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# Startup Unfiltered: Founders Meetup by Bizowl

In Partnership with CEDAT | Venue Partner: IA

## Think your startup can survive 10 tough questions?

Every founder has a story. Every startup has an idea.
But sometimes, the fastest way to improve that idea is to put it in front of people who have no context, no filter, and no reason to agree with you.
At Startup Unfiltered by Bizowl, we're doing something different.
🔥 We will pick 5 startups from the room to get “roasted.”
Not personally. Not disrespectfully.
Your startup idea, business model, positioning, assumptions, and approach will be put under the spotlight through a series of questions from the room.
The goal?
Challenge the thinking. Expose blind spots. Get perspectives. And leave with something useful.
🎤 How will it work?
We'll select 5 startups to come up and share their idea with the room.
You don't need a polished pitch deck.
We'll ask questions like:

• What exactly are you building?
• Who actually needs this?
• Why would someone pay for it?
• What makes you different?
• How do you know this problem exists?
• What's stopping someone else from doing this?
• What is your biggest assumption right now?
• What's not working?
• If you had to change one thing about your startup, what would it be?
• Why should this startup exist?

And then we'll let the room ask questions too.
🥊 Five founders. Five startups. Zero sugar-coating.
You might get challenged.
You might discover a blind spot.
You might completely rethink your positioning.
Or you might realise that your idea actually holds up when people start questioning it.
That's the point.
Because sometimes the best feedback isn't:
"Sounds great!"
It's:
"But why would anyone buy this?"

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## Who should attend?

Founders & entrepreneurs who:

• Want honest feedback on what they're building
• Are looking for fresh perspectives outside their immediate circle
• Want to test their assumptions
• Are struggling with a specific startup challenge
• Want to understand how other founders are building

Mentors, investors & ecosystem professionals who:

• Enjoy challenging startup ideas
• Want to meet emerging founders
• Can bring industry perspective to the conversation
• Want to discover interesting businesses being built

Aspiring founders who:

• Want to learn how founders think
• Want to see real startup ideas being challenged
• Are exploring their own startup ideas

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## What's in it for you?

🔥 Get your startup challenged in public
💡 Discover blind spots you may not see yourself
🧠 Get perspectives from founders and ecosystem professionals
🤝 Meet relevant people based on your idea and challenges
🚀 Potentially find customers, collaborators, mentors or investors
👀 See how other startups are thinking and building
☕️ And yes, snacks and beverages are on us.

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## Not one of the 5 startups?

That's completely fine.
The room gets to participate too.
You can ask questions, challenge assumptions, share your perspective, and learn from the conversations happening on stage.
You may even find that someone else's problem is exactly where you can help.

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Founders Speed Networking by Bizowl | In Partnership with CEDAT | Venue Partner: Work2Share

Idea is easy. Execution needs a team. And the second biggest reason startups stall isn't funding, it's not finding the right co-founder or the right people to build with.

Founders Speed Networking is Bizowl's answer to that. A structured, fast-paced round of 1:1 conversations built for one purpose: helping you find the people you actually need to build your startup, whether that's a co-founder, a first hire, a collaborator, or someone whose skills complete yours.
No open-mic pitching. No random mingling. Just focused, timed rounds where every conversation moves through the same three things: what you're building, what you need, and what you can give in return.

Come if you are:

• A founder looking for a co-founder or an early team member
• A professional exploring a move from a job into a startup, looking for the right founder to join
• A builder with a skill (design, tech, growth, finance) looking to team up with a founder who needs it
• An aspiring founder still figuring out who to build with

What's in it for you:

• Meet more relevant people in 90 minutes than you would in a month of coffee chats
• A structured format that skips the small talk and gets straight to compatibility
• Real conversations about stage, skills, and working style, not just business cards
• Snacks and beverages on us
• Bonus: If your combination looks promising, Bizowl will help facilitate the next step

Perfect Pitch Circle By Bizowl
In Partnership with CEDAT | Venue Partner: Ofis Square
Every founder thinks their idea is the one.
But thinking it and knowing it are two very different things.
Founders Honest Room is a curated pitch and feedback session for early-stage founders who want a real answer — not validation, not applause. If you think your idea is fundable, come pitch it. If you're not ready to pitch yet, come listen, observe, and give feedback to the founders who are.
Either way, you leave with more clarity than you walked in with.
This is not a demo day. No investors writing cheques on the spot. No winners, no losers. Just a room full of founders, mentors, and ecosystem enablers who will tell you - honestly - where you stand.
Come if you are:

• A founder who believes their idea is fundable and wants to test that belief in front of a real room
• A founder who isn't ready to pitch but wants to sharpen their thinking by listening and giving feedback
• A mentor, investor, or enabler who wants to have a genuine conversation with builders
• An aspiring founder trying to understand what fundable actually looks like

What's in it for you:

• Pitch your idea - get live, unfiltered feedback from founders and ecosystem enablers
• Listen to real pitches and develop your own eye for what works and what doesn't
• Connect with the right people in the Delhi NCR startup ecosystem
• Snacks and beverages on us
• Bonus: Strong ideas get referred directly to India Accelerator for their programs