Toozio is the first company to ideate and build an ecosystem targeted at the entrepreneur. Toozio Corporate is a premier business networking platform created with a vision to build an Exclusive Community of CXOs, Entrepreneurs, and Senior Management. Here is a look at the Toozio Corporate events for 2013

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Summary of the events held in 2013

2. Toozio Corporate
Toozio is the first company to ideate and build an ecosystem targeted at the entrepreneur.
The Toozio ecosystem includes various verticals such as Toozio Advisory, Toozio Corporate,
Toozio Wealth and Toozio Bazaar.
Toozio Corporate is a premier business networking platform created with a vision to build
an Exclusive Community of CXOs, Entrepreneurs, and Senior Management.
Among the services offered, Toozio Corporate also hosts various events for the CXO
community. These events are aimed at knowledge sharing and networking within the
community.
Toozio hosted several events of different formats over the past year across different
disciplines.
Here is a look at the events for the year 2013.
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3. Toozio Event Summary - 2013
January 2013
Toozio began the year with the launch of the premier business networking platform – Toozio
Corporate. This was followed by the first Toozio Insight - Expert Talk event for the year. It was
presided over by Toozio member Mr. Vishal Sharma, Former Managing Director for
Merchant Banking at the Marco Polo Network Inc., New York.
“Strategies for Indian firms to raise funds from Global Capital Markets”
Mr. Sharma addressed the resurgence of the global financial markets while stressing upon
the emerging markets as being the key beneficiary of the turn-around. He also emphasized
the role that India plays in the investment community. Mr. Sharma outlined broad strategies
that Indian firms can employ to raise funds from the Global Capital Markets. The evening
concluded with an active and informative Q&A session followed by dinner.
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4. Toozio Event Summary - 2013
March 2013
The event for March was a Toozio Connect - Member Showcase event. This was presided
over by Toozio member Mr. Michael Foley, Managing Director, Foley Designs Pvt. Ltd.
"Value of Design"
Mr. Foley addressed the importance of product design, packaging, graphics, space and
strategic design as tools for brand building and brand association.
Mr. Foley, a renowned brand designer, has designed for notable brands including Titan
Watches and the Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Mr. Foley is the winner of
several prestigious awards like Best Lifestyle Product Design by National Institute of Design
for Titan EDGE and The Business Today ‘Young Super Performer Award’ for “Ideator of the
Year.”
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5. Toozio Event Summary - 2013
June 2013
A Toozio Connect – Networking Event was held in June. It was an exclusive, fun filled theme
party at Barleyz - Sky Lounge that had CXOs mix fun with work.
The theme “Mixology” was designed to let the guests experience the art of cocktail mixing
and unwind with their peers. This was followed by a lavish dinner which included Indian and
Continental cuisines.
The evening had decision makers from various sectors make new acquaintances and
discover potential business opportunities.
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6. Toozio Event Summary - 2013
July 2013
The first social media workshop was held through a Toozio Connect - Member Showcase
event in association with Spry Social Media. The workshop was presided over by Toozio
member Mr. Rohit Biddappa, noted Social Marcom evangelist.
“Social Media – The New Imperative”
The workshop focussed on the increasing relevance of Social Media as an effective
Marketing Strategy for brand promotion, identity protection, crisis management,
customer support and engagement.. Mr. Biddappa reinforced the growing importance of
social media, concluding that this hot new trend can no longer be ignored, and should be
utilized in the best possible methods by SMEs.
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7. Toozio Event Summary - 2013
August 2013
Toozio hosted a Toozio Connect - Member Showcase event with Mr. Krish Nayak, Director
of Finance - South Asia & Shared Services, Informatica Business Solutions, Bangalore.
“Managing Business Expenses”
Mr. Nayak spoke about Business Travel being a significant contributor to a company’s P&L.
He then gave a few pointers on Spend Management while also touching upon Tax
Implications, FX Impact and Automated solutions.
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8. Toozio Event Summary - 2013
September 2013
A Toozio Insight – Expert Talk event was hosted at Iris – The Business Hotel. It was addressed
by Dr. Zeb O. Waturoucha, Director at AUI Learning Network (auiLearNet).
Dr. Waturoucha has 27+ years overall experience, with 18+ years exclusively in Learning and
Development, and Organizational Development.
“Leveraging Human Capital for SMEs”
Dr. Waturoucha spoke about how SMEs can attract and retain the best talent. Some of the
other issues he addressed included hiring challenges faced by SMEs, demystifying the SME
hiring process, and individual self-development tools.
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9. Toozio Event Summary - 2013
October 2013
The event for October was a Toozio Insight – Expert Talk event. It was addressed by Toozio
member Mr. Pankaj Singh, Founder & CEO of SlydS, a company that specializes in
presentations.
“Effective Investor Presentation – The 10-20-30 Rule”
Mr. Singh emphasized the importance of the quality of presentations for any investor pitch.
He then proceeded to give a few pointers on the basic content necessary for every investor
pitch. He stated that presentations can make or break the pitch. He also highlighted few key
strategies to attract the right investors. He concluded with the expert opinions of
prominent investors followed by an interactive Q&A session.
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10. Toozio Event Summary - 2013
December 2013
Toozio hosted a Toozio Connect - Networking Event at News Café, Bangalore. The theme
was “Cocktails & Conversations” where the CXOs celebrated the end of another year.
With the success of events in 2013, this year, we are conceptualizing many more events
centred on business related topics which will add value to business leaders and decisionmakers of SMEs.
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11. Toozio Event Testimonials
Vikash Agarwal - Managing Director - Total Prototyping Pvt Ltd.
Expert talk by Zeb O. Waturuocha on “Leveraging Human Capital for SBMs” was enlightening as take away from the
talk was that many of the basics are truly forgotten by Leaders while managing an Organization. As a Managing
Director of my company, I had conveniently forgotten many of my learning from my MBA on Leadership. Mr.
Waturuocha refreshed my memory with many of those fundamentals preaching on Leadership and how a Leader
should capitalize his team best in an organization. Doing it right ensures high level of motivation all around in the
organization with employees, while upholding above average output from each and every employee. A high level of
motivation among team members surely is a key and most important ingredient to success. Success is not
necessarily measured based on financial performance but more importantly based on employee performance all
around in an organization. I thank Toozio team in organizing this event, which was worth attending. Besides, bonus
earning was meeting many other company owners and stakeholders of other esteemed organizations.
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12. Toozio Event Testimonials
Praveen C C - Founder - Cosmic Technologies
First, I will tell you what I liked about the entire thing, the entire show was casually handled , I personally liked it that
way , no doubt ZEB was GOOD!! !
I feel Toozio must segregate the members, for example, this is my 13th year in business, I could relate to most
of the things ZEB was trying to convey, I have gone through and handled many a staff issues in this 13 year
span, I did not mind listening to it though, but most of what he said was very useful for start ups.
Members should have been introduced to each other or even better a questionnaire where every participant
would write down briefly about what they do & the challenges they are facing currently, and this could have
been taken up individually.
Create a closed group on Facebook, so that members can come together and even track down the events they
have/are attending.
I feel a cocktail followed by dinner helps when we want to socialize, specifically when we are meeting new
people, that would give us more time to chat up, it looked a little odd that people were trying to talk while
having their meal, most weren't comfortable.
Since members were not introduced to each other you could see splinter groups trying to communicate with
each other.
Along with the talk about how to invest in human resource , it would be wise if Toozio could connect SMEs
with consultants who can deliver the kind of manpower we are looking for , more like a B2B.
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13. Toozio Event Testimonials
K C N Reddy - Founder and CEO at Chinthala Group and Director at Thangaali Estates Pvt Ltd.
“Excellent details, I would like to explore in detail how it can be of use to my company”
Satish Navaraj, VP - Products & Platform, Thinkflow Software
“It was good, would like to know more about Toozio Platform on advisory services”
Madhulika Sharma - Marketing Manager at AMC Cookware Pvt. Ltd.
“Social Media workshop was an overall informative package. As current marketing trends are changing and focus is
more towards digital marketing, this workshop provided an insight into benefits of Social Media.
Edathatta Unnikrishnan, Executive Director at ALpha Source Trading Pvt Ltd.
“It was an energetic evening spent in the company of SPRY, thanks to Toozio who facilitated it. The event helped me
to discover the status of the social media-usage and the pros and cons of the same with illustrative examples. Best
wishes to Toozio”
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14. Toozio Event Testimonials
Suriya Manoher - HRISOS - Co Founder
“Toozio social media event was a fully blown marketing gyan required for any business which cannot survive without
leveraging the social media platform. The mind-stretching Q&A and informal chats were valuable for specific
business challenges. I opine, that the Toozio team has been entrusted with a huge responsibility of delivering similar
high-driven topic to it's members”
Dipankar Gupta, Co-Founder and Director - Sales at Suventure
“Well drafted, well presented, topic was very relevant”
Ramprasad Raju, Founder - White Orange Works
“It was a great insight on the topic. Glad to have attended it”
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15. Thank You!
Contact: Toozio Technologies Private Limited
Tel: +91 80 4121 7177
Email id: marketing@toozio.com
Website: www.toozio.com
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