Entrepreneurship Opportunities In India

1. Dominique Trempont and Sramana Mitra Entrepreneurship Opportunities In India

2. Assumption You Will Each Become Important Entrepreneurs

3. Areas of Opportunity • Water • IT & Telecom • Healthcare • Education • Alternative Energy • Retail • Hospitality & Travel • Entertainment • Real Estate • Rural Development • Transportation & Logistics • Infrastructure

4. Pointers Case Studies, Role Models & Frameworks

5. Water • HP Michelet, Energy Recovery Inc. (EJ1) • Water Desalination • Gangotri: Desalination plants in coastal India

6. IT and Telecom • Sridhar Vembu, AdventNet | Zoho(EJ1): • Software Concept Arbitrage • Dramatic Price Undercutting • Carol Realini, Obopay(EJ1): • Mobile Micropayment, Microfinance • Rural BPO: Maya Ray • US Healthcare IT(EJ6) • Security & Defense

7. Healthcare • Doctor At Hand: Pharmacy-based healthcare franchise for rural India • Doctor On Wire: Regional healthcare franchise with tele-medicine • Doctor For Sure: Health Insurance • Care: Home-based care

8. Education • MIT India: Engineering School Franchise • Harvard Medical School India: Medical School Franchise • Lucid: Knowledgebase for Teachers • Edutainment • Edward Fields, Hotchalk(EJ1) • Community & Content for Teachers, Students and Parents

9. Alternative Energy • Harish Hande, SELCO (EJ1) • Solar energy services for poor villagers without electricity • Adishakti: Solar Utility • Wind • Nuclear • BioFuels

10. Retail • Urja: Fashion • Oishi: Gifts • Framework: • Designers from France, Italy, Japan • Artisans from India • Global brands • Design for Manufacturability

11. Hospitality & Travel • Darjeeling: Tea Garden Lodges & Tea Lounge Franchise • Renaissance: Luxury Holiday Rentals

12. Entertainment • Framed Ivory: Period Films • Elixar: Animation Studio • NCTV: Non-cricket Television Channel & Sports Academies

13. Real Estate • Green Village • Solar Powered Housing Complex • Walking-based lifestyle

14. Rural Development • Frameworks: • Microfinance & Microfranchise • EJ1: • Carol Realini, Obopay • Harish Hande, SELCO • Vision India 2020: • Bioscope • Doctor At Hand, Doctor On Wire • Adishakti • Maya Ray • Urja, Oishi, Thakur • Darjeeling, Renaissance

15. Transportation, Logistics, and Infrastructure • Public Transportation • Roads, Cars, Personal Transportation • Ports, Ships, Cranes • Railways • Airports, Airlines • Traffic Management, Congestion Control • Pollution Control – air, noise, water • Process Control with SmartCards

16. Home Work Your Personal Vision

17. Visioning • Start a journal • Write out the vision for your life • In present tense, as if you have already achieved it • Taking into account your unique gifts, talents, passions, dreams, and expertise • May include expertise you plan to acquire over time • Keep updating as you go along • Keep your journey focused

18. For your visioning exercise Resources

19. For Ideas Vision India 2020

20. Vision India 2020 • MIT India • Urja • Lucid • Darjeeling • Renaissance • Gangotri • Maya Ray • Elixar • Bioscope • Thakur • Adishakti • Framed Ivory • Oishi • Doctor At Hand • Doctor On Wire • NCTV • Harvard Medical School India • Green Village • Doctor For Sure • Care

21. For Inspiration, Role Models, Lessons Entrepreneur Journeys

22. Entrepreneur Journeys Series • EJ1: Inspiration & Overview • EJ2: Bootstrapping • EJ3: Positioning • EJ4: Innovation • EJ5: Cleantech • EJ6: Healthcare • EJ7: Education

23. Albert Einstein “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

24. “Be hungry, be foolish” – Steve Jobs The Story of NeXT & Steve Jobs