What is LST?

SPJIMR, in association with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), is organising the event LOCK STOCK & TRADE. Lock, Stock & Trade (LST) is an annual entrepreneurship event which aims to inspire the younger generation towards entrepreneurship.

At this event, student teams representing the entrepreneur and investment banker present selected real life entrepreneurial businesses to the audience. These businesses are open for evaluation and trading by the audience who, acting as investors, mock 'invest' in shares of their choice. The stocks are allotted through bidding and the ultimate stock prices are determined by the market forces. At the end of the day the winning 'investors' are those with highest value portfolios and the winning 'company' is that which has the highest market capitalization. The game provides opportunity for many a player to bid, trade and build their portfolio, and experience.the Dalal Street excitement.

LST 2009 zonal rounds

The list of various zonal rounds for LST 2009 is as follows:

Portfolio of participating companies

Will be updated shortly

Previous years' LST events

LST 2006 - A Huge Success!!!

S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) recognizes the pivotal role of entrepreneurship as a driver of growth in an open market economy. On January 4th, 2007, SPJIMR and NEN conducted LOCK, STOCK & TRADE (LST), a unique, day-long entrepreneurship event, at The Leela, with an only-one-of-its-kind stock investing game played by around 500 "investor" participants competing for building the most valuable business portfolio.

At LST, the audience learns about diverse business opportunities; hears from leading entrepreneurs and financiers on how to start and grow companies in a simulated stock trading game.

At LST, 18 businesses from the Family Managed Business course of SPJIMR presented their businesses whose value proposition is then judged by the mock investors. The day also saw a lively panel discussion on 'Idea to IPO' by the following eminent panelists:

• Mr. Mahesh Murthy (Founder - Pinstorm and Passion Fund)
• Mr. Ed Rubesch (Visiting Faculty, Thammasat Business School, Thailand)
• Mr. A Hattangdi (Senior VP, Silicon Valley Bank)
• Mr. Sriram (Founder - Crossword and Next Practice Retail)
  

Mr. Ashish Bhinde (VP IT Practice, Avendus) was an effective moderator for the panel.

This year the winning company was Atlanta Ltd, the upcoming infrastructure firm. The 1st runners up were Anmol jwellers Ltd and Eco Rent a Car Ltd. These companies were trusted as the best investments by the budding investors and had the largest market capitalization.

The numerous participants, delegates and corporates present appreciated the concept and implementation of the event.

As Ms.Radha Iyer, Professor, Somaiya Institute of Management and Research said, "LST's USP has been the unique concept of bringing together actual businesses from the FMB program and analysts from the MBA program. It provides a great platform for participants to evaluate companies and bid for them in the simulated IPO game".

Lock Stock & Trade 2008

On August 9, 2008, SPJIMR and NEN conducted LOCK, STOCK & TRADE (LST), their annual, day long entrepreneurship event, at SPJIMR's campus in Andheri. LST is an entrepreneurship event which aims to inspire the youth. At LST the audience learns about various business opportunities from successful entrepreneurs and also try their hands at a simulated trading game. The participation from corporates and reputed B schools has made this event extremely popular.

Mr Ajit Balakrishnan, CEO of Rediff.com addressed the gathering and had a lot to share with the budding entrepreneurs. "To be a successful entrepreneur today you need to think big, act quickly and innovate using high end technology"- said Mr. Balakrishnan. He believed that the youth of today is capable of building a bigger and better India.

"This is one of the most memorable and excellent events I have participated in. The coordination of students at SPJIMR was excellent, and the concept of LST is quite good."-Tejal Raut of NEN, Mumbai.

At LST, SPJIMR student teams presented successful private companies' profiles to the audience and then the companies were open for trading to the audience posing as investors. At the end of the day the company with the highest Market Capitalization was declared the winner and the winning investors were the ones with the highest portfolio value. This is one of the few kinds of Mock-Trading events held in India.

This year the winners have been as follows :-

Jury Award for Best Global Team - MobMe Wireless Solutions Pvt Ltd (SPJAIN, DUBAI)

Best Overall Team - PayTronic Network Pvt Ltd

Best team in Track 1 - Lithos Acoustics

Best team in Track 2 - PayTronic Network Pvt Ltd

Best team in Track 3 - Sumanson Pvt Ltd.

Investor with highest portfolio value - Amrut Dash (SPJIMR Batch 2008-10)

Team with highest Market Capitalisation - Sams Fruit Products Private Ltd.

Previous years' Chief Guest's

Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw,  - CMD Biocon (2004)	Mr. Subroto Bagchi,  - CEO MindTree Consulting (2005)	Mr. Chetan Maini,  - CEO Reva Electric Cars(2006)
Captain G. R. Gopinath,  - MD Air Deccan (2007)	Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan,  - CEO Rediff.com (2008)