FAQs

This program is for aspiring Entrepreneurs, SMEs, Students, Researchers, Innovators, family business, consultants, solopreneurs, womenpreneurs, to support them to startup in a structured way. It includes, Mentorship sessions and one on one Consultancy.  

Most similar entities are giving only training/mentorship of are only in consulting or services. Some are just one time advisory to help you participate in some competition or in some funding event. This program gives you a one-stop shop for mentorship, expert consultancy and subsidized services which includes fund facilitation. The entire program is packaged to take care of all your startup needs and challenges and nurture you as our own startups.

The program runs sessions and consultancy for 3 months . Post that we offer support to startup for another 3 months in the form of support services and handholding to launch. In effect we incubate/accelerate  startups officially for 6 months and otherwise throught their journey as we consider them our startups. ( Startups from 2015 Cohort also keep coming back to us for support they require)

It is a paid program. There is a fee which will be conveyed to you by the counsellor.

The common sessions/masterclasses are usually taken in English. The one on one deep dive sessions can be in taken in Hindi and telugu too.

No, there is no age limit and you can take the program at any age. As per qualifications, although we prefer graduates but it’s not a hard and fast rule. If you have the passion and perseverance to startup, you can claim a seat.

The program has 3 components

1. Mentorship sessions – 12-15 sessions – 40-45 hrs
2. Consultancy (Deep dive, 1 on 1 sessions) – 12-15 hrs.
3. Support Services – Prototyping support, Company Incorporation, Regulatory Documentation & Licenses, Business Plans, DPRs, Financial Projections, Pitch deck, Investor Connects, Fund Facilitation, Term Sheets, Financial Structuring, etc ( as required on case to case basis on subsidized charges)

The Mentorship sessions are mostly online (post Pandemic) and the Consultancy (Deep dive) Sessions are the choice of the startup. You can opt for online or face to face.

All mentorship sessions are on Sat (normally between 10 am – 1 Pm). The Deep Dive sessions are on Thursdays ( 10am- 1pm) – You have to book you slot of 30-45 mins, by Tue 5pm- with a description of the kind of support required so as to fix right experts )

We have 2 locations where we can hold in person meetings – one at Paradise,  Secunderabad and the other at Gachibowli in University of Hyderabad

Week 1: Essentials of Entrepreneurship & Startup Basics
Week 2:  Market opportunity; Idea Identification & Assessment
Week 3: Lean Canvas & Idea Validation
Week 4: Identifying Value proposition & Customer Validation
Week 5: Minimum Viable Product & Product-Market fit
Week 6: Business Model – The 9 critical blocks
Week 7: Identifying a relevant Revenue Model
Week 8: Identifying marketing channels & Go-to-Market Strategy
Week 9: Managing Startup Finances/ Budgeting
Week 10: Financial Projections & Business Valuation
Week 11: Business Plan and Pitch Deck
Week 12: Fundas of Funding & Investor Readiness
Week 13: Statutory & Regulatory Compliances
Week 14: Branding, PR & Image Building

1. Mentoring by Entrepreneurs, Industrialist, Consultants & Investors,
2. Focussed hand holding with 1 on 1 Consultancy
3. Support Services to launch
4. Investor connect, Pitch to Investors/Funds/Grants,
5. Create Networks & Partnerships 

• Mentoring support can give right direction
• You start with right processes and not in a haphazard way.
• and other support services 
• Investor connects and Fund Facilitation
• Link to Market Access
• Great networks in the ecosystem
• Peer group support in the cohort

Co-founder & Team identification

We help you get investor ready – with business plans and pitch deck and give connects with investors and banks who fund startups. We help with Angel  &  VC networks, HNI networks  and Bank and NBFCs who support startup funding. In some cases we may directly fund as well.

We have so far mentored around 200 startups in SLP and Agribusiness Startup Program (done in collaboration with AIP-ICRISAT). About 60% have startup and rest are in process. About 15 of them have received funding from different sources.

If you have the required attendance and submit all your assignments, you will be certified by TEZ and ASPIRE @Uo

Only UoH students get a concession. Others have to pay full fee in one instalment. However some students who come in with brilliant , innovative ideas which TEZ/ASPIRE is interested in, may be considered for a student concession.