TiE Chennai to host Chennai’s first ever Start-up Super Day on April 9th; leading NRI woman entrepreneur Sramana Mitra to keynote & lead round table

Start-up Super Day to focus on the needs of start-ups; sessions to be in “unconference” style Chennai, April 6, 2011: TiE Chennai is hosting Chennai’s first ever Startup Super Day on 9th April 2011 at the IIT-M Research Park. The whole-day event organized in unconference style, will focus on the needs of start-ups. There will be a keynote by Sramana Mitra, a leading US-based NRI woman entrepreneur, author of Entrepreneur Journey series and Vision India 2020., strategy consultant and founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, followed by a round table in which Chennai entrepreneurs will interact with her. Incidentally, over 4000 entrepreneurs across the world have benefited from Sramana’s strategy advice that she delivers free through a strategy roundtable in the past 3 years. For details about TiE Chennai’s Start-up Super Day, please contact Neeraja at [email protected].

In her comments, Sramana Mitra, said,"I would like to thank TiE Chennai for providing the platform to meet entrepreneurs in Chennai and discussing 1M/1M – how they can use the program to become successful. I am also looking forward to meeting with the senior members of the Chennai eco-system through TiE, to explore how we can work together to further scale the entrepreneurship resources."

Announcing the event , Lakshmi Narayanan, President , TiE Chennai, said, “ we have been actively engaging with aspiring and budding entrepreneurs and have organized educational, mentoring and networking activities specially focused on their needs”. Dorai Thodla , who champions the Start-up Special Interest Group (SIG) at TiE Chennai. adds, “Sramana is a well known strategist, author and entrepreneur with global following. It is a great privilege to have her with us for the start-up Super Day on April 9^th as a keynote speaker and mentor.”

About TiE Chennai: TiE Chennai is a part of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a global non-profit organization focused on entrepreneurship by way of advice, guidance and assistance from successful and experienced entrepreneurs and professionals. Founded in Silicon Valley in 1992 by successful entrepreneurs and professionals with roots in the Indus region, today, TiE has 56 Chapters in 13 countries, spread across 5 continents. The TiE ecosystem comprises 13,000 members and 2,500 charter members, who are the top entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, lawyers and management professionals in their chosen field. For more information visit: www.tieconchennai.org.