A group of media and entertainment entrepreneurs from Mumbai and Pune have formed MENT, a founders group, to address common challenges, enable entrepreneurship, and facilitate networking. MENT offers members access to customers, capital, mentors, and partners. Founders and CXOs from content, distribution, agencies, spaces, talent management, tech products, and advisory/capital subsectors that cover television, radio, new media, advertising, films, music, VFX, and venture capital are eligible to join. The group is led by a president and core committee and plans events like founder forums, mixers, workshops, and mentoring initiatives to support members.

2. about
A founders group of media & entertainment entrepreneurs
from Mumbai & Pune
Purpose !
•solve common
challenges!
•enable entrepreneurs!
•facilitate curated
networking
Benefits!
•access to customers!
•access to capital !
•access to mentors !
•access to partners !
•visibility

3. eligibility
1. Founders and CXOs only!
2. Business Types:!
1. content producers!
2. distributors!
3. agencies!
4. spaces!
5. talent management!
6. tech products!
7. advisory/capital
3. Sub verticals covered:!
1. television!
2. radio !
3. new media!
4. advertising!
5. films!
6. music !
7. vfx & post production!
8. venture capital !
9. legal/advisory

4. people
President
Dhanpal Jhaveri (Everstone Capital Advisors / TiE Mumbai)
Core Committee!
1. Amit Banka (BeeGram Business
Doctors)!
2. Anand Desai (DSK Legal)!
3. Ashok Pandey (Revel Films)!
4. Hardik Shah (Cinemacraft)!
5. Harry Bhatia (Radiowalla)!
6. Jehil Thakkar (KPMG)
7. Lavin Mirchandani (mirc media)!
8. Nandini Mansinghka (Idyabooster)!
9. Pratik Gupta (Foxymoron)!
10. Rajith Menon (Amalgam Media)!
11. Rohit Sobti (Yashraj Films)!
12. Vijay Jadhwani (TiE Mumbai)!
13. Vivek Paul (Paul Consulting)

5. programs planned
• founder’s forum
A founder's mixer hosted around a sub vertical of MENT.
A) 45 min of Keychat around the chosen theme with a guest speaker
B) 2 MENT members showcase their work and seek inputs on challenges / share areas of collaboration : 15
min each
C) Preceded by networking over breakfast.
Will be hosted twice a quarter starting Oct 2014. Entry by invitation only.
• MENT mixer
Social get together over dinner and cocktails hosted by a MENT member or a TiE Charter member.
No agenda. Might have an ‘entertainment’ element planned as a surprise.
Hosted once a quarter starting Dec 2014. Entry by invitation only.!
• open workshops
Workshops for entrepreneurs around core business areas key to m&e businesses.
Hosted once a quarter starting Dec 2014. Open to non members as well.!
• mentoring initiatives
MENT members will get mentoring opportunities (both sides) as a part of regular TiE mentoring programs
Three monthly programs (domain agnostic).

6. programs planned
• 22-26 Sep :knowledge partner at social media week
MENT is supporting the global social media week by
curating tracks on startups and ‘media & entertainment’
More at : www.socialmediaweek.org/mumbai!
• For program schedule visit: www.tiemumbai.org

7. get involved
• We are actively looking at!
• new members!
• sponsors!
• media partners!
• Get in touch!
• Vijay Jadhwani : vijay@tiemumbai.org!
• Lavin Mirchandani: lavin@tiemumbai.org