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Hello Everyone.

We have barely five more days left before the big day unveils. As you can imagine, things are coming together quite nicely and the support and enthusiasm that the entire team here at Proto has been phenomenal. There is a lot of credit that goes to the team, more than the voice behind these emails usually – as is always the case.

You will find here the detailed agenda for the two days of Proto. If you are a company that is presenting, please be aware that on the first day, there are mentoring sessions that are scheduled for you. So do stay in touch with the organizers, so that we don’t have to deploy search dogs to find you out of the crowd – Yep, We are expecting roughly about 375 – 400 people to be there at the venue.

If you are coming from out of town, and are a startup bootstrapping and hence finding it hard to get an accommodation during the trip to Chennai, I would recommend www.extrabed.in , or couchsurfing.com. It is also a great way to meet outgoing and friendly people from the city, so that perhaps you will take back more than the experience of Proto, along with the experience of the city as well. If you do need any help in this regard – with extrabed.in or, couchsurfing.com, do get in touch with Kiruba Shankar at kiruba@proto.in.

The Venue – The Indian Institute of Technology – is about 6kms from the Airport. So if you are checking into a hotel, anything that is relatively close to the airport would be good. I will send out an email on Thursday with key information that people from out of town might require – such as contact numbers, directions and such, so that no one gets lost on our account.

So, here it is ladies and gentlemen. The D-day is closing in and this coming weekend, we have 23 companies lined up to make their case. We wish them the best, and everyone participating a safe journey.

I look forward to meeting you there.

PS: There is an article on Proto in today’s edition of HT Mint. Online Version here