This winter, as has been with winters for the past couple of years, two kinds of entrepreneur showcase and networking events offer startups opportunities to promote themselves. First up is the old school model — TiE Entrepreneurial Summit 2008 (December 16, 17, 18) — which gives young companies a chance to connect with industry leaders via pre-formatted panel discussions.
Next up, in January, are what have come to be known as open source networking platforms, eg: Proto.in, HeadStart. Pre-formatted panel discussions dominate these events as well, but the content and participation is relatively more democratic. Incidentally, the fifth edition of Proto.in had planned to piggyback on the TiE summit but creative differences between the organizers nixed the deal.
Here’s a quick poll on which model works better for the entrepreneur:
PS: Does HeadStart have badges up yet? Thanks for the badge
All of them got their own benefits. There is place for all these things in the ecosystem. Off late bangalore TiE is doing a good job.
All these things helps entrepreneurs and startups in some way or other.
You require all these ingredients to make a perfect ecosystem.
Hi Snigdha,
Thanks for mentioning headstart. The Badges for Headstart are up at http://headstart.in/promote/.
Would love if you could blog and promote headstart. The nominations for presenting are closed but the nominations for demoing at the demo pit are open till 25th December.
– Vinayak
Snigha,
Am loving it
Vijay