695th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Vinit Bhansali, Takshil Venture Partners

Vinit Bhansali, Founder and General Partner at Takshil Venture Partners, discusses how his firm is investing in India.

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Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 4)

A parallel revolution will take place in education. Today, the world struggles with finding good teachers to educate children, young adults, and even adults because so much is changing and continuous education is essential to staying on top of one’s profession.

We’re definitely moving toward AI-enabled personalized tutoring at all levels now. ALL students – even those who are below average – with the help of personalized tutoring – will perform at an above average level.

And because this is ALSO a technology-driven solution, it is completely scalable.

November 3 – Sramana Mitra on India’s Prospects in the Age of AI

Sramana Mitra returns to the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in Kolkata, India, to discuss “India’s Prospects in the Age of AI” on Friday, November 3, 2023, at 6:00pm IST. The event is free, but registration is required.

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Artificial Intelligence is sweeping through society. In this century, it will have a species level impact on humanity. What are India’s prospects in the age of AI? This talk explores the nuances of India and humanity’s future.

Sramana Mitra is Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), a global virtual accelerator that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. She is a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy, and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. Sramana has a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2015, Sramana was named one of LinkedIn’s Top 10 Influencers.

Sramana would love for this to be an interactive experience. Before attending, please listen to her previous RKM talks, Future of Capitalism (2016) and Man and Superman: Human History Bifurcates (2019):

Come with your questions to participate in Sramana’s interactive Q&A discussion with the audience.

The event is free, but registration is required.

TIME:

Friday, November 3, 2023

6:00 p.m. IST

LOCATION:

Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture

Vivekananda Hall

Golpark, Kolkata

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Roundtable Recap: July 20 – Startup Ecosystem Development Strategy for Underdeveloped India

During this week’s roundtable, we did a strategy session on how to develop startup ecosystems and pipelines of entrepreneurs outside of the six major metros based on my blog series, Startup Ecosystem in Kolkata: A Strategy Discussion. Very interesting discussion.

BRIKS Technology

For our entrepreneur pitch, we had Kiran Das from Cochin, India, pitch BRIKS Technology, a Generative AI startup focused on e-commerce sales enablement through virtual assistants and chatbots.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Startup Ecosystem in Kolkata: The Help We Need

Join us on Thursday, July 20, at 8:30 p.m. IST / 8 a.m. PDT for a special roundtable program: Brainstorming on Eastern India Startup Development. Come share your perspective, sign up to Speak and we will accommodate as many as possible with a few minutes to talk, register here. In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here.

No, we don’t need money.

We need you to look around in your sphere of influence and find entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs and facilitate their learning.

We need you to guide them to increase their odds of a successful entrepreneurial journey by investing their TIME in a rigorous learning process that is firmly rooted in Bootstrapping. 

Not Blitzscaling. Bootstrapping.

Startup Ecosystem in Kolkata: A Word From Tagore

Join us on Thursday, July 20, at 8:30 p.m. IST / 8 a.m. PDT for a special roundtable program: Brainstorming on Eastern India Startup Development. Come share your perspective, sign up to Speak and we will accommodate as many as possible with a few minutes to talk, register here. In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here.

If you understand the language, listen to this in its Bengali original.

Here’s my English Translation of the poem for those who do not understand the language:

Startup Ecosystem in Kolkata: Excess is NOT a Requirement for Success

Join us on Thursday, July 20, at 8:30 p.m. IST / 8 a.m. PDT for a special roundtable program: Brainstorming on Eastern India Startup Development. Come share your perspective, sign up to Speak and we will accommodate as many as possible with a few minutes to talk, register here. In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here.

Let me finish this series with a bit of personal philosophy.

Excess doesn’t always breed happiness.

It often generates arrogance, hubris, jealousy, and a host of unappetizing side effects.

Keeping your feet on the ground, preserving social awareness, a sense of responsibility towards a set of goals bigger than yourself, nurturing healthy, warm relationships – these are the true drivers of happiness.

Startup Ecosystem in Kolkata: New Technologies Bring New Opportunities

Join us on Thursday, July 20, at 8:30 p.m. IST / 8 a.m. PDT for a special roundtable program: Brainstorming on Eastern India Startup Development. Come share your perspective, sign up to Speak and we will accommodate as many as possible with a few minutes to talk, register here. In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here.

I am sure many entrepreneurs are chomping at the bits to get a Generative AI startup going.

And, you are reading about hundreds of millions of dollars in VC funding being splashed on this quest.

Well, I want you to think differently.