Greater Malabar Initiative (GMI)
GMI focuses on bringing malabar region into tourism map with home stay, etc. We visited Rubber plantations near Kozhikode in the backdrop of beautiful Wayanad foothills. Rubber plantations also provides plenty of opportunities for automating the cutting, collection processes. It is always good moving up in the value chain, as it protects the farmers from price volatility. There are entrepreneurial opportunists in value addition of rubber. It’s important to create a local investor community that would support these entrepreneurs as they can connect with the problems better. Good discussions with few HNIs in Kozhikode around this.
- What do you really mean by a social-tech startup? Characteristics, examples
- Urban vs Rural India with respect to social-tech startups
- Bursting the Myth: “Social-tech and Profitability cannot go together”
- Bursting the Myth: “Social-tech startups cannot create billion dollar companies”
- Handful of impact investors in India. How do we change that? Role of Entrepreneurs, Investors, Government and people in general
- Scenario of foreign investment in India, in the social innovations space
Session 1: Panel Discussion on Incubators & Startups: A NEXUS Impact
Technology Business Incubators have an inevitable role in today’s startup
ecosystem. TBIs have advanced as Knowledge and Tech Hubs of the Country. In
addition to this, Incubators critically analyse the internal and external factors that
govern the local ecosystem and polarise their strategy in aiding startups.
Understanding the notion behind the combined development is the crux. The object
of this panel discussion is to give incubators and startups an understanding of each
other and to bridge the demand and supply gap of both the entities.
1130 – 1135 Hrs Context Setting by
Session Moderator
Mr. Nagaraja Prakasam
Founder & CEO
Nativelead Foundation