Ethiraj College for Women had organized a 2-day orientation programs covering key topics that included Entrepreneurship. They had invited our Founder and Startup Expert Shyam Sekar, to share insights on the topic ‘Entrepreneurship – The Big Opportunity’. Shyam, Chief Mentor of Startup Xperts shared many interesting insights and motivating students to explore entrepreneurship when they find the right opportunity to pursue. There were lots of thoughtful questions post the session and there were about 800 students and faculty who found this session very interesting and exciting as well.
Startup Expert Shyam’s Exclusive interview to Bizz Buzz
In an interview with Bizz Buzz, Shyam Sekar S (Founder of Startup Xperts) shared insights on startup world and the support to build a better ecosystem.
“Startups don’t need gyan, 360-degree support to scale up is the key”
The ecosystem needs to be built in India considering the 360-degree support that is required at various stages of creation, developing, building, mentoring, funding and scaling-up of startups by budding entrepreneurs, feels Shyam Sekar S, a business growth enabler, virtual CMO and digital marketing and startup expert. A product of Malaviya NIT, Jaipur and Harvard Business School, Shyam Sekar, a well-known Startup Mentor and Virtual CMO, is the Founder, Chief mentor, at Startup Xperts, a business growth and consulting company. In an exclusive interview to Bizz Buz, he says the present ecosystem needs a lot of changes to encourage innovation among youngsters”
How to convert an idea into a Startup
Chettinad Dental College had organized a #startup talk with Startup Xperts Founder Shyam Sekar S to address their students online. Shyam had addressed the audience through the topic ‘How to convert an idea into a startup’? Students pursuing the course are more likely to start off their own business especially dental clinics and they had lot of insights on business fundamentals and building their startup.
Shyam recognised as Top Startup Coach
We are happy to announce that our founder and Startup Expert Shyam Sekar S, has been recognized as one of the Top Startup Coaches by Coach Foundation, USA.
Shyam is a startup expert, business growth and digital marketing specialist, helping startups and SMEs to launch, build, scale up revenues profitably. He has coached, mentored, trained 8000+ founders, aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals over 8+ years. He is the founder of Startup Xperts and Voxit Media Tech. Besides, he is a Rotary Club President (21-22) and part of various organizations, associations, and initiatives, supporting to build a sustainable startup ecosystem.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I do not subscribe to a one-size-fits-all approach which is more common in the industry. I focus on custom-consulting that focuses on goals/outcomes. Our mentoring program is special as it takes into consideration the founder/entrepreneur’s background, their strengths, weakness, aspirations, maturity, knowledge, budgets, risk taking ability, vision, aspirations, culture, amongst many. I also consult founders and sometimes take up the role of a Virtual-CMO helping them not just coach, but walk along with them in execution of strategies through smart tactics. This gives the founders not just knowledge but also the confidence to build and scale-up their business.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that has not just contributed to the success but significant credibility is the breadth and depth of knowledge which is a rare to find. I use different coaching models – Business Mentoring for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, Growth Consulting Model for startup founders, and Virtual-CMO consulting model for startups and SMEs that require scaling up revenues, expand their business. Each will require unique and proven (smart) strategies that incorporates growth hack techniques.
Startup Training Program at Karpaga Vinayaga
Karpaga Vinayaga College of Engineering & Technology was invited Shyam Sekar S, Founder – Startup Xperts to share some strategic insights on “Idea Generation to Business Modelling” in one week short term training program on “Technology Startup’s and Patent Protection Strategies”.