Mysore :

Gandhi Jayanthi was celebrated at MYRA School of Business, Yelwal, in a befitting manner with a special Interactive Session and discussion with Will Poole, a Social Entrepreneur recently.

Will Poole, a Brown University graduate in Computer Science who Co-founded the Unitus Seed Fund (Bangalore & Seattle) in 2012 with the mission of accelerating BOP start-ups, conducted an interactive session on ‘5 ways to open a VC’s wallet and 3 ways to snap it shut’.

Will Poole inspired the young minds at MYRA to think about becoming social entrepreneurs and starting enterprises that serve the underprivileged. “5 ways to open a VC’s wallet and 3 ways to snap it shut” with a captivating title fired the people’s imagination and attracted a huge audience.

Will Poole showcased how Unitus works towards achieving sustainable and scalable impact that the world needs today. Impact investing, in general, and Unitus in particular, places financial returns on par with, if not above, social impact. However, impact investors differ with the way they approach it – “Finance First” or “Social Impact First”.

It was clear from his talk that entrepreneurs with an unrealistic or overly complex business plan; who lack a team approach and have a disproportionate focus on valuation versus fundamentals are not in his pipeline.

Later the audience shared their views on which Business ideas were great, whose business model was better, and which entrepreneur was more passionate.

The audience comprised BEML officers, Panchayat members from Mydanahalli village, Trustees, governing members, faculty, staff and students of MYRA school.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home>General  News / Thursday , October 09th, 2014