The project Connect ONE (Online Network of Entrepreneurs) is a joint venture of National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB,http://www.nstedb.com) and Amrita University (www.amrita.edu) to bring together entrepreneurs from various Technology Business Incubators (TBI) and help them to establish and become successful start-ups. NSTEDB is a part of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.
Connect ONE links the budding entrepreneurs from the various TBIs of India into a joint enterprise. In this infrastructure the entrepreneurs are provided with an online library of relevant business materials and seminars, and access to business experts from all over the world.
The ConnectONE project proposes to establish a multimedia collaborative network inter-connecting the various TBIs all over India and prominent venture capital and other expert resource centers in different parts of the globe, such as The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) in Silicon Valley, California. Thus the initiative will help the TBI participants to leverage on each other's strengths and knowledge, as well as opening direct channels on communication between all Technologies.
To guide the emerging entrepreneurs of India by providing business knowledge and wisdom of leading industry executives.
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Objectives:
- Provide relevant information and sharing of resources with the entrepreneurs in the most transparent way.
- Support Research and Development ventures to grow and to be launched as full-fledged products.
- Offers the appropriate platform for transforming the scientific and technological innovations to business success.
- Provide multiple modes of communication and access to business information in a secure way.
