10,2010

This week we participated in ISBA conference and exhibited our GSM based devices at  R@W (research at work) stalls.

We have showcased our GSM based devices and got lot of positive feedback and new ideas from Media, Academicians, Industry people and Funding organisations.

Apart from exhibiting our designs, we also met lot of fellow entrepreneurs with their own ideas and products.  One smart gentleman (singer, yoga teacher and entrepreneur) from Manipur exhibited handicraft products from grass and a pretty young girl with graduation in architecture and post grad in Product Designing and just out of IIT-Kanpur was showing graphics designs.

Well, India is truly a country of brave and intelligent people and lot of opportunities are available now. People as young as college freshers to 60+ starting their first venture were there. It is exciting to be with so many energetic persons.

We also received invitation to show case our products at IIT-Delhi. So on Feb 19th and 20th we will be IIT Delhi at entrepreneur's corner.

A session by DST, IAN informed us about various options of funding and grant available from various govt agencies.

In short these three days gave us lot of feedback about our products, interaction with various entrepreneurs taught us few more lessons on innovation and meeting with academicians and Govt official have shown us ways for getting more support.

And of course we are thankful to Apoorv Sharma and his team for giving us the opportunity to showcase our designs.

Special thanks are also due to Swati and Pankaj, two trainees students working with us. They reached home almost by 9 PM every day, still they were at site by 9 AM next day.

Participating in Proto.in at IIT Mumbai on Jan 30,2010

   Last week, I visited Mumbai to participate in Proto.in, an event for start ups. It was a wonderful experience listening to 15 startups and few entrepreneurs who already made big in the field. The major learning came from Sanjiv of Naukri.com and Pradeep of cyber media. Both of them shared that in the beginning, they faced competition from large company, yet they managed to survive. Being small and without money is not the limiting factor, What limits is what you think your limits are.  Or as Ritu Shri said , YOUR WORDS CREATE YOUR WORLD.