Empresario

Global business model competition

About Empresario

Empresario is the annual business model competition organized by Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur. Entrepreneurship Cell is searching for innovative and enterprising ideas through Empresario. Empresario'25 provides a platform for budding entrepreneurs to get excellent professional mentorship from our experienced, varied, and distinguished mentor pool, and to showcase their ideas in front of Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, and Industry Leaders.

Tracks

Product and Services Track
A Business Model that is function oriented and is aimed at providing sustainability of both consumption and production. Ideas/Prototypes based on meeting diverse consumer requirements or providing an innovative service.

Product and Services Track

Social Track
A Business Model that focuses on adding value to the people at the bottom of the pyramid and/or help building a greener tomorrow. Empresario's very own track for enterprises that have a positive social or environmental impact.

Social Track

IIT KGP Track
Are you a student of IIT KGP? Got some high-potential ideas? This track is exclusively for innovative Business Models of IIT Kharagpur students. The majority of the team members ( 50% or more) should be from IIT Kharagpur.

IIT KGP Track

Tracks

The tracks are designed to focus on specific industries or themes, allowing participants to tailor their ideas to particular areas of interest.

Product and Services Track

A Business Model focused on functional sustainability in consumption and production, aimed at meeting diverse consumer needs or delivering innovative services.

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Social Track

A Business Model designed to uplift those at the bottom of the pyramid and foster a greener future, emphasizing enterprises with positive social or environmental impacts.

Explore track

Teenage Track

Empresario's teenage track is launched to provide young entrepreneurs and students a platform to create a positive impact through their creative ideas.

Explore track

IIT KGP Track

Are you an IIT KGP student with high-potential ideas? This track is for innovative Business Models from teams where 50% or more members are from IIT Kharagpur.

Explore track

Web 3.0

The global Web 3.0 market is expected to grow rapidly due to evolving technologies and data ownership shifts. Empresario’s Web 3.0 track promotes these innovative business models.

Explore track

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Incentives

Expert Mentoring

Semi-finalists receive guidance from seasoned entrepreneurs and industry professionals including top VC firms like Blume Ventures and Eximius Ventures to refine their ideas and strategies.

Networking

An excellent opportunity to connect with entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers, potential partners, and investors from world-class firms like Venture Catalysts and Elevation Capital.

Startup Services

To enhance growth, startups gain premium software access and credits on leading platforms like AWS, CRM services, or Incubation support.

Elevator Pitch

Participants pitch their ventures to top angel investors, VCs, and industry leaders from renowned firms like JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Rolls-Royce. This is a unique chance to showcase innovation and attract potential investment.

Prize Money

Awards will be given to winners and runners-up in Products & Services, Social Impact, and Best IIT Kharagpur Entry from a prize pool of over ₹1.2 crore. This investment highlights our commitment to supporting innovative ideas.

Feedback

Valuable, actionable feedback on business models from our expert judging panel of entrepreneurs and investors, empowering you to sharpen your approach and enhance your venture’s success.

Testimonial

Participating in Empresario helped us think critically about virtually every aspect of our startup. Right from our target market and its size, our competitors to scalability of our product etc. This helped us to take a step back and assess our startup with a level of detail one might have overlooked on daily basis. Empresario helped us in Networking and build connections with the judges, investors and entrepreneurs,who at later stages helped us a lot whenever we faced some problems. SHUBHAM BALDAVA, Ticket Jugaad

Mind blown, Empresario was the best B-Plan competition out of the 8 we have been selected in. The judges asked critical questions and made sure that it wasn't an easy process. After the competition and before the result, all the judges interacted with us.The mentoring we received at the Microsoft campus was class apart and gave us a US based perspective on how to run a business, besides an amazing opportunity to network. SHARYN POTTER, Soteria Solutions

The platform that Empresario provided, helped us make a refined and solid B-model making us think critically about various aspects of business, ranging from technology it's applicability on a massive scale to distribution channels, supply chain, sales teams, key associations etc with the help of a dedicated mentor. Empresario also helped in connecting with the various potential investors, clients and other start-ups, who could help us in growing at a relatively faster pace. POONAM GUPTA, Alive Home

Empresario: Business Model Competition

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