NEN Wants Students to Solve the Big Problems

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Snigdha Sengupta | 0 Comments

In November last year, National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) recast its senior leadership team to bring on board K Srikrishna as executive director at the Bangalore-based non-profit that supports entrepreneurship from the student level. Srikrishna takes over NEN’s on-ground operations here from co-founder and CEO Laura Parkin, who is now based in the US and will focus largely on fundraising for…

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Tata NEN First Dot Winners: Novo Informatics, Melting Point, Breson, AJS, Phodphad

Posted on January 11, 2012 by StartupCentral | 3 Comments

‘Tata First Dot powered by NEN‘, the student startup mentoring and showcase platform that debuted last January, concluded its 2011-2012 run last evening. The top five student ventures for the year, chosen from 30 shortlisted startups following a nationwide contest, were announced at an awards function in Chennai. Over 600 students attended the two-day conference which was held at SSN…

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Ok, People. Place Your Bets

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Snigdha Sengupta

[media-credit name="Snigdha Sengupta" align="alignnone" width="150"][/media-credit]Few in the Indian startup eco-system understand young entrepreneurs and their travails as well as Laura Parkin, currently executive director of the Wadhwani Foundation. She is also a co-founder of NEN (National Entrepreneur Network), which is promoted by the foundation. Her earlier career has seen her play diverse roles, ranging from serial entrepreneur to venture capitalist…

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What Indian startups need. Really.

Posted on July 7, 2009 by StartupCentral

What do entrepreneurs really need to succeed? Passion. Drive. A  good idea. A network. Passion. Funding. Passion. Customers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But what about power? And I’m not speaking metaphysically here. I’m talking the real thing: electricity running through wires to reach a lab, an office, or a factory, with consistency and predictability. Power. Journalists occasionally ask me what the…

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Laura Parkin on why it is okay to rank startups

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Snigdha Sengupta

Last Saturday, Mint put out a half page interview with Laura A Parkin, executive director, National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) and Wadhwani Foundation, clarifying some of the issues/controversies around the Tata NEN Hottest Startups 2008 nominations — read Tata NEN Campaign Addresses Early Hiccups. Mint is a media partner for the startup ranking contest. As on September 20th the contest had…

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