Conference Schedule

Building and running a startup has become even more daunting and challenging. Hear from successful startups as they discuss their personal stories and battle scars in the journey to accelerate scale

• The importance of metrics and being smart about how and where you build
• Managing volatility and the unknown in a changing investment
• How Product Success & Capital Efficiency go hand in Hand
• How can you build fast while also managing your burn in the current investment landscape
• New-age business practices for bootstrapped, pre-Seed, seed, and series A startups to find support and scale fast

Most startups are unlikely to generate revenue from day one or even reach the break-even point. While some businesses take two to three years to become profitable, some take longer to build income streams. For these futuristic companies, cracking the fundraising code becomes tricky.

• The real nuts and bolts of early fundraising in 2023
• How can founders get around revenue concerns in a more conservative funding market?
• How do investors weigh risk when it comes to bets that may take longer to pull off?
• What are the idle questions for growing startup categories like robotics and climate?

India's Tier II and III towns are fast becoming the breeding grounds for valuable companies. Jaipur, Indore, Kochi, Chandigarh and many others are emerging as new startup hubs. Besides internet connectivity, the small-town startup boom is driven by ambitious founders from these areas, market access, remote working culture and reverse migration.

• Tech revolution in Tier II, III, and beyond
• The growing interest in venture capital funds
• Access to the startup ecosystem, which includes accelerators and VC funds
• What’s fuelling the renowned confidence of entrepreneurs from Tier II, III
• Finding the right talent and other challenges

Startups are the most progressive businesses around. They encourage creativity, and individuality and are devoid of hierarchy. However, all this comes at the cost of risks, poor work-life balance, and ESOPs in lieu of a good salary. While these new-age businesses have opened up massive job opportunities, unlike SMEs, job security in the startup world is still an elusive concept.

• Working for startups Vs working for SMEs and corporates
• Pros and cons of working in a startup environment
• Room for creativity, initiative, and entrepreneurial spirits to express themselves
• Job opportunities in new and unique domains
• Startup segments that have aced the hiring game
• Living with constant Hiring & Firing cycles

• The next large growth of startups, AI breakthroughs, the opportunities and applications of AI for good, and infinite opportunities for creativity.
• How artificial intelligence will shift culture, and change the trajectory of Industry
• Ethical implications and governance of generative AI

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in Hit Refresh writes that great leaders “recognize the true signal within a lot of noise”. Corporate leaders are addressing the risks while finding the opportunities in digital disruption, the economy and geopolitical uncertainties.

• Rise of disruptive digital technologies
• Risk of high inflation
• Navigating challenges as geopolitical risks escalate
• War for talent
• Social purpose

Talent Has Changed Forever. The modern workforce is in the middle of one of its biggest shifts since the industrial revolution. Businesses have encountered the rise of global talent pools and the focus is on ‘human enterprise” in this decade. A whole new era of innovation around workforce transformation is just beginning

• Companies need to completely rethink how they source, train, equip, motivate, and reward workers.
• What work in human enterprise looks like in 2030.
• Companies big and small are figuring out how they are going to distribute and manage their workforces in 2023.
• How should organizations choose between Roles for Remote setups, hybrid teams, or a return to the office?
• Best Practices for organizations to manage remote staffers
• Women empowerment

Digital Transformation & Corporate Culture :

• Moderation or Disruption
• How Companies are Collaborating with Startups for 21st century growth
• Tech Priorities for 2023
• The Outlook for Tech investments for organizations

Organizations with a real and transparent commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria have become increasingly attractive to both investors and customers

• Possible approaches and solutions, adopted by companies
• How to decide where to focus first
• companies are blazing bold trails in ESG, diversity and taking the sustainability route

• Will AI reshape the Metaverse
• NFTs beyond digital collectibles
• How Crypto equation is evolving

As organizations gain traction in leveraging blockchains for strategic business advantage, we will see a new competitive landscape appear.

How smart enterprises understand how blockchain technology will fuel shifts in the value chain and ultimately see peer-to-peer focused business models.

How Blockchain is radically transforming Organizational business models

Advancements in blockchain and how you can gain a competitive advantage with blockchain technology to further drive innovation within your industry and organization

While Web3 funding has floated during the funding winter period, startups need to be more careful about how they approach investors and their audience.

How Startup's target audience, use cases, and unique offerings should be well-defined and aligned with the Business vision

• The future and interconnectedness between traditional gaming and blockchain gaming
• Play & earn gaming : The Next Frontier of Digital Gaming
• Investor Perspective on Next Gen Gaming