Gaurav Marya
Chairman,
Franchise India

THE SINGLE MOST VALUABLE ASSET OF YOUR BUSINESS IS NOT THE BRICKS AND MORTAR OR THE EQUIPMENT. IT IS YOU.

Great nations are built by visionary entrepreneurs and today they come from all walks of life. They could be politicians as our New Prime Minister has rightly demonstrated; they could be business owners, bureaucrats, socialists or Investors. Each has their own individual style of doing things, breaking existing myths, conquering new heights and teaching a lesson, which is not just a great business case, but about applying entrepreneurship to life. he next decade will undeniably be the 'golden era' of entrepreneurship in India. Confident individuals are taking up the path of entrepreneurship with great vision and a huge appetite for building growth and scale. They see growing opportunity in the expanding consumer market, and simultaneously recognize the challenge of engaging with a customer who is now expecting the best the world can offer.

The next decade will undeniably be the 'golden era' of entrepreneurship in India. Entrepreneurship is not about creating the next best app, rather it is about people who are thinkers, doers, innovators and change the way we think about what is possible. As an entrepreneur, risk isn't the reward. The rewards are driving innovation, changing people's lives, creating jobs, fuelling growth, and making a better nation.

This year, we chose the theme "Connecting the Worlds-Bridging the Old and the New", The Conference will focus on the degrees of innovation and includes but encompasses more than how to bridge the gap between old school of incremental but rock-solid growth with the new age of disruptive and fast growth .It calls for capturing the business logic of the networked era and building capabilities to further growth in the context of Indian entrepreneurial needs of building enterprising entrepreneurs in a new world order.