CIIC Money Matters

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” - Steve Jobs

Starting a company is a riveting roller coaster ride of emotions with tremendous highs and difficult lows. Being an entrepreneur means that you fully embrace ambiguity and are comfortable with being challenged at each and every phase of life.

On the occasionof *World Entrepreneurs’ Day* , Team *CIIC*, in association with *Geekonix*, celebrate all those witty magnates who paved the way for a better world. Their undaunted spirit and stout hearted attitude are a source of inspiration for all of us.

Team CIIC, in association with Team Geekonix, is thrilled to have Mr Sagar Mondal, Founder and Growth Marketing Head at SquashCode, as one of our panelists for the BPlan event under EDGE 2022.

At the age of 10, he started his entrepreneurial journey to reach the pinnacle of success through Growth Marketing Head at SquashCode he has made it all. If you ever wonder if I Fail? Then he is a perfect examplar - from his food delivery start-up failure, he made $1M+ Profit for Clients and helped Brands to Explode Their Revenue Using "Flying Ship Methodology". He has made it all.

We are honoured to welcome the Growth Marketing Head at SquashCode, Mr Sagar Mondal, with absolute pleasure and gratitude. Get ready to perform in front of the best.

CIIC, in association with Team Geekonix, is thrilled to have Mr Vishal Kumar as one of the panelists for the event BPLAN under EDGE'22. He is an IITian who travelled to 25 countries with 15+ years of experience as a Geophysicist. With a strength of global communication and networking and a firm belief that global exposure can upgrade us in ways that can't be described in words, LWT - Learning While Travelling seems to have just formulated that.

We are honoured to welcome the Founder of LWT Academy and Co-Founder of Planet Mr Vishal Kumar, with absolute pleasure and gratitude. Get ready to perform in front of the best.

Business is the world and so is life. At every point of time you have to sell something or the other. Start building your skills from the very basics and get to do hands-on work in EDGE'22. Geekonix sets you up on the perfect platform to set forth your step and get a chance to win exciting rewards by participating in the events!!

Visit edg.co.in to register!

"The reality of a startup is you have failures very often." - Ritesh Agarwal

Ritesh Agarwal is an Indian entrepreneur, billionaire, and the founder and CEO of the country’s largest hospitality chain, OYO Hotels & Homes.
Agarwal started an online short-stay listing venture, Oravel, at a young age, which was renamed to OYO in 2013. Under his leadership, the Gurugram-headquartered OYO expanded rapidly from India to Malaysia and the USA, and today is present in 80 countries and in over 800 cities.
From a small-town boy who used to sell SIM cards in Odisha, he became one of the world's youngest self-made billionaires by the age of 22.

Lessons to learn from Ritesh Agarwal :

1. Stay away from family when you are working on a startup.

2. One should accept failure, and be willing to learn, unlearn and relearn again.

3. Nobody or no company in this world can say they have got everything right and it has been a perfect journey.

4. There is always room for improvement in experience and it can be achieved if one listens to the customers carefully.

5. While one is in the process of coming up with a truly innovative solution, it is essential to keep an open mind.

“Have a healthy disregard for the impossible.” – Larry Page

Lawrence Edward Page is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur who, with Sergey Brin, created the online search engine Google, one of the most popular sites on the Internet.
The two were both intrigued with the idea of enhancing the ability to extract meaning from the mass of data accumulated on the Internet. Working from Page’s dormitory room, they devised a new type of search engine technology.
Larry Page is perhaps the best business visionaries who established the framework for an endeavour that has changed the way, the web was utilized.

Lessons to learn from Larry Page :

1. If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.

2. Always deliver more than expected.

3. Technology should do the hard work so people can do the things that make them the happiest in life.

4. You don’t need to have a 100 person company to develop that idea.

5. Coming up with an idea is the least important part of creating something great. It has to be the right idea and have good taste, but the ex*****on and delivery are what’s key.

Make your dreams global, don't keep them local. Let us innovate for India, from India.
- Narendra Modi ( Honorable Prime Minister)

In a symbolic boost to India's growing startup ecosystem, Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared 16th January as National Startup Day. Currently, boasting of having more than 82 unicorns, the nation is rapidly moving towards hitting the century of unicorns and establishing its mark in front of the world. With the Indian startups scaling new heights of success, the rising wave of entrepreneurship is sweeping across the nation, which in itself, is something to feel proud of.

Team CIIC, in association with Geekonix, applauds the move and pledges to continue with the journey of supporting the young budding minds and help them to boost their future prospects.

“Your resume says a lot about you. It determines whether you will be called in for an interview or not.”

To be the most deserving candidate for a particular work, we need to portray our talent in the smartest way possible. To describe your experience and capability for your upcoming job expeditions in the best way, we welcome you to the workshop on " How to make a job-ready resume and a LinkedIn profile" conducted by none other than Ms. Aashna Jain, advocate by qualification and career coach by profession.
Come join us and learn from the best.

Date & Time: 17th December at 7 PM

Interested students for the How to make a Job Ready Resume and LinkedIn Profile - Workshop by CIIC Money Matters in association with Geekonix, must fill this form.

https://forms.gle/RZVV3FRu8i9H69QG8

⭕ This workshop is only for Techno Main Salt Lake (TMSL) students only.

You would think that wisdom comes with age but there are some people who explode on to the scene at an early age and change the world.
*Mark Elliot Zuckerberg* is an American media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding
*Meta Platforms, Inc.* and serves as its CEO and controlling shareholder.
It all started with a coding project in Mark’s dorm room with a handful of his fellow college friends and now that project is known as the world’s largest social networking platform, which helps in connecting people with more than 1 billion active users around the globe, and more than $12 billion in annual revenues. A single Facebook search will help you to reach someone who is far away.

*Lessons to learn* from *Mark Zuckerberg* :

1. A simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

2. Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

3. Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend.

4. People think innovation is just having a good idea but a lot of it is just moving quickly and trying a lot of things

5. The question one should ask themselves almost every day is, ‘Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?’

Entrepreneurial and business stories can be interesting, inspiring...and fun! Behind every company or idea is an intriguing story. And sometimes even a mind-blowing trivia.

Are your business trivia skills top-notch? Or are you in need of some sharpening? Take our weekly Quiz Knock to find out!

Team CIIC presents Friday Night Quiz for our business enthusiasts starting 15th October @ 8:30pm 🕣 every Friday on our Facebook and Instagram page.

Follow our social media pages and get ready for Friday nights.🎉

🔰 Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/ciictmsl

🔰 Instagram Link: https://www.instagram.com/ciictmsl/

Happy Quizzing !!! 😉

"Focus on education is a big strength. I want to see young people focus on creativity and take more risks."
Belonging to a lower middle-class family to becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential CEOs in the world, Sundar Pichai has inspired many and continues to do so. The Indian-American business executive is the CEO of the tech giant Google LLC and also its parent company Alphabet Inc. He leads a humble life and maintains a good work-life balance. His story gives hope to millions and works as a reminder that even our most ambitious goals can be achieved through dedication, determination, and hard work.

Lessons to learn from Sundar Pichai :

1. Wear your failures as a badge of honor.

2. In life don’t react, always respond.

3. It is important to follow your dreams and heart. Do something that excites you.

4. Let yourself feel insecure from time, it will help you grow as an individual.

5. It is always good to work with people who make you feel insecure about yourself. That way, you will constantly keep pushing your limits.

Hello everyone!!!

Are you all worried about Personal Branding and Cracking your placements? What if you get to enlighten yourself by a scholar and clarify all the doubts that are really haunting you for a while?

Learn how to build an impressive profile, convert a PPO during Internship and create an authentic brand for yourselves. Discover what makes the companies and recruiters tick. Know how to navigate challenges & Personal Interview questions during placements & Internship Selections by applying the principles of personal branding.

Here we present Dr. Shubhra Chakraborty who is the CEO & Founder of POSHAN for a Career Building Workshop. A Branding & Marketing consultant, she specializes in creating successful business plans and marketing campaigns for businesses through personal Brand Building.

Don’t miss this Golden Opportunity on August 7, 2021 from 7:30 pm to enlighten yourself by a Business Competition Champion who won over 22 competitions during her MBA, who is passionate about helping students develop their profiles and personal brands to be successful in their professional careers.

"If you control your distribution, you control your image."

One of the world's ultimate taste-makers, Bernard Arnault oversees an empire of 70 brands including LV and Sephora.

Arnault is a French investor, businessman, and an art collector, best known as the chairman and CEO of the French conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy–Louis Vuitton SE, the largest luxury-products company in the world.

Lessons to learn from Bernard Arnault:
1. Money is just a consequence. Don’t worry too much about profitability. If you do your job well, the profitability will come.
2. The goal of a startup is not to stay a startup. The goal of a startup is to grow and to become, if possible, a large company.
3. When something has to be done, do it!
4. Happiness really is leading the team and, if possible, leading them to the top.
5. Take time to get close to, and don’t immediately throw your arms round someone.

Team Geekonix in association with CIIC is thrilled to reveal you the exiting news of having Mr. Gaurab Patra, the Co-Founder and CTO at the engineering division of Techweirdo, as our Judge for the Business Plan Event under EDGE'21.
An entrepreneurial tech leader, focused on driving high growth initiatives by evaluating and advising on the technology readiness level of a product or service, he is also actively involved with several open-source communities across the world, strengthening the contributor base, consulting on product growth and exploring collaboration opportunities.
We Welcome him with absolute pleasure and gratitude.

Team Geekonix in coalition with CIIC is exhilarated to announce the enthusing news of having Mr. Santosh Chaluvadi, the CEO of Supraja Technologies and a renowned young entrepreneur and a Cyber Security expert as our honourable judge for The Business Model Plan Event under EDGE'21.
Mr. Santosh is an Ethical Hacker who is helping students, corporates & various companies in the Field of Cyber security as a mentor. Along with that, he's also the Limca Book of Records 2017 holder in Cyber Security.
So, Get ready to perform infront of the best.

Team Geekonix in association with CIIC is thrilled to have Mr. Sourav Chakraborty, Co-founder at cemX, as one of our Judges for the Business Plan event under EDGE'21.
Mr. Chakraborty is an entrepreneur & an Innovator who advances in deep knowledge about technology and start-up. His start-up, cemX is disrupting the multi-billion-dollar industry by innovating new ways of buying cement of different brands available in the Indian market at the best affordable price.
We are honored to welcome him with absolute pleasure and gratitude.

Team Geekonix in association with CIIC is thrilled to have Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, as one of our panelists for the event Boardroom Opinionators under EDGE'21.
He is a Gold Medallist M.B.A from IIM-C with 7 years of experience in multiple markets and industries. He has worked in the area of Channel strategy, Market development, Business Turnaround, and Retail Finance.
Team CIIC welcomes him with great pleasure.
Get ready to perform in front of the best.

Team Geekonix in association with CIIC is thrilled to have Mr. Surya Jaishankar, as one of our panelists for the Boardroom Opinionators under EDGE'21.
Mr. Surya is an IIT Roorkee and IIM-A alumni, skilled at financial modeling, corporate strategy, and operations with 6 years of experience across consulting and start-ups in India & South East Asia. His work assignments span across varied industries like E-commerce, Airports, Retail, and Real Estate.
We are so obliged to have him as a panel member for the event.