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YuStart 2019

YuStart is a CII - Young Indians (Yi) led competition that supports students launching new business and social-impact ventures. YuStart will serve as a launch pad for budding entrepreneurs who have innovative ideas and are looking at learning from the existing entrepreneurial ecosystem by interactions & mentorship from leaders in this field.

Early Bird Registration : 27th Feb 2019
Last Registration Date : 6th Mar 2019
Organizers
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YuStart Challenge: Objective

YuStart is a National Startup Competition. This year it is conducted as part of the CII Karnataka Annual CTO Conference 2019 organized by Young Indians, (Bangalore Chapter) along with CII.

The competition intends to foster the ignite the passion for entrepreneurship in the student community.

The event provides a platform for students to pitch in their business startup ideas.

The Top 3 teams stand to win prizes worth Lakhs, apart from being given an opportunity to be incubated.

About the Challenge

A multi-staged event - consists of rounds of presentation, review and feedback.

  • Students need to register for the Challenge
  • All the registered students need to take up series of workshop on Entrepreneurship delivered by industry leaders
  • Need to submit the Business Plan of their idea . First level of screening will be done by YI leaders.
  • Top 15 teams will be presented on the “Final Demo Day” in font of Jury panel & 03 teams will be awarded

Who can participate?

  • All participants should be UG or PG students from Indian Colleges and Universities.
  • Team size: Maximum of 4 members in each team, with a team lead specified.
  • Start-up plan submissions should be done online at www.yustart.in

Registration Fees *

  • Early Bird Registration : Rs. 1999 per team, if paid before 27th Feb 2019
  • Regular Registration : Rs. 2499 per team, if paid before 6th Mar 2019
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Plan Submission

Each team is required to submit the following to CII-Yi via www.yustart.in on or before 10th Mar 2019. Any submissions made later than this would not be accepted and the team would not qualify for the screening

  1. Executive Summary: One page write-up on the overall plan
  2. Business Plan: Presentation in PDF Format of up to 20 slides, covering the following:
    •  Business concept: Describes the business, its product/offering. It should specify the unique value proposition, and what the business’ competitive advantage will be.
    •  Market Opportunity: Outline the market it will serve, what problem the offering would solve for whom, and the scalability / growth opportunity for the business.
    •  Current status:How far have you progressed with your business plan?
    •  Financial requirements & Financial Projections: Clearly states the capital needed to start the business and to expand. Highlights the important financial points of the business including sales, profits, cash flows and return on investment.
    •  Marketing Strategy & Competition Analysis: Pricing, Distribution, Promotion Plans, Sales potential, Current & Potential Competition, Competitive Strength etc.

Note: References & Annexure material may be submitted if required , they can only support the presentation.

Timelines

Activity Description Timeline
Registration Early Bird: Students should register their team – 1999INR /Team (Inclusive 18% G.S.T) 27 Feb 2019
Regular Registration: 2499 INR /team ( Inclusive of GST) 6 Mar 2019
Work Shop All the registered students should take up the workshop (Webinar)
1. Entrepreneurship: Journey of Life
2. Business Finance & How to raise investment 		TBD
B Plan Submission Final date for Business Plan Submission 10 Mar 2019
YuStart Final/Conclave Shortlisted team should present in front of Jury members & audience around 300ppl at CII Karnataka Annual CTO Conference 2019 25 Mar 2019

Venue and Format

YUSTART WORSHOPS

  • Venue: Webinar Format.

    Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
    No.1086, 12th Main, HAL 2nd Stage,
    Indira Nagar, Bangalore 560008, India.
    Tel : +91-80- 42889595

YuStart Finals

  • Date: 25th Mar 2019
  • Time: 0900 – 1600 hrs
  • Venue: Taj End West
  • Format: 10 minutes for presentation and 05 minutes for Q&A

Panel of Judges

The judges for the Screening Round will consist of Young Indians Bangalore members, who are entrepreneurs, investors and professionals.

Judges for the Final Round will be eminent personnel, drawn from a variety of backgrounds, including Entrepreneurs, Investors, Industry Experts, Corporate Executives, Lawyers, and other specialists, deemed appropriate to understand the viability of a business idea.

    Judges for the PREVIOUS YuStart Finals were:

    Chairman of Jury - YuStart 2018

  • Mr. Ravi Gururaj, Investor, Council Member Nasscom & CEO –Qikpod , Past President TiE Bangalore

    Jury Members

  • Mr. Kiran Sivdas, CEO – Enventures
  • Mr. Anil Shenoy, Head of Technology & Operations – Social Alpha
  • Mr. Karthik Prabhakar, Director, Head – Fundraising, IDG Ventures

Organizers

Young Indians (Yi)
  • Young Indians(Yi) is an integral part of CII, formed in 2002 as a PAN India platform for young Indians to realize the dream of a developed nation. Through its programs and initiatives, it reaches out to millions of youth across the country with the clarion call to action of ‘We Can, We Will’. Yi holds more than 2500 activities each year under the pillars of Youth Leadership, Nation Building and Thought Leadership, and connects with 14000+ students through its institutional network, ‘Yuva’. Yi is one of the founders of the G20 Young Entrepreneur’s Alliance & Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs (CAYE – A).
  • With sixteen years of glorious past and decades ahead that promise nothing short, Yi intends to become a larger movement of young people and promote the attitude of "We Can, We Will".
  • Know more at www.youngindians.net
Yuva
  • Yuva is a youth leadership development initiative of Young Indians under the aegis of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
  • Young Indians involves students from schools and colleges around the country to involve them in leadership, personal development and nation building activities.
  • Yi Yuva envisions connecting students to the community, the country at large and working towards a movement for "Nation Building". This is done by the formation of the “Yuva Chapter" in institutions.
  • Know more at www.yiyuva.in
CII
  • Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, partnering industry, Government, and civil society, through advisory and consultative processes.
  • CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, playing a proactive role in India's development process. Founded in 1895, India's premier business association has over 7200 members, from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 100,000 enterprises from around 242 national and regional sectorial industry bodies.
  • With 64 offices, including 9 Centers of Excellence, in India, and 7 overseas offices in Australia, China, Egypt, France, Singapore, UK, and USA, as well as institutional partnerships with 312 counterpart organizations in 106 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.
  • Know more at www.cii.in

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