COVID-19: KSUM to Hold Webinars by Industry Leaders for Mentoring Startups

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has planned a series of online mentorship sessions for startups, in association with industry bodies, on a range of topics to equip them meet the challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

High profile Industry leaders, including those from Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and Paytm, are also part of the year-long webinar series. Startups can ingest ideas from industry stalwarts by taking part in the free sessions from their convenient places.

During this lockdown period, startups are facing difficulty in meeting and networking with industry heads and get expert advice on various aspects of business like marketing, managing funds, agile model to be adopted, new ways to get investments, investors perspective on the pandemic, business modelling, technical sessions and much more. The webinars seek to address bridge this gap by keeping fledgling entrepreneurs engaged.

The webinars will help the startups learn the best practices, which they have to adopt at the time of crisis. It will also bring in active number of participants than in the physical assembly of conferences.

KSUM has published a month-long calendar of events at https://startupmission.kerala.gov.in/events

KSUM is the nodal agency for entrepreneurship development and incubation activities in the state.