I would like to thank SM for contacting Sten and for all members who engaged in discussing about 'Startups in Mauritius'. This subject lead to an interesting event. I would also like to thank LSL Digital team for helping SM out with the venue, logistics and for the warm welcome. Everybody felt cozy and the set up was amazing. There was attention to details and I appreciated it.
Thank you for your presence at today's event Sten. What inspired me the most was your passion. Who takes out time to talk about startups, to share his/her experience and reply to emails during holidays? You did it and it was a pleasure to see you inspire some mailing list subscribers and all the people present at the event today. I look forward to see how the panel members and all those present will do next. I hope you are enjoying your stay in Mauritius. Thank you again Sten.
>There is a news article, this
> morning, about the event in L'Express.
There is another article [1]
> The event started at 10:47 and ended at 12:15.
The event started at 10:48 and ended at 12:21. You thanked everyone who came at 12:19 and followed up by asking the panel members 'what next?' the event ended at 12:21.
>Although the event
> ran within the allotted time I am not satisfied about my planning as
> the event did not start at 10:30 as scheduled. I would like to thank
> Shelly for helping with the co-ordination of the event and Sandeep
> for providing advice about the panel discussion and helping out with
> the logistics.
Thank you again for helping SM Sun. It was encouraging to see some members helping SM even if he did not asked for it.
I appreciate your effort.
Yes SM you were late but you managed to stick with the agenda and respected
the time allocated for panel members and audience to answer the questions and it was fine SM.
> The objective of the event was about fostering engagement through a
> panel discussion about start-ups in Mauritius. The discussion
> happened. As the discussion was unfocused I don't think that the
> objective was reached.
I agree that the discussion was somehow unfocused but it was a good attempt.
The panel members did talk about startup related matters and it was interesting.
In my opinion, Ish did a good job as
> representative of the Mauritius Internet Users. I unfortunately had
> to turn down the request made by representative of the Mauritius
> Internet Users for more time to respond to the comments made by the
> Project Manager, Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation
> as I would be showing bias.
Yes. He asked for 1 min which you allowed and denied the additional 30 seconds he requested.
I understand your decision as he was out of the time allocated to answer the question and it would
have been considered as bias since he was representing the Mauritius Internet Users. I was satisfied
with his diplomatic response and thank him for representing the Mauritius Internet Users on the panel.
> Was there start-up success stories which will convince the
> audience? Was there a good discussion about start-up hurdles? I
> suggest watching the video for answers to those two questions.
I am eager to watch the video.
> There was a question from Shelly about whether there would be any
> advantage for start-ups if residential internet users had 100 Mbps
> local access to the internet at an affordable price. The response
> from Mr Suraj Ramgolam, representing the Ministry of Technology,
> Communication and Innovation, was that it would be a game-changer.
I should also have asked Mr Ramgolam how he could help residents access 100Mbps local Internet Connection
at an affordable if he really thinks that it would be a game changer.
[1]
http://www.lexpress.mu/article/273796/debat-sur-start-ups-petite-taille-maurice-est-un-avantage-dit-sten-tamkivi
Kind regards,
Shelly
Received on Mon Jan 04 2016 - 18:45:57 PST