A Knowhow session comprises of a domain expert or a seasoned entrepreneur sharing with the attendees their experience & knowledge on a particular topic, with an intention to get them up one level up in that area.

Role of speaker(s)

• To share facts/examples/case studies with the attendees from their experience/knowledge in the given topic/area/domain
• To answer/guide the attendees in their queries in the given topic/area/domain

Role of attendees

• To make the session interactive by asking questions/raising their doubts/sharing their experiences, specially from what they can relate to from their current/past business situation(s)

I'm a prospective speaker/I know someone who can be a speaker!!

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A Business Showcase is meant for established startups/businesses to showcase their business at Startup Saturday.

Role of speaker(s)

• To share how they came up with the idea, how they validated it, barriers they faced, how the business model evolved, the first sale, evolution of the selling strategies, and all other diverse aspects that they can think of, which are involved with running the business
• To share their immediate and/or long-term future plans with an objective to get inputs from the diverse audience
• To answer queries/clear doubts raised by the attendees

Role of attendees

• To make the session interactive by asking questions/raising their doubts/sharing their experiences, specially from what they can relate to from their current/past business situation(s).
• To provide valuable feedback to the startup by listening from their concerns raised during their session & where they are moving towards with regards to those concerns.

I want to showcase my business/I know a business who can showcase!!

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A Reality Check is meant for seed-stage startups to present their startup at Startup Saturday.

Role of speaker(s)

• To share how they came up with the idea, what pain point are they solving, what they are doing to implement it, what stage is the startup currently, what barriers are they facing, etc
• To necessarily give a justified peek into their business strategy, revenue models, immediate and/or long-term future plans with an objective to get inputs from the diverse audience
• To answer queries/clear doubts raised by the attendees

Role of attendees

• To make the session interactive by asking questions/raising their doubts/sharing their experiences, specially from what they can relate to from their current/past business situation(s).
• To scrutinise the need gap & pain point being filled by the startup, their business strategies, revenue models & raising critical feedback regarding the same
• To provide valuable feedback to the startup by listening from their concerns raised during their session & where they are moving towards with regards to those concerns.

I want to take the Reality Check/I know a startup who can take a Reality Check!!

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The objective of an Open House is that you select a topic to discuss online on our uservoice forum

Role of moderator

• To ensure that the discussion stays within the scope of the chosen discussion topic.
• To engage the audience by raising relevant questions & essentially driving the whole discussion.

Role of attendees

• To make the session interactive by asking questions/raising their doubts/sharing their experiences, specially from what they can relate to from their current/past business situation(s).
• To keep the discussion focussed towards the chosen topic.

I can volunteer to be in the moderators team!!

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Lightning Pitches are 5-minute pitches to quickly present to the audience, and take back some feedback while you interact with people in the networking session.

Every Startup Saturday Kolkata will have a number of Lightning Pitches, where you can feel free to come up and speak. The following qualify for a Lightning Pitch:

• An untapped pain point/business opportunity
• A seed-stage product startup pitching their product idea
• Startup Idea looking for co-founders/partners to compliment it

Role of speaker(s)

• To plan their talk beforehand, to ensure completion within the stipulated time of 5 minutes
• To be precise on the points they want to make
• To answer brief queries raised by the attendees
• To take lengthy queries offline

Role of attendees

• To raise limited & very brief queries
• To take the Networking Session as an opportunity to provide valuable feedback/express queries to the speaker.

I want to volunteer to manage Lightening Pitches!!

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I want to nominate for a Lightening Pitch!!

Lightning Pitches can only be delivered by nomination. You can nominate below for a Lightning Pitch:

After all the gyaan, interactive discussions and sessions, the Snacks & Networking session provides an adequate platform for you to network, meet each other, discuss, find synergies, give feedback to the presenting startups, and a lot more.