Customer funding is the best way to prove that your business is viable and valuable. It enhances the bootstrapping option for your business. It also enables an option for co-creation. By taking VC or angel funding, you will dilute your holding. It includes new members into the company, bringing advisory support, business network, and ecosystem…

“Struggle is ordinary; Acceptance is eXtraOrdinary.” – Naveen Lakkur When there’s an unexpected change, the struggle becomes a way of life. It is often the result of the rejection of the way things are happening around them. Not accepting the changes around them result in stress, heartbreak, and dejection. Accepting the changes will lessen the…

iii Business Labs provides the ‘3 Pillars’ to support innovation. They are: #1: Environment – friendly and aesthetically-designed facilities, well-furnished spacious workstations that are creatively-designed, meeting rooms, well-equipped conference rooms located in the heart of Bangalore #2: Education – Access to select training programs, unique content for learning that enables innovation competency, and subscription to…

“A smooth ride towards success is ordinary; Springing back from failure to success is eXtraOrdinary.” – Naveen Lakkur As much as we wish for our rides to be smooth in our life and career and the growth to be linear, it rarely is that way.  Failures are part & parcel in the journeys of innovation,…

Avaan India conducted a webinar called “Oh Stress! Where is You Sting?” Chief Innovation Officer Naveen Lakkur was one of the panelists in the webinar. He talked about tips and tricks to overcoming stress. Panelists included: Dr. Geetha Challa, Certified RE & CBT therapist from Albert Ellie’s Institute of #Newyork Dr. Samuel Perli, B.Tech, IITMadras,…

“Bringing external change is ordinary; Bringing inner transformation is eXtraOrdinary.” – Naveen Lakkur We are very well aware that ‘change is constant’, yet we resist change. Also the data shows that the majority of the companies have collapsed because they were either unable to see or adapt to the change happening outside. Then you can…

iii’s Ideation Masterclass with serial entrepreneur turned innovation coach Naveen Lakkur & author of the book ‘Found’ along with Indian patent agent Harsh Pangi can be attended by corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and smart students. The participants will learn the Ideation framework. During the workshop, the participants will be taken through the framework, they will practice…

Every startup claims to solve a market problem through better cheaper or faster solutions. But, disruption comes with a cost as customers will only pay and use it. Unless the startup was built for serving a particular purpose in the first place. IEEE BMSIT&M SB hosted a webinar on “Hopping into Entrepreneurial Wagon” on 25th May…

iii’s Ideation Masterclass with serial entrepreneur turned innovation coach Naveen Lakkur & author of the book ‘Found’ along with Indian patent agent Harsh Pangi can be attended by corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and smart students. The participants will learn the Ideation framework. During the workshop, the participants will be taken through the framework, they will practice…