Noida, Feb 21 (KNN) Noida based RevStart, a leading co-working and incubation centre is organizing a ‘Techstars Start-up Weekend-a 54 hours Start-up weekend’ program to help aspiring entrepreneurs in transforming an idea into a business plan from March 8 to 10, 2019.

Through this program, participants will learn from mentors how to take an idea to a business and get funded.

TechStars Start-up Weekends are weekend-long program where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs will get hands-on experiences. Besides, they can also validate their start-up ideas and learn to turn them into a real business.

At Revstart’s event, mentors have been curated to include subject matter experts, recently funded founders and experienced investors.

The event will kicks off with a Keynote address by  Sanjiv Bikchandani, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in India founder of Info Edge (the first Dot Com IPO) sharing his journey as an entrepreneur and a successful investor.

This will be followed by open mic pitches, where attendees get one minute to introduce themselves, pitch their idea and name their ask.

On Saturday teams will start working with mentors on their business plan, validating their ideas, practicing Lean Start-up Methodologies and building a minimal viable product.

On Sunday there will be a Pitch Clinic to prepare for the final presentations. Participants will present the plan to marquee judges like Girish Shivani-Yournest, Padmaja Ruparel-IAN and Shailesh Vikram-Massive Fund, receiving valuable feedback, potential funding which can also include access to RevStart’s Incubation Programme.

Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Techstars founders connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporations to grow their companies.

It operates three divisions: Techstars Start-up Programs, Techstars, Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs, and Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships. Techstars accelerator portfolio includes more than 1,400 companies with a market cap of $15.9 Billion.