SMBConnect’s flagship event ‘Start.Manage.Expand’ was launched in the year 2013 in 20 cities of the country and since then, it has proactively spread its wings. It is a SME centric program which focusses on imparting essential business know-how like skill development, risk reduction, capacity building, financial management and many more to SMEs to enable them to start, manage and expand their business in the contemporary competitive business environment.
Season 2 (2014-15), Season 3 (2015-16) and Season 4 (2016-17) of Start Manage Expand Series were a huge success, covering 25, 30 and 15 cities, respectively and engaging over 7500 businesses.
With experienced, professional and skilled speakers and a large number of participants, the series act as a huge networking and knowledge sharing platform. Informative and insightful sessions empower businesses by providing them with market intelligence, technical support and practical capacity building skills. The series also helps businesses in identifying new business opportunities, launching their products in new markets and connecting to national value chains.
Start Manage Expand started as a simple idea in 2013: To empower SME community by imparting essential business know-how to enable them to start, manage and expand their businesses. It seemed to resonate. Start Manage Expand has grown to become the largest event of SMEs in India.
Start Manage Expand Season 5 will cover 20 cities in India and is based on the theme- Blueprint for Digital Economy. It will help SMEs navigate digital economy by focusing on four pillar technologies- big data & analytics, cloud, mobility and social.
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Start Manage Expand prides itself on bringing innovative, experienced, and highly skilled speakers to
Season 5 of the event series. The Insights and
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businesses
by equipping them with market intelligence, technical support
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skills.
Welcome Note & Director's Speech
HR - Workplace culture as the key to Digital Transformation
Future of Finance in an era of Digital Transformation
Panel Discussion - Blueprint for Digital Economy
The need for branding in Digital Economy - Entrepreneurship branding
They Proved - Because Small Can be big- One - o -One