Rokitt
Women Entrepreneurs International Launched
Rokitt Women Entrepreneurs International (WEI) launched its city chapter at Shailendra Tech Park office in Whitefield, Bengaluru, on July 23:, 2015.
Aspiring women
entrepreneurs joined the ranks of successful women entrepreneurs, to showcase
their creative products and expand their communication lines, besides
supporting other women entrepreneurs.
The participants
also networked with WEI mentors to get legal assistance, financial support,
training and mentoring.
R. Harani of
Vibha Education Services said, “Women still like to be in comfort zone, they
always think of family first, I say you come out from your cocoon, explore
there are lots of things to do. I am happy to be at the Women Entrepreneurs
International (WEI) event. It’s a wonderful opportunity to network.”
Another
participant, Rajani, a freelance writer says, “it’s her first experience to
meet wonderful people, for the past twenty I have been confined to my own
world, meeting very select number of my family and friends. I am happy to see
women coming out and learning about how to do business, I was looking forward
for such events for a long time. “
Women
Entrepreneurs International (WEI) is a global initiative aimed at developing
and promoting women entrepreneurs. It focuses on tangible services to help
women launch, run and expand their businesses.
WEI offers
specific services such as building a business plan, securing funding,
registering the company, legal and accounting activities, launching website and
promoting their products.
WEI support
includes educational tools, skills workshops, and legal and accounting
services, marketing and web development support.
Networking
opportunities and skills workshops that allow women to connect with and learn from
industry experts.
Social
responsibility commitment, with a focus on increasing women’s safety and
wellness through providing self-defense training, fitness boot camps and
continued education, are other key elements of WEI initiatives.
Speaking on the occasion, Rupa Boddu Head US Chapter WEI said, “I am convinced that with real tangible support, women will be sufficiently enabled to start and expand their businesses and become more independent and empowered.”
“WEI has
established key partnerships with vendors to scale up it services and deliver
tangible results,“ she said, adding “Our goal is to equip women with the skills
and resources that will allow them to become successful entrepreneurs in a
global economy.”
Mahalakshmi
Saravanan, Head of WEI India Chapter, spoke on latest marketing trend. “Transparency is most important
tool of marketing,” she said and emphasized on the use of technology in running
successful business venters.
Rokitt Inc
develops digital products for consumers and also drives solutions for
enterprises to enable more efficient technology delivery. It implements
solutions that empower its customers to solve the problem at hand and make it
possible to move on to the next level of transformation.
Women
Entrepreneurs International WEI is a key drive by ROKITT Inc to expand the women’s
empowerment initiative globally, targeting to impact more than 1 million women
over the next few years.
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This report is prepared by Syed Ali Mujtaba. He currently works with Rokitt Inc, based in Chennai. He can be contacted at syedalimujtaba@yahoo.com
