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title: E-Cell IIIT-H
cardTitle: Demystifying Entrepreneurship
cardContent: At E-Cell, we aim to inspire university students to start their own ventures and dispel the many fears that surround starting one's own company.
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            <h1>About Us</h1>
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                Entrepreneurship Cell, IIIT Hyderabad is a non-profit organization run by students, and has been
                established with the objective of creating, manifesting and guiding the entrepreneurial spirit in the
                student community and to encourage them to be successful entrepreneurs. We want to build an ecosystem
                where networking and knowledge sharing can happen. To this end, we conduct several events, seminars and
                workshops both for students of and beyond our college for the purpose of cultivating this
                entrepreneurial spirit.
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                Started in 2016, Megathon is an ambitious hackathon organised by E-Cell IIIT Hyderabad with
                the intention of promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship and development among the student community in
                and around Hyderabad.
                Every edition has been a growing success with the participation steadily increasing. In 2018, we had
                around 1000 participants.
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            <h1>1000+ participants</h1>
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                Fail? is a celebration of the moments we don't generally share: the moments of failure. Here, incredible
                keynote speakers from diverse backgrounds will share their inspiring stories of setbacks, challenges,
                and how they transformed failure into a stepping stone towards their ultimate success. The speaker panel
                for the event consists of some of the most eminent and accomplished personalities in their respective
                fields. The event has witnessed a large audience in its past 2 iterations.
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            <h1>&nbsp;Full auditorium!</h1>
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                Startup Aid is a 40-day sprint designed to cultivate entrepreneurial skills within the IIIT-H community.
                The program takes participants through key aspects of launching a startup—ideation, market analysis,
                prototyping, marketing, and pitching—through expert-led masterclasses, hands-on challenges, and a
                mini-hackathon.

                Participants don’t need a startup idea to join! The program starts with an ideation phase to help
                participants identify real-world problems and develop solutions. Those with existing ideas can jump
                straight into refining their business model and prototype. The journey concludes with a final pitch in
                front of investors, where top teams compete for cash prizes, mentorship, and the winner secures an
                opporunity to get incubated at CIE.
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            <h1>5 Teams Incubated!</h1>
            <h1>130+ Team Applicants</h1>
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