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The talk BIG IDEAS – for SMEs and Startups event, held yet another successful conference on Saturday, 29-June 2019 @ Hotel Radisson Blu, Bangalore. The event had an estimated 300 delegates in all, with topclass speakers, and exhibitors. 

One of the interesting Panel Discussion – MANAGING TECH, TALENT, AND FUND – THE STARTUP STRATEGY was moderated by Shyam Sekar, CEO & Strategist – Startup Xperts, and the panel speakers were KCfrom Google, Ankit Shukla from Sumadhura group. The discussion was very thought provoking, making it interesting and exciting for the delegates. 

Being their Knowledge Partner, Startup Xperts had managed the process of shortlist and finalizing entrepreneurs for various Awards categories that included Emerging SME Entrepreneur Awards, Women Entrepreneur Awards, and also Inspiring Women Entrepreneur Award, Bangalore.

NASSCOM organized the CEO Roundtable meeting at The Hilton Hotel, Chennai on Tue, 30-April 2019.  NASSCOM had invited Mr Shyam Sekar S, Founder and CEO – Startup Xperts to Chair the meet, and act as the Moderator for the day.  The topic that he moderated was ‘Are we strategically and digitally aligned for our business growth?’

The average age of an S&P 500 company was 60 years in 1950s, but today it has come down to about 20 years; and expected to be just 12 years by 2027! With such major disruption happening even with large global enterprises, the threat to SMEs and startups are at an alarmingly high level like never!      
       
Now, are we ready to withstand such transformation? One of the main reasons that many SMEs either do not grow, or fade away is due to their poor online or digital presence. As Technology is an enabler and the biggest disruptor of businesses. Digital transformation is a MUST for small businesses and startups! Do we have the right strategy, necessary systems and processes.  
       
In today’s environment, small businesses are not focusing enough on strategy. Those SMEs who have multiple departments, structures, are having strategic planning exercise but without a ‘strategic intent’. Or is technology going to disrupt their business and move them away to extinction?

This interesting meet had around couple of dozen CxOs, Business owners, Directors etc.  The objective of this meeting was to share thoughts, insights and find potential solutions to the challenges faced by the SME Businesses today.  This meet was very well appreciated both by the NASSCOM team, as well as the CXO participants, as it provided immense valueand information exchange. 

Nagarathar Chamber of Commerce had invited Mr Shyam Sekar S, Founder and CEO – Startup Xperts, to deliver a key note on Sunday, 7-April 2019. 

Mr Shyam shared insights with all the business owners present during that meet, through the topic ‘Expand your business through Digital Marketing’. Participants appreciated the talk as the session was engaging with a lot of questions answered which can help in stepping up their businesses.

Startup Xperts founder Mr. Shyam Sekar S on #startup #ecosystem, #startupindia initiative, and how one can benefit out of this, was published in the Tamil fortnightly magazine kunguma chimil , The first part was published a week ago, on stands now!

The second part was published few days ago, on stands now!

In pursuit of creating new India through Technology and Entrepreneurship, the talk has been successfully organizing various events across cities.  The networking and conference at Hyderabad was held at The Westin Hotel.  This event had sessions from key speakers, sharing insights and taking questions from audience. 

Startup Xperts has been the Knowledge Partner for the talk for their Hyderabad event too, in managing their nominations, shortlisting the winners under the Emerging SME Entrepreneur Awards and Emerging Women Entrepreneur Awards. 

Shyam Sekar S, Chief Mentor and Strategist – Startup Xperts, quoted that this is yet another successful initiative of the talk with a highly interactive and charged audience.  Shyam was the Panel Speaker for the topic ‘How to Scale your Businesses with Speed’, along with Mahesh Balani, Partner – Anthill Ventures, and it wasmoderated by Anmol Garg, Founder – Sales5X.  He was felicitated by Mr. Eric Robinson, Consul & Senior Trade Commissioner South India, Canada Consulate.  This panel discussion was different from the traditional ‘sit and talk‘ set up, as this was a ‘standing-panel’ and was well received by the attendees.