Conference Agenda

22 October, 2021
11:00 - 11:20 Welcome to the FRO Master classes
11:20 - 12:15 Session II: From a Business to a Brand
How to plan systematic development of the brand in alignment with a business strategy

  • How to tell your brand’s story
  • Finding the Purpose of your Business
  • Defining your consumer persona
  • Developing or refining your Brand identity
  • What is your Online and Offline Brand Positioning Strategy?
  • Audit & Review Parameters of your Branding initiatives
Sridhar Laxman, Founder, Lucid Minds
12:15 - 12:25 Session III: MAKING A CUSTOMER-CENTRIC ORGANISATION in Home Healthcare
Varun Gupta, Founder & Director, Zorgers
12:25 – 12:40 Session IV: MISSION INNOVATION – The Green Powered Future
S Siva Kumar, Co- Founder & CEO, Spaceinnonxtpvt ltd
12:40 - 13:10 SESSION V: HOW TO RAISE CAPITAL FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Pursue capital Raising for your own idea or business start-up, whether in seed, venture, strategic, or debt financing

Session Highlights:
  • Building a successful business story, and positioning the necessary ingredients in order to maximize their persuasiveness
  • Rules of Networking: How to maximise your business Pitch from casual encounters with an investor to formal board-room discussions to effective follow-up with interested investors
  • How to Narrow it down to most appropriate investors-Understanding their motivations, appetites, invest- ingbehaviour, and market-driven characteristics
  • Manage the volatile dynamics of an investment negotiation and how to balance the varied expectations of all parties
  • The Final Execution: From the deal being agreed and the transaction’s actual closing, and specific management techniques that can prevent the slips
  • How do you then grow a profitable long-term relationship with an investor?
Vikas Sarda, Chief Financial Officer, Unitus Capital
Vinod Keni, Lead, Investments & Corporate Development, Round Glass, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Peach tree Management Advisors
Jayaroopa Jeyabarathi, Investment Professional, Ankur Capital
13:10 - 14:15 LUNCH BREAK
14:15 - 15:00 Session VI: HOW TO FRANCHISE YOUR BUSINESS
Scaling your business with asset light franchise model.
The first step in determining whether or how to franchise a business involves two key questions:

Session Highlights:
  • How do early stage VC’s/ Angels identify where the investments should go: Sectoral trends and identify- ing small opportunities for starting up?
  • Is this business franchisable?
  • Is franchising the right strategy?

Evaluating your business and determining how franchising fits with your specific goals and objectives.

Business Plan: If the decision to franchise a business is made, a franchisor should develop a business plan outlining the company’s growth and strategy for the next five years.

SOP's and Training For successful franchising, strict quality controls are important, and following the protocols of the operations manual and also develop training programs for franchisees is a must

SOP's and Training For successful franchising, strict quality controls are important, and following the protocols of the operations manual and also develop training programs for franchisees is a must

Legal and compliance: A good franchisor will always have a detailed franchise agreement that protects his rights, Brand Goodwill, and layout Franchisee's rights and obligations

Marketing & Sales: The most important thing is for a Brand to recruit franchises. This will require a meticulous marketing plan and building nuances of the sales process.

Sachin Marya, President, Franchise India Holdings
15:00 - 15:45 SESSION VII: How to Expand as a Brand & Grow in India through franchising
Franchiseindia.com

Session Highlights:
  • Hear from Successful Franchisees on how they grew their business Growing from 1 to 10 units & creating infrastructure to support 20-30 units
  • Maintaining system standards and protecting the brand.
  • Outsourcing Why, When, What, and How
  • The Ins & Outs of Building a Business & Brand Partnerships
  • Franchising your way to success: Managing aspirations & conflicts in channel expansion.
  • How to Build value for partners
Shashank Singh CEO & Director Capsicum Kitchens & Wardrobes
Chetan Kasim , Co-Founder & CEO Valenta BPO Solutions
Dr.KarthickkumarChinnaraj, Founder & Managing Director,5K Car Care Pvt Ltd
15:45 - 16:15 SESSION VIII: NEGOTIATING FRANCHISE AND LEASING CONTRACTS

Session Highlights:
  • Understanding the intricacies of the Revenue sharing arrangement
  • Why a franchisee should have an exclusive use clause that allows them to maintain an edge against competitors
  • Termination/reclamation upon assignment. Non-Compete Clause
  • Giving Personal Guarantee
K Krrishan Singhania - Managing Partner - k. Singhania & Co
23 October, 2021
10:30 - 11:20 SESSION I: Retail Rethink & Reinvent
New Shoppers.New Rules -Retail MegaTrends in the New Normal

Session Highlights:
  • How are Brands betting big on Omnichannel and Physical integrations
  • The Rejig of Brick-and-mortar Formats: What works and How
  • How Shoppers spend: Understanding the mindset of the new breed of consumer
  • How to get experiential retail to drive spend and deepen customer loyalty.
  • What retailers are doing to repurpose their real estate to provide a first-class customer experience
Mr. Ravi Saxena, MD - Wonderchef
Mr. Rajeev Nair, Business Head, Neerus India
Mr. Abhishek Raj, COO, Lacoste India
Mr Suresh Naagar, Co-Founder & CEO, Easymedico
11:20 - 12:10 SESSION II: How Malls are Rebuilding for Relevance to the New Age Consumer

The impact of the pandemic has started fading away and consumers have started coming back to the mall. There lies a huge opportunity to tap the customers who were locked inside their homes for a long time.

Session Highlights:
  • Strategies to attract customers with New flavor of Tenants
  • Which categories do consumers favor now and how their preferences have changed
  • How malls & Food Brands have built bonds to meet consumer expectations
  • Redesigning - brand allocation strategy
  • Challenges & Road Ahead
Mr. Manoj Singh, Cluster Director - Nexus Malls
Mr. Sunil Munshi, Assistant Vice President (Head Operations), Brigade Group
Mr. Siddarth Kukreja, AGM - Real Estate, Reliance Vision Express
Mr. Farman Beig, Co-founder & CEO, Wat-a-Burger
12:10 - 12:45 SESSION III: Re-defining Next-Gen Social Retail Spaces

The future is Neighbourhood Retail- How Brands are thinking Convenience, sustainability, and collaborative Retail

Session Highlights:
  • Neighbourhood malls: Giving New Sheen to Retail Real estate
  • Creating new options for Experiential Retail while keeping in mind the govt rules
  • Can malls become co-working spaces in the future
  • Entertainment – how has it changed
Mr. Indraneel Majumdar, Head of Mall, Sarath City Mall
Mr. Bhuvanesh Mendiratta, Vice President P&L, Miraj Entertainment
Mr. Senthil Kumar, COO, YLG Salons
12:45 -13:30 SESSION IV: Tapping into the D2C opportunity

How Bright is the Future?

Session Highlights:
  • Why are brands going D2C: Strategies, challenges, and opportunities
  • The booming e-commerce industry
  • How brands can open up new revenue streams using D2C strategies and gain customer loyalty much more quickly and efficiently
  • Benefits of onboarding the D2C model
  • Bridging the gap between online and offline
  • Leveraging data to influence consumer decision-making – from personalizing the user journey to achieving a single view of the customer
Mr. Vinay Kothari, Founder & CEO - GoDesi
Mr. Ajai Thandi, Co-founder - SleepyOwl
Mr Jatin Gujarati, Business Head - Vedix
Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Chief Strategy officer & Chief Customer Officer, Furlenco
Mr. Harsh Lal, Co-founder & Director, The Souled Store
13:30 - 14:30 NETWORKING LUNCH

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