Concept Note

The biggest mock IPO this side of Dalal Street

What is Lock, Stock & Trade?

Lock, Stock & Trade (LST) is an annual entrepreneurship event which aims to inspire the younger generation towards entrepreneurship.

At this one day event the SPJIMR 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.

Event Makers

Organizers: LST is organized by the students at S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), one of the leading business schools in the country that recognizes the pivotal role of entrepreneurship as a driver of growth in our economy and National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) which is focused on promoting entrepreneurship in emerging economies.

Participants: 10 teams from SPJIMR, 4 International Teams and 4 National teams, from leading B-schools, all partnering with entrepreneurs to analyze the business models and jointly present it to the investors.

Investors: They are the qualified audience who mock invest in the 18 businesses being presented based on the company presentations, the executive summaries and "on the floor buzz"

Venture Capitalist, Entrepreneurs & Corporate guests: Eminent invitees amongst venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and corporate executives, will be in the panel discussion as well as jury panel.

Past Highlights

• An immensely successful debut in 2004 with Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw as the keynote speaker.
• In LST 2005, key note address was delivered by Mr. Subroto Bagchi, Co-founder and COO, Mind Tree Consulting.
• In LST 2007-2008, key note address was delivered by Captain Gopinath, Managing Director of Air Deccan.

This year LST has the privilege of having the ever so dynamic Mr. Ajith Balakrishnan as its Keynote Speaker

Mr. Ajith Balakrishnan, the chairman and CEO, Rediff.com India Ltd. He founded Rediff.com, India's largest Internet portal, 10 years ago. It has been listed on Nasdaq (REDF) since 2000. It now has 40 million registered users, of which 10 percent come from outside India, mostly expatriate Indians in the US. Balakrishnan was also a co-founder and director of Rediffusion-Dentsu, Young & Rubicam, one of India's largest ad agencies. Balakrishnan sits on the advisory board of WestBridge Capital Partners, an Indian venture capital fund, and serves on the Executive Committee of Nasscom as well as the government committee reviewing the Indian Information Technology Act. He also co-chairs the Confederation of Indian Industry Task Force on eCommerce.

To hear insights from this great visionary, wait for August 9th 2008!

LOCK STOCK & TRADE!