TYE program designed to invoke the spirit of entrepreneurship in school kids was very well received by the students, parents and teachers as well. Industry experts and TYE team briefed around 200 students, parents, principals and student counselors from various schools about the initiative and the need to start thinking as an entreprenuer at an early age. The team provided the information through a presentation giving an overview of the program.

Details of TYE 2014-2015 Program

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This season, to widen the reach of the program, around 40 students will be shortlisted for the TYE 2014-2015 program from the applications received from students of Grade 9th to 12th. Teams of 5-6 members of varied age, background & interest will be formed. The teams will get a dedicated mentor who will guide the team throughout the 16 weeks of an intensive and interactive Entrepreneurial Training programme.

In the first season of the program in 2013, 30 students were handpicked by TiE Hyderabad for this exclusive curriculum and the winner of Hyderabad chapter presented its business plan at the global event held at Canada. In fact, since 2007, TiE Hyderabad under its ‘Buddies’ program has been mentoring school students through experts from various domains and industries.

The program schedule for first 8 weeks of this season will include topics like Understanding Entrepreneurship, Opportunity Recognition, Marketing, Finance and Funding, Business Law, Business Models, Presentation, Virtual Business simulation and Team Building Skills. The following next 8 weeks will be allotted to the students to make business prototypes. The curriculum is developed to achieve 2 objectives in the young students, first and foremost to have basic knowledge required to develop an idea into a viable business plan and secondly have the required skills that can translate them into a professional in day to day activities. The overall program involves mentoring, inspirational talks, hands-on class room instruction, workshops by established industry leaders to cultivate creativity, self confidence & innovation. It also includes visits to companies and business plan creation.

All TYE Hyderabad Chapter level participants will get Certificates and the jury will then pick the winners presenting the best business plan in the month of December 2014. The winning team will represent TYE-Hyderabad on a global competitive platform in June 2015. The team will compete with best business plans received from all TiE Chapters across the globe. The top teams at the global level will jointly receive a cash prize of US$ 10,000. TiE Hyderabad will also reimburse INR 1,25,000 to each member of the winning team from Hyderabad towards the travel expenses to participate in the global competition.

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Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Murali Bukkapatnam, President, TiE Hyderabad and Managing Director & CEO, Getdomestichelp.com said, “We are excited to see enthusiasm shown by the school students. In the last season, we saw some very innovative business ideas coming from these young students. This proves that young minds, if nurtured properly and guided to a meaningful direction, can come out with brilliant ideas as they don’t restrict their thoughts to any preconceived notions. We are sure that in this season also we will discover some amazing talent.”

The TYE program has been running successfully in India and across the globe over the years and a testimony to it is that in 2012 out of 30 students which The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, US handpicked across the globe for its Student Entrepreneurial Programme “Launch”, had 3 alumni of TYE which shows the quality of the young talent groomed by TYE.

The interested students registered at the venue today for the TYE program 2014-2015. The interested students and parents can register online also at http://www.hyderabad.tie.org/tyehyd or by writing to tye@tiehyderabad.org.  The last date for application is 17th August 2014 and the mentoring sessions will start from 24th August 2014.

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About 200 students, parents, principals and student counsellors were recapitulated about the programme by the TYE team and industry experts, who are of the opinion that this programme would help children to think about entrepreneurship at an early age.

It is a 16 weeks programme for students from Grade 9^th to 12^th and the participating students will go through an intensive and interactive Entrepreneurial Training programme. 30 students will be shortlisted for the TYE 2013-2014 program from the applications received and teams of 5-6 members of varied age, background & interest will be formed. Each team will get a dedicated mentor who will guide the team throughout the 16 weeks programme.

For the first 8 weeks, the programme will include topics like Understanding Entrepreneurship, Opportunity Recognition, Marketing, Finance and Funding, Business Law, Business Models, Presentation and Team Building Skills. During the next 8 weeks, students will be asked to make business prototypes. So basically, it’s an amalgam of theoretical knowledge and hands on practical experience to achieve 2 objectives in the young kids, first to have the basic knowledge required to develop an idea into an executable business plan and secondly to have the required skills that can translate them in to a professional in day to day activities. The program schedule involves mentoring, inspirational talks, hands-on classroom instruction, workshops by established industry leaders to cultivate creativity, self confidence & innovation. It also includes visits to companies and business plan creation.

Towards the end of the programme, participants will get Certificates and the jury will then pick the winners presenting the best business plan. The winning team will get an opportunity to represent TYE-Hyderabad on a global competitive platform and the winners at the global level will receive a cash prize of US $ 10,000.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Murali Bukkapatnam, President, TiE Hyderabad said, “We are thrilled to bring top quality entrepreneurial experience to kids who are open to dynamic career options and are not just bound to “traditional” path of joining another company. It’s time that we create a viable eco-system for budding entrepreneurs in the country who are the future of India to prosper and progress bringing ideas to life.”

The registration for the programme will be open online till 28th September 2013 at http://www.hyderabad.tie.org/tyehyd wherein interested students can register. The interested parents or students can also write to tye@tiehyderabad.org.  The mentoring sessions will start from 29th September 2013.

Since 2007, TiE Hyderabad under its ‘Buddies’ program has been providing mentorship to school students locally by experts from various domains and industries. This year, to bring the programme onto the Global platform, TiE Hyderabad has come up with an entrepreneurship programme for school kids to foster entrepreneurship amongst them. 

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