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AGENDA Why is SAAS market so relevant today and what will it disrupt? What is the future of building SAAS product businesses from India? How competitive are Indian products vis-à-vis global ones? Is building a great product team here extremely hard? How different is innovation in India from that in a developed market ecosystem? Globally, SaaS companies are known to burn as much cash as they generate—how does it work out differently for SaaS companies from India? Is creating offshore technology and sales team an inevitable option for SaaS companies from India? Will SaaS products for Indian customers make big business? Alok Goyal - Partner, Helion Venture Partners (moderator) How do SaaS product start-ups scale up after getting early customers? How do companies make the transition from small to big? How do they convert from high touch to low touch? How do you get the product positioning right to generate the required inbound traction? How do early stage companies go international successfully? As a company grows, the advantage of being agile with product development, sales and other functions go away to some extent. How do you ensure a competitive element in your product? How quickly can one build a high quality product and become a leader in its space? What are the key elements of successful execution? How do companies bring discipline in product operations? Venkat Raju - Former MD, ACI Worldwide Inc & an active angel investor Dhiraj Kacker - Co-Founder & CEO, Canvera.com (moderator) Here five handpicked SAAS products will be showcased; representatives of the select firms will make presentations on products, innovation, market opportunity, business model and how they will disrupt existing markets to create value. Each presentation will be followed by live feedback and Q&A with a panel of jury members. Each presenter will be given six minutes on stage. If you would like to apply, click here for the application form. How do you get the sales and customer acquisition strategy right? How do you bring down the cost of acquisition? What must one do as a CEO? What should the organisation do? How do you acquire large clients? How do you ensure higher conversion? How do you sell to/acquire customers in global markets? How do you maintain an agile sales function? How do you build an inside sales team? How do you ensure that channel partnerships work successfully? How do you use marketing driven and sales driven strategies? How do you leverage your website and communicate efficiently?

Harishankaran K - Co-Founder, Interviewstreet

Murli Ravi - Head of South Asia Investment, Jafco Asia (moderator) The panel—specifically meant for entrepreneurs and teams that are starting up—will cover the following: How do you create a competitive product? How do you price it? How do you decide between premium, freemium and free? How do you build a minimum viable product, iterate and run with it efficiently? How do you build an ideal customer profile? How do you prioritise which customer to target? Ravi Pratap Maddimsetty - Chief Technology Officer, Mobstac

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