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12 June 2015

CII-BYST organized a training on ‘Leadership’ for their cluster heads and above, on 12-June 2015. This training was organized through an online mode and participants from various locations could participate through internet.

CII-BYST had requested Shyam Sekar S, Chief mentor and Founder at Startup Xperts Business Consulting Pvt. Ltd. to provide this leadership training for their senior executives and managers. The participants were Cluster heads and above and been part of CII for a long time now. Shyam quoted, “The crowd was full of energy and eager to pick up interesting insights as they wanted to hone their leadership skills better. It is all about behavioural changes that needs to be addressed first, before taking them through some of the key elements that need to focus on, in order to be a better leader than what they are today. Thanks to BYST team to have organized this initiative to take this initiative to a higher level”.

The participants were from across the country right from Chennai, Assam, Odisha and other locations.

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22 May 2015, Posted by Shyam Sekar S

Social entrepreneurship for women is one of the hot areas that is gaining rapid pace in India. Irrespective of whether the women are from the city or suburbs or rural areas, there has been many institutions and organizations that are working towards this great social cause.

Shyam Sekar S, was nominated by CII-BYST (Bharatiya Yuva Shakthi Trust) to represent them and address the women entrepreneurs. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) located at Sriperumpudur organized this event titled, ‘ Women social entrepreneurship development programme. This event was jointly organized by British Council, and held at RGNIYD between 19-21 May, 2015. The program was targeted towards young women interested in entrepreneurship, fresh entrepreneurs at micro level, special help groups leaders and members.

The event has a great attendance with many participating not just from the nearby areas but from distant locations, district, etc. Shyam presented two sessions, back to back, covering the basics of social entrepreneurship, and also what are all the factors and characteristics needed to succeed in social entrepreneurship. Post the event Shyam mentioned, “this gives a great personal satisfaction to be part of this women social entrepreneurship drive, that can help build a nation better. Glad to be part of this event and thanks for this opportunity presented by BYST, as I am able to contribute a drop on the ocean by sharing my ideas, thoughts and insights. Many did appreciate after my session as it kind of acted as a spark for them to do well, pursue this initiative for the welfare of themselves and also the society as a whole”.

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14 May 2015, Posted by Shyam Sekar S

Small Enterprise, which is a business magazine for the entrepreneurs of India, conducted their first event, a get-together of various startups and SMEs in Bangalore. This event was held at Hotel Hyatt, MG Road, Bangalore, on 14-May 2015. The theme of the event was ‘meet, discuss, inspire’. This was organized by Aspire Media, to act as a platform to bring many entrepreneurs, and experts as speakers in their chosen fields to share knowledge and help them succeed in their businesses.

The event was covering a range of subjects that include small business technology, digital marketing, venture funding, mentoring, franchisee, and finance. Shyam Sekar S, Chief mentor and strategist at Startup Xperts Business Consulting Pvt. Ltd., was a speaker at this event and presented a session on ‘Why and How should startups use Digital marketing effectively?’. Shyam said, “these kind of platforms will provide a lot of opportunity for many entrepreneurs to understand some of the smart techniques shared by experts in their chosen field. With great networking and rubbing shoulders with other specialists, mentors, there is bound to be interesting take away which will help them to take their idea or their company to the next level.”

Shyam added, ”being a cover story, column writer in the Small Enterprise business magazine gives me an opportunity to connect with all those who read and get benefitted by this magazine”.

The event was scheduled for the evening and went on till night, which was appreciated by many as it did not interfere in their daily work that happens through the day. Visit http://smallenterpriseindia.com/grind/?page_id=141 for more details.

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24 Feb 2015

NASSCOM conducted their 72nd product forum event at Madurai, on 24-Feb 2015, at Fortune Pandiyan Hotel. These session are focused on startups, small and medium businesses in and around Madurai city. The event had the welcome address and introduction of the speaker by Mr. Ashwin Desai, President SIDA, and MD of A & T Video Networks Pvt. Ltd.

The chief mentor and founder of Startup Xperts Business Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Shyam Sekar, acted as the single speaker for this exclusive event at Madurai. Shyam addressed the audience through the topic, ‘Winning strategies to expand your enterprise’.

Shyam quoted, “Madurai seem to be picking up momentum, as can be seen through the entrepreneurship activities in the recent times. Since Madurai was my home town, it was nice to come here after many years and that too as a NASSCOM speaker to share my knowledge and experiences with the existing and budding entrepreneurs.”

This session was aimed at every Entrepreneur, CxOs, to help them in revitalizing their thought process, gain insights on smart techniques, to winning strategies, that could help accelerate their revenue, growth and profitably. More details are available at http://www.nasscom.in/winning-strategies-expand-your-enterprise

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