TITLE IDEAS

BIZQUEENS

Through this show title, we are

reiterating the fact that they are
dynamic business leaders
spearheading their clan with
expertise in multiple attributes.

BUSINESS ACES
GIRL TOWN SHOWDOWN

“ Enough of breakdown, get up!

It’s time for showdown ”
The idea behind the show name is
to empower and encourage women
to show the world that they are the
upcoming business leaders!

WOMEN OF FUTURE
 THE EMPRESS
The concept of the show is to
empower women to go an extra
mile in order to achieve success.
They are assessed on the basis of
their efficiency to run their business
i.e. their empire and thus, we came
up with ‘The Empress’ as our show
title.
 SHOW OVERVIEW

Show Format: The show will consist of:

● 12 Episodes in Season one ● 1 Host

● Focus on one industry in ● 3 Mentors & Judges
each Episode ● 3 Contestants per Episode
● Each episode will have a ● 1 Industry Doyen per
theme according to the Episode
industry ● 1 Winner per Episode
● Three part structure template
for each Episode
 PART INTRODUCTION AND SET UP
01
The host appearance

Introduction of the concept of the show and the

judges (30 to 45 secs)

Introduction of the participants, their business

and personal journey, families and reason for
being on the show with an intro video (60 secs
each)

Introduction of the industry picked for the

episode
 PART THE GROOMING AND GRILLING
02
Showcasing one-on-one interaction with the
mentors in the workspace of the participant

The mentors observe everything about their

business. They identify problems, they help
organize structure, they encourage the participants
to take tough decisions about the business and
create a solid business plan to take to the next
round

Each mentor’s personality will create a unique

experience for this segment of the show
 PART WINNING PITCH OR BACK IN THE DITCH
03
The host appearance in location that is connected to the
theme of the show

Introduction of the Industry Doyen/s who is/are connected to

the location or the Industry

The Industry Doyen joins the mentors at the judging panel.

The host joins the supporting members in the waiting area

Each participant enters the Pitching Zone one at a time and is

given 60 secs to make a pitch

Participants wait in an isolation room for the results to be

announced
 PART FORMAT OF THE PITCH
03
So that there is synergy in this part of the show for the easier
understanding of our audience we will establish a format for this
part.
- The contestant approaches the judges and reintroduces
herself, her business, and her reason for being there. (5-10
secs)
- She then goes to explain how her business functions, what
problem she is solving and gives a demo. (15-20 secs)
- Next she speaks about her financials, how much revenue
she has generated, what are her predictions etc.(15-20 secs)
- And finally she ends the pitch with her ask and her offer.
What she is willing to give in return for what she is asking.
(10-15 secs)

Post this pitch, we spend another 60-90 second per contestant

where the judges and doyens ask relevant questions.
 WINNING PITCH
All the points are tallied and the winning pitch gets :

An opportunity for the A consultation

doyen to invest in the contract with the
business. doyen

A winning prize
check
 SHOW TREATMENT

The treatment of the show will be very organic in

nature. Instead of a standard studio setup we take the
show to real locations, which also play the role of
secondary characters and drive the story forward.

While all episodes begin on the set of the show, we then

move to real locations. Hand held cameras and
documentary style filming would immerse the viewers
and take them on a more subjective journey.

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WOMAN FROM FAMILY BUSINESS BACKGROUND

Name: Riya Khanna

Age: 29

Place: Bangalore

Education: MBA

Work Experience: 5 years

What aspects will they contribute to the show?

A woman who hails from a business family will bring the Indian
Family business ideas and perspectives along with the values and
culture
EARLY ENTREPRENEUR OR SELF STARTER
Name: Natasha Anand

Age: 25

Place: Jaipur

Education: B.Com

Work Experience: 3 years

What aspects will they contribute to the show?

Early Entrepreneurs many times have borne the brunt of incorporating or
running a successful venture which brings in experience and lessons
EARLY JOBBER FROM A TIER 1 OR TIER 2 B-SCHOOL

Name: Sunita Dixit

Age: 24

Place: Ahmedabad

Education: MBA

Work Experience: 7 months

What aspects will they contribute to the show?

Students from Tier 1 & 2 B-Schools are looked upon by aspiring
candidates and their relevant work experience can bring in fresh ideas
and new ways of working
SINGLE MOTHERS AND HOMEMAKERS

Name: Swati Sharma

Age: 49

Place: Bhopal, M.P

Education: English MA

Work Experience: 8 years

What aspects will they contribute to the show?

Many women leave their jobs after marriage but wish to enter the business
world once again and live their passion, they can help such women connect
better and give them wings to fly again
WOMAN FROM SEMI-URBAN AND RURAL AREA
Name: Radha Kumar

Age: 29

Place: Patna

Education: Post Graduation

Work Experience: 6 + years

What aspects will they contribute to the show?

Woman from semi-urban and rural areas can bring a diverse
perspective and help the rural people connect better to the show
MOTHER WITH A SUCCESSFUL CAREER

Name: Devi Thomas

Age: 32

Place: Hyderabad

Education: Post Graduate

Work Experience: 5+ years

What aspects will they contribute to the show?

Many women multi-task between household chores, children, and a
successful career. They help to strike the chords of the right balance
and sail each day through ease. As Indians, it is easier to emotionally
connect with them
WOMAN FROM LGBTQ COMMUNITY
Name: Tia

Age: 32

Place: Kolkata

Education: Post Graduation

Work Experience: 6 years

What aspects will they contribute to the show?

Women from LGBTQ Community are now breaking barriers and
becoming successful executives and entrepreneurs. This will help in
bring a liberal side to the show
STALWARTS
 PERSONALITIES

THE GRILLER THE ADVISOR THE COMPANION

This Mentor does not The one who listens The one who always has a
mince words. He/She carefully and then advises smile on his/her face. The
grills contestants on properly. Is serious but to one who balances the
valuations, financials, the point. Gives good mentor’s panel with light
business model etc. advice about strategic hearted humor and kind
Generally feared by the direction and corrections words to encourage and
contestants. to be made. lifts spirits.
POTENTIAL
STALWARTS
 01 02
Shashank ND is responsible for the overall vision Supam Maheshwari is the Co-Founder and CEO at
and direction of Practo while maintaining an active FirstCry. He has a post graduate degree from IIM
role in building Practo’s game-changing products. Ahmedabad. For Supam, the motivation to start a
He started Practo in 2008, along with co-founder babycare company was rooted in his personal
Abhinav Lal, when he discovered that there was a experiences. It has backing from Temasek, SAIF
profound need to transform the healthcare Partners, and IDG Ventures India. Prior to
industry and connect consumers with healthcare launching FirstCry, Supam was the co-founder and
providers. CEO of Brainvisa Technologies, an online learning
startup.

Shashank ND Supam Maheshwari

 03 04
She co-founded Ankur with a vision to use her She is the Founder and Managing Director of
multi-decade CXO and entrepreneurial experience Kalaari Capital, one of India’s leading early-stage
to bring the tools to young startups to become venture capital firms. She is a proponent for India’s
game-changers. She has worked across education digital opportunity to create next-gen large-scale
and IT/ITES taking young companies from scratch companies, which will scale globally.
to midsize ventures. She is a cost accountant from Vani has successfully led more than 30 investments
ICFAI and when she has spare time she likes to at Kalaari in e-commerce, gaming, digital content,
travel and try her hand at growing plants. healthcare, and more. Some of her successes
include Dream11, Myntra, Cure. fit, and Snapdeal.

Rema Subramanian Vani Kola

 05 06
She co-founded Byju’s an educational platform to Co-Founder of Venture Catalysts (Start-up
help students learn better. She completed her Incubator) & Samyakth Capital (Hybrid
engineering degree from RV College and was growth fund), is among the prominent angel
preparing for her GRE to continue her studies investors in Mumbai. He has over 15 years of
abroad. This is when she joined Byju Raveendran’s experience across various fields including
classes as his student. real estate.

Divya Gokulnath Anuj Golecha

 INDUSTRIES

01 02 03 04
FINTECH & FASHION & MEDIA & HEALTHCARE &
FINANCIAL SERVICES BEAUTY ENTERTAINMENT MEDTECH
FinTech is an industry The fashion and beauty
The Media and Medtech refers to all
comprising companies that use industry is competitive and
Entertainment (M&E) medical products that can
technology to offer financial cut-throat, yet also provides
industry has multiple be used for the treatment of
services. many creative growth
segments that combine into various medical conditions
These companies operate in opportunities.
one vertical; Movies/ and diseases.
insurance, asset management Three is future in digital
Cinema, Television, Music, Advancements are designed
and payment, and numerous innovation in the industry
Publishing, Radio, primarily to improve the
other industries paired with e-commerce and
Internet, Advertising and overall quality of medical
influencer marketing
Gaming. care.
 INDUSTRIES

05 06 07 08
IT & TECHNOLOGY E-COMMERCE LOGISTICS CONSULTING
The IT-sector is a field which The industry impacts MSME by Logistics companies are Management consultants
is undergoing rapid providing finance,technology facing an era of provide insights on how to
evolution and is changing & training. unprecedented change as increase profits, reduce
the shape of Indian Technology enabled innovations digitisation takes hold. costs & debts, improve
business standards. like digital payments, hyper- There are now more work flow & bring in
This sector includes local logistics, analytics collaborative operating change, use technology,
software development, driven customer engagement models and re-shaping of and how to get the most
consultancies, software & digital advertisements will the marketplace. out of their employees.
management, online support the growth in the
services & BPO. sector.
 INDUSTRIES

09 10 11 12
AGRI TECH &
BIOTECHNOLOGY RETAIL SECTOR REAL ESTATE FORESTRY
Modern biotechnology provides Digitization along with One of the largest challenges Agritech startups are
breakthrough products and multiple forces has impacted faced by Real Estate are time operating in an attractive
technologies to combat the retail sector. These forces and cost overruns. With the market with opportunity
debilitating and rare diseases, include better information help of currently available AI such as Facilitating input
reduce our environmental availability about product, technology, RE businesses can market linkages, improving
footprint, feed the hungry, use larger assortments, greater generate project schedule yield, digitizing farm
less and cleaner energy, and transparency across vendors, optimisers which can consider management, Instituting
have safer, cleaner and more and potentially lower prices millions of alternatives for quality management and
efficient industrial because of lower fixed-cost project delivery and enhance traceability, facilitating
manufacturing processes. operations. overall project planning. output market linkages.
 INDUSTRIES

13 14 15 16
HEALTH, WELLNESS EDUTECH & TOURISM & FOODTECH &
& FITNESS TRAINING HOSPITALITY BEVERAGES
Increased digitisation, use Modern EdTech solutions & Robotics technology is one AI-based solutions will
of smart devices and learning programs are of the most exciting forms of provide crucial insights into
wearable devices to designed to help students travel technology and it is customer choices and
monitor health, deeptech enhance their competencies, constantly improving. preferences, thereby
for diagnosis, electronic critical thinking and creative Another important form of enabling personalised
medical records, abilities by integrating travel tech is the ability to menus. Advances in AI and
telemedicine, and theoretical learning with accept contactless ML might pave the way for
teleconsultation services practical experiments, case payments. Virtual reality large-scale adoption of
now largely characterise the studies, & assignments has been an emerging robot chefs, lowering labour
Indian healthcare sector technology as well costs, and reduce customer
wait-time
 INDUSTRY DOYENS
Kris Gopalakrishnan
IT & Technology
Chairman of Axilor Ventures, company supporting and funding startups, was former executive vice-
chairman (former co-chairman) of Infosys, global consulting and IT services company based in India.

Rajan Anandan
Consulting
He is the Managing Director of Sequoia Capital and has worked with numerous technology giants like
McKinsey, Dell, Microsoft and Google. His understanding of the technology landscape has enabled him
to invest in more than 80 startups.

Vani Kola
Fashion & Beauty
She has built a reputation for picking the best young minds and mentoring them to build successful
enterprises, some prime examples being Myntra, Urban Ladder, Zivame, Power2SME, YourStory, and
Bluestone.
 INDUSTRY DOYENS
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
FinTech & Financial Services
Founder and CEO of Paytm. He’s super-connected and given the prospect of angel investment, he is
extremely passionate about building the business. He prefers to invest in Consumer Internet, FinTech, Ed-
Tech

Sachin Bansal
E-Commerce
He is the founder of Flipkart. Coming from a phase of struggling for investments, his role as an angel
investor was no surprise to the world. In the days ahead, he invested in more than 14 startups and
budding firms

Nandini Mansinghka
Healthcare & Medtech
CEO & Managing Director of Mumbai Angels. Invested $223,000 in ostomy care startup Crimson Healthcare
and launched LifeSciences Vertical, a network within a network for various Pharma/Healthcare
companies and start-ups
 INDUSTRY DOYENS
Sanjay Mehta
Logistics
He has invested in more than 130 companies, including OYO Rooms and Box8, had funded Rs 3 crore in
LogiNext which gave him a 16 fold return by selling the logistics startup

Padmaja Ruparel
Biotechnology
She is the president of Indian Angel Network (IAN) Fund, India’s largest angel network. Biotechnology
Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has partnered with IAN to launch “BioAngels”

Ankita Vashishta
Retail Sector
Founder and CEO of SAHA Fund, India’s (and Asia’s) first venture capital fund that promotes women
entrepreneurship. A first-of-its-kind venture capital fund that focuses on women-centric businesses run by
women
 INDUSTRY DOYENS
Anand Ladsariya
Agri tech & Forestry
Founder of Everest Flavours, he is as an ex-Chairman of CHEMEXCIL. He mostly looks for a strong team
while making any additions to his portfolio of more than 90 startups.

Rajesh Sawhney
Food tech & Beverages
He is the co-founder and CEO of foodtech startup InnerChef and also the founder and CEO of GSF
Accelerator. Rajesh has made 80 angel investments and some of his portfolio startups are DocsApp,
CityMall, ORO Wealth.

Shanti Mohan
Health, wellness & fitness
Founder of LetsVenture, which has facilitated over $100 million in investments. They connect Indian
startups with angel investors and has DailyNinja, Wishberry, MyUpchar, and Ketto as part of its portfolio
and 3,700 members.
 INDUSTRY DOYENS
Zishaan Hayath
Edutech & Training
Cofounder of Toppr.com and an emerging name as an Angel Investor of Startups in India. He is also the
Co-founder and VP Product of Chaupaati Bazaar. He prefers to invests in Edtech and SaaS Products

Amit Somani
Travel & Tourism
He was the Chief Products Officer for MakeMyTrip. He was a part of the leadership team that took the
company public on NASDAQ in 2010 He majorly invests in Companies with travel domain and
Consumer internet

Anuj Golecha
Real Estate
Co-Founder of Venture Catalysts (Start-up Incubator) & Samyakth Capital (Hybrid growth fund), is among
the prominent angel investors in Mumbai. He has over 15 years of experience across various fields which
including real estate
 INDUSTRY DOYENS
Rana Daggubati
Media & Entertainment
Rana Daggubati and Akshay Kumar to Launch Socialswag, India's first influencer-led online marketplace
called Socialswag. He also alongwith Anthill Ventures announced the launch of Urban-i, a market access
programme focused on accelerating the business growth of consumer brand startups in India

Chitra Gurnani Daga

Travel & Tourism
She is the CEO of Thrillophilia, alumni of Indian School of Business. Thrillophilia is an online marketplace
for activities and activity tours.

Malini Agarwal
Media & Entertainment
is an Indian digital influencer, TV host,entrepreneur and best-selling author.[6] Formerly a radio jockey on
Mumbai's Radio One (India) and Head of Digital Content for Channel V India, she founded her blog
MissMalini.com in 2008
 INDUSTRY DOYENS
Falguni Nayar
Fashion & Beauty / E-Commerce
Falguni Nayar, the founder of Nykaa, one of India's biggest online fashion and lifestyle portal, had been
living the ideal life. After serving 20 years as a venture investor and merchant with Kotak Mahindra, she
suddenly announced her departure to pursue her dream.

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Biotechnology
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the executive chairperson and
founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, and the former chairperson of Indian Institute
of Management, Bangalore.

Richa Kar
Fashion & Beauty / E-Commerce
Richa Kar is the Co-founder of Zivame. Zivame is a Bangalore based startup for women apparels and has
truly revolutionised the Lingerie market in India. Richa founded Zivame in 2011 along with Kapil Karekar.
 INDUSTRY DOYENS
Aditi Gupta
Health, Wellness & Fitness
Aditi Gupta is an Indian author and co-founder of Menstrupedia Comic. She and her husband, both
National Institute of Design Alumni, co-founded Menstrupedia Comic in 2012. In 2014, she was named in
the Forbes India 30 Under 30 2014 list.

Radhika Ghai Aggarwal

E-Commerce
Radhika Ghai Aggarwal is an Internet entrepreneur and India's first woman to enter the Unicorn Club.
She is the co-founder of online marketplace ShopClues established in 2011 in silicon valley.

Anupam Mittal
IT & Technology / E-Commerce
He is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at People Group. He is a Co-Founder and serves
as Chairman and Managing Director at Mauj. He serves as the Board Member and StayAbode. He
served as Investment Committee Member at India Quotient. He is the Founder of Shaadi.com
 INDUSTRY DOYENS
Ritu Kumar
Fashion & Beauty
She is a popular fashion designer who runs her boutique called ‘Ri’ along with label ‘Ritu Kumar’. Ritu is
the foremost fashion designer in India, the recipient of the Padma Shri award, Achievement Award in 2012
at L’oreal Paris Femina Women’s Awards and the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini award.

Shradha Sharma
Media & Entertainment
Shradha Sharma is the founder and CEO of YourStory, a digital-media platform for startups and
entrepreneurs. Before starting YourStory in 2008, Shradha served as an assistant vice president at
CNBC TV18 and also a brand adviser at The Times of India.

Shubhra Chadda
Retail Sector
Shubhra Chadda is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Chumbak a company that started as an Indian
themed souvenir store. She is one of the women entrepreneurs in India who has truly made things so
much more beautiful with a design-led brand.
 ANAITA SHROFF MAYANTI LANGER
Who- Hosted the show Feet Up With Who- An Indian sports anchor, generally
The Stars works for Star Sports network. She is well
experienced and educated.
Why- She is an Indian fashion stylist,
costume designer and been featured Why- Her proficient choice of words,
in magazines including Vogue, ability to capture the audience's attention
L'Officiel, Elle and Rolling Stone. She is are the plus points. Even though being a
successful by her own merits and is sports anchor, her ability to comprehend
another good option as the host. the situation and communicate it with the
viewers is at par among many anchors.
 PARUL GULATI MEIYANG CHANG
Who- A trained actress who has studied at
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. Who- An Indian actor, television host,
She is also the CEO of her start-up, Nish singer, and dentist. Well known for
Hair. hosting Indian Idol 2006 edition.

Why- She is youthful, energetic, and Why- His experience in the hosting
understands the start-up culture segment and his ability to capture the
thoroughly. Her insights, as an anchor, audience's attention with his simplistic
during the show will be an apt addition to yet suspenseful explanation of the
the show. situations will be a great addition.
 KUBRA SAIT MANDIRA BEDI
Who- She is an Indian Actres, model & anchor. for Who- She is is an Indian actress, fashion
various TV shows and programs, such as Star designer, and television presenter.
Sports Pro Kabaddi, Filmfare 2016, won the title
of India's Best Female Emcee Why- She has hosted ICC Cricket World
Cups, Champions Trophies, Indian
Why- She has hosted various TV shows and Premier League. Besides, she has a very
programs, such as Star Sports Pro Kabaddi, good presence, and her past work has
Filmfare 2016, won the title of India's Best Female been a reflection that she can connect
Emcee. She is undoubtedly a prolific speaker who with the audience well
has performed and enthralled audiences in more
than 30 countries.
SHOOT LOCATIONS

Dramatic entry of the Stalwarts and Formal stage set up which matches the
Industry Doyens CNBC logo colours and style
SHOOT LOCATIONS

Beauty Centre of Brands Luxurious Lobby Tech office and rooms

 SHOOT LOCATIONS
Restaurants
and Dhabas

Educational
Institutions

Historic Places

Cultural and wellness Centres

 SHOOT LOCATIONS
Fulfillment Centre
of E-commerce stores

Multi-retail
store

Board Rooms
and
Corporate Offices

Lounge
DRAMA
 DRAMA ELEMENTS

Struggle stories Attitude Family pit

Contestant background stories Showcase of different attitudes A display zone to get B-Roll
highlighting the pain and like high ego or breakdown of shots of family and their
suffering contestants tension

Commentary Apt Music

Commentary on disagreements
between mentors and Apt background music
negotiations throughout the show is a must
 BODY LANGUAGE
Of waiting for the
result
Of being involved in listening
and evaluating

Of victories and
excitement Of moments with family
and supporters
 PREMISE Contestants rehearsing backstage and
ready to enter to make the pitch

The workplace of Contestants

the contestants waiting in the
isolation room
ZONES
DEMO ZONE ISOLATION ZONE DISPLAY ZONE

The waiting area for A zone for families and

For the entrepreneurs the entrepreneurs
to rehearse their friends to watch the
before and after their pitches
pitches pitches, until result is
announced
SHOW FORMAT 2
 SHOW OVERVIEW

Show Format: The show will consist of:

● 12 Episodes in Season one ● 1 Anchor

● Three part structure template ● 3 Venture Capitalists
for each Episode ● 1 - 2 Celebrity guests or
Industry Stalwarts
● 3 Contestants per Episode
 PART INTRODUCTION AND SET UP
01
The set for the show will be the studio

Host appearance & Introduction of the concept of

the show and the judges (30 to 45 secs)

Introduction video of the Industry doyen(s), the

Venture Capitalists and their journey
 PART WINNING PITCH OR BACK IN THE DITCH
02
Introduction of each participant, their business and
personal journey, families and reason for being on the
show with a video (60 secs)

They enter the Pitching Zone one at a time and are given a
limited time to pitch about their business using visual aids or
showcasing their prototype.
 PART THE GRILLING AND NEGOTIATION
03
The judges evaluate the pitch, identify problems,
negotiate and cross question the participants on
their business plan to decide to invest

Each Venture Capitalists’ personality will create a

unique experience for this segment of the show

The entrepreneurs and the Venture Capitalists

shake hands if a deal is done, right after every pitch.
 COMPARISON

Exclusive locations Industry focus Winning prize

Mentorship Budget
 Format 1 Format 2

Week Action Week Action

1 1

2 Research, Scouting, Locking of 2 Research, Scouting, Locking

Contestants, Doyens and of Contestants, Doyens and
3 3
Mentors. Pre production process Mentors. Pre production
4 and planning. 4 process and planning.

5 5

6 6 Shooting and Post Production

7 7 Delivery of Episode 1

8 Shooting and Post Production

9 Delivery of Episode 1