The Start Your Business (SYB) Programme is a part of the Centre for Family Business & Entrepreneurship (CFBE) – one of SPJIMR’s four Centres of Practice. The Centre has been a pioneer in fostering and nurturing entrepreneurship among family businesses and startups. The Start Your Business (SYB) Programme is a programme directed towards aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage start-ups and seeks to provide knowledge and skills and instil in them the right attitude, which would help them create a sustainable venture. Crafted especially for those with an entrepreneurial streak, the SYB programme is a hands-on, practical course designed to give you a head start within 4 months.
The SYB programme over 15 years has witnessed participants from educational backgrounds, skill sets, professional experiences but with one common vision to start their own business. The average age profile of the participants ranges from 20-40years+ with educational background from degree to postgraduate, doctorate, engineers, lawyers, commerce background, doctors, etc, and from various parts of the country. A glimpse of the sectors SYB entrepreneurs belong to is as follows: