The Junction 2017 by Inc42 Magazine
60 key contributors on social media
The Junction is an exclusive invite-only gathering of 300 entrepreneurs, corporates, investors & government officials with a mission to unite the leaders of the global & Indian startup ecosystems looking to tap into the massive growth potential of India.
Set in the surreal backdrop of the enthralling historical city, Jaipur, The Junction promises to be a three day conclave packed with insights, innovations & inventions in a setting designed to address business opportunities & challenges, leading to a highly interconnected landscape around startups, innovations & linkages.
We have contextually curated the conversations from social media about The Junction conference here.
Mohandas Pai
@TVMohandasPai
A global citizen and a Bangalorean at heart. Head of Aarin Capital Partners | Member of @BPACofficial
- Bangalore
- mohandaspai.blogspot.in
Sharad Sharma
@sharads
Orbit Change Catalyst. Angel Investor. Entrepreneur. Ecosystem Builder for software products.
- Bangalore
- linkedin.com/in/sharadsharma
Mahesh Murthy
@maheshmurthy
Investor [@Pinstorm @GoDoolally @Seedfund @RedBus_in @CarWale @Chumbak @MyDentistIndia @Voonik] marketer, corporate s...
- 19.065688, 72.823607
- pinstorm.com
Tech Darwinism & The Road To A Digital India : Mohan Das Pai
An era where technology and society are evolving faster than businesses can naturally adapt. This sets the stage for a new era of leadership, a new generation of business models, charging behind a mantra of adapt or die.
India's 4th Industrial Revolution: What it Means & How to Respond : Sharad Sharma, Ganesh Krishnan, Mohan Das Pai, Sudhir Sethi
Previous industrial revolutions liberated humankind from animal power, made mass production possible and brought digital capabilities to billions of people. This 4th Industrial Revolution is, however, fundamentally different. It is characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, impacting all disciplines, economies and industries.
The Business Models To Tackle The 4th Industrial Revolution: Sid Talwar, Mahesh Murthy, Arihant Patni, GV Ravishankar, Niren Shah
As the latest industrial revolution promises to bring about a complete transformation of industries and a never before seen fusion with technology, indentifying the new business model needed to master the revolution takes precedence. What are the novel upcoming business models and what does the future hold for the next decade of India's startup ecosystem?
From Inception To Endurance & Beyond : Bikash Barai, Sandeep Aggarwal, Jitendra Gupta, Pallav Nadhani
While the time span to build a unicorn over the past 3 decades has drastically shrunk, endurance is still the name of the game when building lasting & successful companies. There are very few such stories in India's young ecosystem that have seen the complete life cycle of building a company.
Corporates Tapping Into New Age Startups - The Why, How & It's Future : Arihant Patni, Ankit Gupta, Anand Ladsariya, Rakesh Malhotra, Mohan Das Pai, Avinash Vashistha
As traditional businesses & industries face the brunt of this new technlogy revolution, more and more corporates are turning towards startups to tap into their innovation capabilities, be it through Innovation Labs, M&A or partnerships. How can corporates tap into this new force and stay relevant over the coming decades and what will the future of this collaboration look like?
Leveraging India's Cultural Diversity To Build Scalable Companies : Pallav Nadhani, Vishal Gondal, Nitin Kamath, Samar Singla, Krish Subramanian, Prashant Tandon
India is the land of a multitude of cultures and diversity, spread across a vast geographical region over numerous states, each with its own set of unique characteristics. How can businesses tap into this cultural diversity to build smarter companies?
Cutting The Cord - The Shift From TV To Online : Samir Bangara, Bhaskar Das, Manav Dhanda
With streaming players like Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon and channels moving online, is the future of TV bleak in India? How are they effecting the way content is produced? While the cord cutting has already started across the world, is India ready to cut the cord?
Future Of Indian Vertical Ecommerce : Sanjay Mehta, Sandeep Aggarwal, Sujayath Ali, Rahul Anand, Anu Grover, Prashant Tandon
We are just seeing the start of innovation and investment activity when it comes to vertically integrated commerce. Today this direct-to-consumer model has begun to disrupt the apparel and jewelry verticals, but expect to see more online-only brands emerge in other markets over the coming years. Consumers are ready for high-quality, unique products, and lower costs and the opportunities are just beginning.
The Changing Landscape Of The EdTech Market & The Opportunities That Lie Ahead : Prajakt Raut, Al Osborne Jr, Ganesh Krishnan, Anand Lunia, Ritesh Malik, Gaurav Mehra
Schools and colleges at all levels and in all places around the globe are regularly criticized for failing to prepare their students for the modern workplace. With the rise of MOOC's and other major elearning players, can EdTech change the landscape of the education industry.
The Rise of the New Age Media Companies & It's Impact : Sid Talwar, Malini Agarwal, Priyanka Gill, Rishi Mukherjee, Vinay Singhal
The rise of the new age media marks the third key moment in the history of Indian journalism, promising to be as transformative as the birth of a post colonial press in 1947 and the rise of corporate media in the late 90's. The digital medium has allowed good people to create very good journalism in India, but will it have relevance without a sufficiently large audience, or when dwarfed by the exponential growth of corporate-owned media outlets?
How Technology Can Disrupt Financial Services: Vikas Agnihotri, Alok Mittal, Urmas Peiker, Niren Shah, Sanjay Swamy, James Tan
A look into the game-changing effect of new technology on finance: How is financial services adapting to the ebb and flow of currents in its industry.
Are Indian Entrepreneurs Solving India Specific Problems? : Pranay Gupta, Sateesh Andra, Sasha Mirchandani, Mahesh Murthy, Sanjay Nath, Amit Somani
India's startup ecosystem, despite being a young ecosystem, has seen over a decade now. Have we, however, produced true ground level innovations solving India's problems? Or are we stuck with players implementing copy paste solutions with incremental improvements and localisation of international models? How can we encourage/support exponential disruption?
How Can We Grow 'Super-Scale' Companies? : Sasha Mirchandani • Prashant Mehta • Sameer Nath • Deepak Natraj • Rohit Sood
The growth of companies as they develop new markets is the main mechanism by which economic benefits of inventions and innovations are realized. Yet most public attention tends to focus on the early stages of startup formation rather than on the later stages of growing companies to scale.
The Indian Opportunity From Global VC's Perspective: Rajesh Sawhney • Van Quaquebeke Dirk • Kirill Kozhevnikov • Hiro Mashita • James Tan
The digital revolution coupled with startup evolution has been instrumental in transforming India's image as the repository of next big idea. While India might be the 3rd largest startup ecosystem in the world, it is still a very young market with unbound potential. What does the world see in the Indian opportunity and how can we further more cross-border collaborations?
Future of Digital Content Consumption & What it Means for Media & Entertainment Companies.: Bhaskar Majumdar • Sanjay Nath • Mohan Das Pai • Sudhir Sethi • Gautam Sinha
The Media industry was one one of the first to be hit by the digital transformation of industries and has spawned a vibrant ecosystem of "digital media". As the scope of "digital" broadens and new mediums like VR emerge, how is the investor community looking at the current media & entertainment companies and what are they betting on for the next decade!
Can India Really Become A Product Nation?: Sharad Sharma
As the hype machine over consumer companies slows down, more and more product companies are coming to light. However most selling to Indian businesses soon hit a roadblock and shift their focus abroad. Is the Indian market enough to sustain B2B companies and can India truly be more than a supplier of engineers?
Decoding The Indian Female Consumer Market: Harish Bahl • Sujayath Ali • Priyanka Gill • Anisha Motwani
Indian women are delaying marriage, getting better jobs, making more money and becoming more educated than men. While women have always been a major force as consumers, media focus on the "rise of women" has marketers salivating over the profit potential of targeting women. What products, services, market niches and marketing methods must small-business owners know about to reach this audience?
Is There A Market For Enterprise Tech in India - Challenges & Opportunities: Pallav Nadhani • Baishampayan Ghose • Sanjay Parthasarathy • Krish Subramanian
With the recent funding slowdown, the market has more and more B2B companies sprouting up. However most soon realise that going from 1-10 selling to Indian enterprises & corporates is much harder, pushing most to look abroad. What's the reason for this drain and can it be plugged?
The Indo-Japan Connect - Where Does The Opportunity Lie : Vikram Upadhyaya • Takeshi Ebihara • Masahiko Honma • Honjo Shuji • Atsushi Taira
The past 3 years has seen an uptick in the cross-border collaborations and partnerships in the startup ecosystems of the Indo-Japanese corridor. What does the future of this upcoming collaboration look like?
The Future of FinTech: A Paradigm Shift in Small Business Finance: Gaurav Hinduja • Sashank Rishyasringa
SME's are often cited as the major driver of economies and a force in job creation, but they still have difficulty securing proper financing to prosper. The financial crisis has created a plethora of disruptors in the FinTech area who, with their innovative ways to originate, assess credit risk and fund SME loans, have provided alternative ways for SMEs to secure funding for their growth.
The Democratisation of Finance: Sanjay Swamy
The nature of the current bundled model of banking is fundamentally unfair. As the existing banking model is unbundled, everything about our financial services experience will change. In 5-10 years, the industry will look fundamentally different. Some banks will take digital transformation seriously, others will buy their way into the future by taking over challengers and some will lose out. As fintech extends opportunity and drives change, the end result will be the extension of financial opportunity to many more people.
The Convergence Of B2B and B2C Marketing - Past, Present & Future: Sateesh Andra • Abhay Deshpande • Baishampayan Ghose • Vishal Gupta
There are more tools and products in SaaS today than ever before. In order to compete in todayÕs crowded markets, enterprise companies, led by the likes of Slack, are changing gears and shifting toward brand building - an approach traditionally associated with B2C companies.
The Rise of Fintech & It's Implications for Financial Institutions: Arvind Gupta • Sudip Bandopadhay • Ambarish Dasgupta • Nithin Kamath • Sashank Rishyasringa
As customers shift their behaviour and move more towards digital solutions, financial institutions will need to rethink their digital strategy.
The Corporate-Startup Engagement - Learning From Global Players: Sanjeev Sinha • Gaurav Arora • Rickard Damm • Harsh Kumar • Honjo Shuji
As India's startup scene hits the mainsteam with Indian corporates starting to look at working with startups, can we learn from our international counterparts on successful corporate-startup engagement stories.
What Can Technology Do for India's Healthcare Woes?: Anand Lunia • Saurabh Arora • Vishal Gondal • Ganesh Krishnan • Prashant Tandon
Health and technology will continue to converge into a growing "health-tech" sector - measuring health/fitness will become easier and more automated; technology products will emerge that are designed to protect and enhance our health. But how can we address Indian healthcare's biggest problem - awareness?
Old School vs New School Media - Survival Of The Fastest?: Gautam Sinha • Malini Agarwal • Samir Bangara • Bhaskar Das • Rishi Mukherjee
There is no question that media is seeing a drastic transformation. But what shape will this transformation take? Will we witness a US-style disruption, where legacy goliaths will be outdone by a nimble new media? Will digital finally deliver the vibrant independent media that the worldÕs largest democracy deserves? Or will journalism remain the monopoly of a few corporate giants, whose empires will swallow this new world almost whole, leaving smaller websites to play at the margins? Is this true freedom, at last, or just the illusion of greater choice?
Going Cashless: Is India Ready for Digital?: Amit Somani • Bikash Barai • Jitendra Gupta • Dewang Neralla • Vishwas Patel • Krish Subramanian
Disruption is fashionable in digital circles, but usually the target of disruptive moves is a lazy incumbent. The demonetisation disruption and the nudge towards cashlessness has raised important fundamental questions. Despite the high cost of using cash, is India's digital state & infrastructure ready to support the cashless future?
How Technology Is Changing Venture Capital: Sanjay Nath • Rohit Sood • Sanjay Swamy • Atsushi Taira
The future of the early stage investing landscape is starting to look quite different. The top tier VC firms will still be around, but alongside them, competing for large institutional investor dollars, will also be more diverse models that leverage software, data and the web.
The Future Of Angel Investing In India: Ajeet Khurana • Dheeraj Jain • Sanjay Mehta • Vikram Upadhyaya
While the industry is pushing for more traditional HNI's and individuals to step into angel investing, is the Indian opportunity big enough for these individuals to step into? With the current M&A and market scenario, is startups a good vehicle for alternate investments or do we need only active angels that can directly add value to a startup? Should angels optimise for growth or exits?
The Future Of Indian Consumer Businesses - Shifts in Consumer Psychology and Behaviour: Amit Somani • Harish Bahl • Ajit Mohan • Gautam Sinha • Shashank Surana
Consumer behavior in the digital age is an ever-changing and ever-expanding anomaly. What are the changes in customer behavior that will impact B2C businesses and marketing most over next decade?
