Presented to the graduating class of LBS University about taking the entrepreneurial jump. The talk aimed at my inspirations that got me interested in business and how the dots linked up for me. Presented from my perspective of how and why to launch a startup to explore new ideas to reality.

1. Aneesh Varma
@aneeshvarma

2. TODAY
 Where the idea came from
 The challenges of running a business
 Finding new business
 Lessons learned
 Ten top tips for budding entrepreneurs
 Using social media to gain business

3. Don’t stop learning things.
Everything helps.

5. 7.25 AM
Business Law 101

8. You cant connect the dots looking
forward…
but you can connect them looking
backwards.

9. Passion

10. Inno

va  tion
Latin root: innovatus [--in-uh-vey-shuhn-]
A new approach to customer experience

11. … and the future of innovation is beyond even
smartphones and tablets

12. Turning a hobby into a business

13. Consumer, Retail & Automotive
Telecom, Media & Technology
Financial Services & Partners

14. text
Smart ways to manage my life

15. Next stage: Linked solutions from mobile to smart-objects
“Know me as I walk in”
Owner’s app to instantly sync
telemetry and performance stats

16. Redefining the retail customer
experience inside the store
Accept credit card payments
directly on the device
Barcode scanner
Inventory check
Related products
Ship-to-home
Credit Card payments
Available: iPad + Android

17. Built with true
mobile DNA
Used across retail customer
touchpoints:
Dealerships
Stores
Showrooms
Merchants
Galleries

18. Improved customer conversion
and higher upsell shown

19. HOSPITALITY: Customer service and concierge tools

20. Always keep in touch with people
You never know who ends up where

22. Ethics

23. In the past technology was sold to create problems…

25. Scrappy
We didn’t have much money

26. Never been cheaper to launch a business
New distribution
channels
Govt support
Technology &
Cloud services
Entrepreneurship
Social Media
News areas
Free emails,
free services

27. Don't be scared if others are doing it.
Be scared if someone isn't.

28. Keep moving…
if you are not busy being born,
you are busy dying.