27th January 2024: Startup Success Days a conference cum meeting for Startups and Facilitators was organized by the Google Developers Group on 27th January 2024 in the Seminar Hall of The Bhopal School of Social Sciences. The event was organized in collaboration with the BSSS Incubation Centre, B-Nest Incubation Centre and I am Startup Community. Several industry experts were present at the event that were Mr. Shaikh Mushtaq Ali (Startup Consultant at MP Startup Centre), Dr. Anurag S.D. Rai (Director, Kalchuri, LNCT Group Incubation Centre), Mr. Harsh Dattani (Program Manager, Google), Dr. Arti Mudaliar (Nodal Officer, BSSS Incubation Centre) and start-up founders Mr. Swapnil Tripathi (Co-Founder We360.ai) and Mr. Vijay Anand Saxena (Founder – Accountantlalaji). The motive for organizing the event was to orient and motivate the young startups of Bhopal through the experts present at the event. The experts shared their success stories by narrating their startup’s journey, roadblocks, support, and experiences, along with their expert advice.
The event was moderated by Mr. Mayur Rathi (Consultant, GDG Cloud Bhopal), who welcomed all the experts and participants to the event and also introduced the objective of the event and the experts present. The first expert talk was by Dr. Anurag Rai who is Director of Kalchuri, LNCT Group Incubation Centre. As an Incubator who has supported more than hundreds of startups, his insights into the industry are very precious. He discussed their success story and the types of support they have provided to the startups at the incubation stage. The importance of domain clarity, peer-to-peer learning, and providing a comfortable space for entrepreneurs to thrive was explained by him. He also highlighted the need for constant guidance and access to the best facilities to support the growth of startups. Dr. Rai was accompanied by Mr. Rahul Mishra who is the Co-founder and Head of Growth at Concept Campus, LNCT. The discussion was beneficial for startups who want to be technically efficient. He shared practical strategies to integrate technology into operations and processes. Leveraging tools such as SRS, react language, and NOTION to streamline workflows and enhance efficiency was also discussed.
Next, Mr. Shaikh Mushtaq Ali who is a Startup consultant from EY at MP Startup Centre was invited by Mr. Mayur Rathi. Mr. Mushtaq introduced himself and his organization MP Startup Centre to the participants. He discussed the assistance and support provided by his organization and also their role in developing the Startup ecosystem in the state of Madhya Pradesh. He gave his guidance on navigating a startup through advisory challenges at different points that are.
Mr. Swapnil Tripathi was invited as the next expert speaker. Mr Tripathi is the co-founder of We360.ai and being an inspiring entrepreneur his experience with startups was also beneficial for the audience to learn. His startup is an Employee Monitoring and Employee productivity software that helps organizations manage the team and make the whole process smoother. Mr. Tripathi shared the success story of We360, highlighting the journey of the startup and its impact on the industry. He talked about how he encountered challenges cane along the journey of becoming a successful entrepreneur.
The next expert was Mr. Harsh Dattani who is Project Manager at Google and was present virtually to discuss with the audience. He oriented and discussed the support and assistance Google is providing to startups through the Google for Startups Cloud Program. In detail, he discussed the program's eligibility criteria, benefits, and how to avail of them. Benefits offered by Google are product credits, technical training, and business support to help in the growth of Start-ups.
The last expert talk was by Dr. Arti Mudaliar who is the Nodal Officer at BSSS Incubation Centre. She shared the achievements of BSSS in Start-up and how they are supporting the students and alumni with their startup ideas to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Also, she discussed how they are supporting not only their students but also other startups who have approached them for mentoring and guidance through various hackathons organized by them.
She also appreciated the team of Google and other experts who were present to discuss various aspects of startup and the ecosystem with the audience which consisted of startup enthusiasts and students of the college.