Indian School of Business(ISB) will organize a start-up fest for two days on August 30 and 31st. The event named August Fest 2014 is organized jointly with Eat Sleep Drink (ESD) Startups and TiE Hyderabad. The August Fest 2014 is an unique start-up event conceived and curated by start-ups. The Fest is a great platform for early-stage start-ups to get exposure and opportunity to infuse creativity and innovative ideas from various fields. This fest will also open the path for pitching and getting instant seed-funding for the start-ups. TiE Hyderabad announced it will provide the participants a comprehensive eco-system with vital resources for every stage of the entrepreneurial process.ESD spokesperson Suresh Perugu said “ESD Startups is all about providing an opportunity for various verticals; Movies, art, and tech ...

The 5th edition of Startup Weekend Hyderabad held from July 18 at Indian School of Business ended yeaterday. The event aims at creating and nurturing a startup ecosystem in host cities. The event witnessed more than 130 participants and finalists interacted with mentors, targeted and acquired customers and tried to build a viable product. On Sunday, all the teams made their final presentations to a team of entrepreneurs who selected the top three ideas. Some of the notable ideas include Cloud Boost (collection of smart developer tools for next-gen platforms like parse, firebase), Stamp (single digital wallet for storing loyalty cards), LearnForSure (enhance retention and accessibility for delivering educational content to end-users from high schoolers to MBAs.) and CarNama (online portal for buying car accessories).“We ...