Dylan Lubbe
/Location / Country: Ahmedabad, India
Organization: Centre for Innovation, Incubation, & Entrepreneurship
LUBBE: "In the summer of 2017, I joined the Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship as a Strategy Associate. Working vigorously under four initiatives, I gained vast exposure to many startups, industries, ideas and entrepreneurs.”
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Centre for Innovation, Incubation, & Entrepreneurship
“The Indian Institute of Management’s (IIM) Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) helps entrepreneurs turn ideas into viable businesses by incubating, accelerating, mentoring and funding innovative start-ups. CIIE believes that entrepreneurship can bring about disruptive change through ventures across impact areas like energy, environment, agriculture, healthcare and affordable technology.”
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Impact:
The India Innovation Growth Programme (IIGP)
“Under this program, selected startups and entrepreneurs were hosted by CIIE and took part in a week long, intense lecture series held by IIM professors. In addition, entrepreneurs would participate in concentrated sessions with CIIE mentors to discuss their businesses and ideas. On behalf of CIIE I advised and mentored at least eight entrepreneurs and startups under the programme. During these sessions, we discussed the challenges faced by these startups, identified growth opportunities and critiqued the business viability and models of the businesses.”
IIMAvericks Initiative
“This program is dedicated to helping graduating MBA students of IIM focus on their business ideas and sustain themselves during the first two-year period of starting up.
I worked particularly closely with two members under this initiative. First Nahulan Pranav, who wants to bypass the traditional method of purchasing fruits and vegetables in India by creating an express delivery service.“
Innovation City
“Innocity” is an on-demand and a customized startup support platform designed by CIIE. Through CIIE, Innocity enables aspiring entrepreneurs to get customized guidance, support and services from relevant professionals, mentors, startup founders, angels and other startup service providers.
Under this initiative, I delivered presentations on Customer Development to Innocity attendees. I took entrepreneurs through various frameworks and tools such as the Business Canvas Model, Lean Model Process, the concept of Minimum Viable Products and the Lean Start Up process to help them validate and refine their ideas and early stage startups.”
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Conclusion
“My experience at CIIE was remarkable and one that I will never forget. Not only have I gained valuable experience, quality learning and an acquisition of many new skills, my work was rewarding and energizing. I really felt that I added value to those with whom I worked with which was a great takeaway.”