Program Objectives

The SYB program aims at providing a direction to budding entrepreneurs who intend to take up this challenging task and start a new business.

• Transform your Business Idea into a Sustainable Business
  
• Develop your real life Business Plan
  
• Network with executives from Financial Institutions, Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs and Start-up professionals
  
• Manage and grow a Start-up
  

Program Features

• This is the first program for budding entrepreneurs in India
  
• The program is specifically defined to serve the needs of start-up entrepreneurs
  
• The limited number of participants per batch enables individual attention
  
• The teaching emphasis is focused on start-up management aspects by dedicated faculty
  
• Pedagogy provides for meaningful and candid interactions with entrepreneurs and investors
  
• The Start Your Business (SYB) Program is business neutral
  
• The program pedagogy offers scope for rich learning through continuous interaction among participants
  

The Program Deliverables

• Acquire the entrepreneurial business creation mindset
  
• Identify critical success factors for starting and managing a new business venture
  
• Learn the essentials of managing and growing your start up business - Strategy for profitable growth, marketing & selling the product/service, managing working capital, operationalising the Start-up, negotiating, team building.
  
• Develop your business model for a sustainable and profitable business
  
• Develop your Business Plan/Project Report for Venture Capitalists, investors, partners
  
• Interact with start-up mentors for the reality touch and guidance on strengthening the business proposition
  
• Interact with entrepreneurs to understand the challenges and rewards of being an entrepreneur
  
• The participants of Start Your Business program will be eligible for a certificate for having completed the program
  

SPJIMR Advantage

• SPJIMR, a Top Ten B School in India, has pioneered the MBA program for Family Managed Businesses.
• SPJIMR has set up the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development recognizing the pivotal role of entrepreneurship as a driver of growth in India
  
• SPJIMR is one among five founding members of the National Entrepreneurship Network initiated by the US based Wadhwani Foundation, to promote entrepreneurship in India.
  
• Faculty with extensive industry exposure and track record of teaching entrepreneurs from small and medium enterprises.