We are happy to announce a strategic partnership between eventNu & SMEJOINUP.com – an initiative of SME Networks Pvt Ltd.

This partnership will extend our viewership to the Business community (SMEs) also. Simultaneously SME JOINUP members will get easy access to events listed on eventNu.com. It will provide more visibility to the event organizer and events they organize. Their events will not only be visible at eventNu.com but also on SMEJOINUP.com which is a strong network of 5000+ Business Owners.

SME JOINUP is India’s first network dedicated to SMEs ( Small and Medium Enterprises). It is a one stop shop providing core solutions to SME like Assistance in Debt & Equity Funding, Making available marketing options and updating members with latest B2B events, seminars and exhibitions being conducted in the country.

SME JOINUP members are also offered preferred facilities like promoting their business through their network, receiving complimentary invites, speaking opportunity in events and discounted sponsorship deals.

It was started by an ex-banker dealing with SMEs since a decade and a serial entrepreneur who successfully exited a venture in 2010.

Dear Friends,

This is what we call innovation/ craziness at eventNu [ ah! this is shameless advt. about eventNu ].

We are crazy people trying to do things which make sense to you guys [ah! not again!!!]

You get to know about an event and are interested as well but for some reason you can’t register/ pay for it right away. Then what ??

You may note about that event somewhere to remind yourself. But how many of you really check those so-called reminders properly/ regularly??

Now what ??

eventNu gives you an interesting solution…. MISS CALL

Yes, if you are not registering for an event immediately just give a call to the given no. and you are all set. This no. will be FREE for you to call and register for an event.

We will record your interest for that event and keep you updated and may reserve your seat as well.

Howz that ? Do let us know.

Thanks for reading.

Regards,

Vishwa
CoFounder eventNu

We are thrilled when Microsoft Tag team posted our story as success on their website few days back. Here is some excerpts from the story

Based in India, eventNu has hosted over 11,000 events in just the 2 shorts years since their launch and are the only Indian company to be using Tag. Event organizers can use eventNu’s platform to add Tag to their tickets capturing the registration information of each attendee. Registration staff simply scan the Tag on the ticket to verify each attendee’s identity, thereby streamlining the event check-in process.

You can read complete story here

Now users buying event tickets on www.eventNu.com have more options to choose from when it comes to paying it online.  Glad to share list of newly added banks on the partner network:

1. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK
2. BANK OF INDIA
3. KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LTD
4. ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE
5. SOUTH INDIAN BANK
6. THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LIMITED
7. VIJAYA BANK
8. ABN AMRO
9. ALLAHABAD BANK
10. ANDHRA BANK
11. BANK OF BARODA
12. BANK OF PUNJAB
13. BARCLAYS BANK
14. CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA
15. INDUSIND BANK LIMITED
16. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
17. THE COSMOS CO-OP BANK LIMITED
18. UNITED BANK OF INDIA

Choose the option you trust more and enjoy your event!

For a typical event to be considered successful, event should be should be cash flow positive after paying to everyone you promised you will after event concludes.

Below are some tips to raise money for an event

1. Start early: Start as soon as possible. Best time to start looking for sponsorships for your next event is just after you have finished your current event. Its easier to get traction from all people who were involved with the event( in any form)
2. Budget your event: Calculate how much you need to execute your event. This might change over the  period of time, but knowing your target amount would help you plan your strategy to raise money.
3. Demographic Information: Prepare demographic information about people who have attended this before and the people who are going to attend event. This would help potential sponsors to decide if their product and marketing dollars are well suited for the event.
4. Do research on the companies you are approaching. Understand their goals and initiatives and approach them with a couple of ideas and ways you can help them attain those goals.
5. Maintain records of last events and thereafter and put everything in a nice presentable format (maybe as a website or paper brochures/presentation).  This would help you convince potential sponsors that you are not doing this for the first time and would give them confidence in your ability to execute event. Consider this as your report card.
6. Create a value proposition for what your sponsors are going to get out of sponsoring the event. Having a well defined opportunity for sponsors and associated coverage numbers would help sponsors take decision.
7. Networking all year round: If you are doing event, make sure you are networking all year around. Not only this would help you raise money but would help you get event attendees.

Do you have any other suggestions for event managers? Add in your comments below

eventNu (www.eventNu.com) team has now made it easy for individuals to keep track of events happening in your city.
 
Now you can get latest event alerts on RSS feed. You just need to subscribe to RSS feed of your city in any RSS aggregator like Google Reader and you would get event updates on regular basis without actively scanning eventNu portal.
 
Pune http://feeds.feedburner.com/eventNuPune
 
Mumbai http://feeds.feedburner.com/eventNuMumbai
 
Chennai http://feeds.feedburner.com/eventNuChennai
 
Delhi http://feeds.feedburner.com/eventNuDelhi
 
Kolkata http://feeds.feedburner.com/eventNuKolkata
 
Bangalore http://feeds.feedburner.com/eventNuBangalore

Hyderabad:  http://feeds.feedburner.com/eventNuHyderabad

Lucknow http://feeds.feedburner.com/eventNuLucknow 

In case you like twitter as a better channel to remain upto date, we are there too.

Let us know your feedback.

There are some great action happening in India in the startup space, which is reflected by events happening around in India, very specific for startups.

If you are interested in or already doing a startup in India there are some great events you might want to check out.

Startup Saturday:

About: Provides a forum for entrepreneurs to discuss, present, network and learn from peers, prospective customers, adopters, partners and investors.

When does it happen: Every 2nd saturday of the month.

Where:Presently its active in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bangalore.

More Details: (here).

Proto.in

About: Proto.in is a Support Platform For The Indian Startup Community

When does it happen: Every Year.

Where:In a selected Indian city

More Details: (here).

HeadStart

About: Organizes annual HeadStart and Compute conference that showcases the best and most innovative products coming out of India and enables various innovation ecosystem stakeholders to exchange views and network

When does it happen: Annually.

Where:Many Indian cities

More Details: (here).

ESummit

About: is the annual flagship event of The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay which is a student organization with it’s aim and mission to foster and sustain entrepreneurship among students and youth

When does it happen: Annually.

Where:IIT Mumbai, IIT Delhi

More Details: (here).

If you know any interesting events for startups which is not listed here, you can add details as the comments below (and we would update this post) OR email us to ruchit@eventNu.com

Two weeks back  eventNu announced a tweet to win Tshirt competition, where our twitter users were supposed to tweet about eventNu. Lots of people shared their love for eventNu and here we are.

Below are the winners for out latest Tshirt Competition:

@mokshjuneja, @vivekk, @apnerve, @soravjain @meghaJain

Winners please email your Complete Address, phone Number to contact@eventNu.com  so that we get Tshirts delivereds to you.

Enjoy!

Shobhit University is one of the leading non-profit educational institutes in northern India which imparts education in the varied fields like Management, Engineering, Agriculture, Bio-Informatics, Media and more.

Shobhit University Alumni Association is organizing Alumni Meet in New Delhi Dec 24, 2009 and have chosen eventNu for their event management needs.

Below is a great looking invitation flyer from alumni association