SJMSOM to hold Mumbai edition of Barcamp

The idea of a Barcamp is to turn the idea of a ‘conference’ on its head by removing all possible rules out of the way of a intense discussion. These are meeting places of people with great business ideas and ones with sound technical caliber where they ideate, discuss and brainstorm on all the topics of common interest ranging from wildlife photography and venture funding to blogging and Flex programming.

Due to their widespread appeal and quality of discussion, Barcamps are increasingly being seen as hubs of technical entrepreneurship all across the world. The two documents attached with this email will give you the perspective of national mainstream media.

The team of Barcamp Mumbai 2 (BCM2) has experience of organizing second, third and fourth Barcamps of Bangalore (4th Barcamp – July 28-29, 2007 – the largest in the world with 600participants!) and the first Barcamp of Mumbai(July 2006) and multiple Barcamps in Pune. SINE (Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) at IIT Bombay is the event partner. The event is being supported by E-Club, the entrepreneurship club at SJMSOM, IIT B.

Bar Camp Mumbai 2 is fast becoming a rage across the ecosystem with leading corporates like SUN, DirectI and Nokia sponsoring the event.

We are excited about the list of around 200 registered participants that includes ace investor Mahesh Murthy, who is talking about VC funding at BCM2. It will also see presence of many startups and bloggers, who too have registered for the event.

Barcamps are free events – there is no entry/regn fee and one can register by simply editing the event wiki (http://barcamp.org/BarCampMumbai2). Kindly register at the earliest.

We would like to have all of them at the event on October 14, 2007 for an enriching experience, thus helping us in our endeavor to grow the startup ecosystem in India.