Indian StartUp League (ISL), The 1947

Indian StartUp League (ISL), The 1947 Global Entrepreneurs Week 2016   ‘Indian StartUp League’ is India’s Next-Gen Start-up Accelerator Programme with a cross-pollinated difference....from Idea to Investor pitch in 5 categories: Xtreme Fashion (fabric to fashion), SMART Technology (smart cities), Greenovation, Money for Good (Social Enterprise), STEM Enterprise (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), and hot industry wild card category.  STAGE ONE: SHOW ME THE MONEY Have you got natural entrepreneurial talent? Do you think you can get 5 people to financially back your project within 36 hours? If this sounds like you, then: Make sure.....you join and have a cool date with us! STAGE TWO: GET FUNDED You’ve got to live and breathe your idea and be 100% committed to making it a success. How much money can you make out of INR XXXX? STAGE THREE: LET’S DO IT                                              500 Students, graduates and start-ups will fight for 14 weeks We will be looking for Indian StartUp League, a reality based Show-  Top 10 Start-ups will be titled as ‘The 1947 StartUp Ambassadors’                             Will you be one of them? From thousands of video & campus auditions, 500 budding entrepreneurs with Xtreme ideas or prototypes in 1 of 5 categories are chosen to battle for a place in the program.  50 will be finally chosen to fight for top 10 ‘Indian StartUp League’ title.  The 10 winning entrepreneurs who will go from Xtreme Idea stage to Investor pitch in 12 weeks.  They must pitch to join across categories.  Using mentoring, teambuilding, coaching, shout-out cross-pollinated contributions and their own savvy the entrepreneurs will build their Start-Up into an investable proposition.  Realised revenues may make them more compelling.  At the grand finale, in a prestigious location, they will pitch to a roomful of successful, forward-thinking investors for their chance of business backing, and to begin their journeys to Start-up Superstardom. Optional extra: voting for Audience challenge out of 5 set ones and Audience favourites per category. The cast will be made up from the most compelling video auditions and ideas/prototypes suitable for this Accelerator Programme.  Sponsorship to be secured from global entrepreneurs, & businesses.  Mentorship will be secured with successful, category relevant entrepreneurs.  The Xtreme nature of the ideas/prototype chosen, in 5 categories will provide cutting edge thinkers and real possibilities of huge successes and drastic failures.  Providing the opportunity for losing entrepreneurs to combine with winners across categories to remain on the program creates its own dynamics and teambuilding challenges.  Pitch practices and Cross-pollination of ideas in a weekly shout-out may create light bulb moments or envy and disappointments for each business.  Coaching will help them dig into their own resources.  Mentors will guide and set challenges entrepreneurs must meet to succeed in that business arena.  Time at home will enable downtime, roller coasters with access to support network. (Note: Story techniques used will include ob doc style filming, talking heads, video diaries, entrepreneur created prototypes/animation of concepts and archive footage where needed.) Week 1: Choosing 50 entrepreneurs from video clips, campus interviews, prototypes, videocon interviews, etc. Location: Over computers Week 2: Entrepreneurs pitch to mentors and each other.  Reactions. 10 selected. 40 losers told they can pitch to winners to join team. Location: The 1947 Week 3: 40 losers pitch for chance to join winners, if accepted. Results and Reactions.  Mentors assign challenges.  Reactions. Location: The 1947 Week 4: Problems faced with challenges. Business training.  Weekly Shout-out for cross-pollination contributions Location: The 1947 Week 5: Entrepreneurs work on businesses, build prototypes, gain favour, even sales, their stories, Coaching– 2 per episode. Location: At homes – Mentor call. Week 6: Challenges- Team-bonding, pitching practice with friends/family.  Gaining business/market interest.  Coaching – 2 Mentor call. Location- At homes. Week 7: Challenges, failures, problems, Audience challenge.  Coaching – 2 Mentor call.  Location- At homes. Week 8: 10 teams meet up, Shout-out cross-pollination ideas for challenges.  Pitch practice.  On location.  Mentor call. Coaching. Location- The 1947 Week 9:  Final week before Pitch day.  Mentoring, Preparation.  Iron out team issues, Business Plan. Coaching 2 Mentor call. Location - At home and The 1947. Week 10:  Pitch day.  Up to 50 investors and mentors. Last minute hiccups. Pitches.  Reactions.  Cocktail party for investor introductions and approaches.  Reactions. Location- The 1947 Week 11: Business advice from mentors and successful entrepreneurs for challenges teams met. Their stories.  Surprise investor announcement. Location- At homes/ The 1947 Week 12: Catch-up with Entrepreneurs after Pitch-day; with audience Location- The 1947 Week 13: Making of ‘Indian StartUp League’ programme own Story! Location- Infocity Club & Resorts Week 14: Grand Finale- Live Business Show (Winners announcement). Location- Infocity Club & Resorts