TN W.O.M.E.N × EcoHQ Present

FOUNDER
SWITCH LAB

From Employee to Entrepreneur

📍 Loyola Inclusive Innovation Impact Centre (L3iC)
🕙 28th March 2026, 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
👥 Limited Seats
🍽️ Lunch & Hi-Tea Included
⚡ Limited seats available — applications close once full

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Why This Room Exists

You've been thinking about it.
It's time to get clarity.

"Should I start something of my own?"

Most corporate professionals carry this question quietly for years. Some have ideas but lack clarity. Some have passion but fear financial risk. Some simply don't know where to begin.

Founder Switch Lab is the room that addresses exactly this — honestly, practically, and without the startup conference fluff.
What You'll Walk Away With

Six things this lab will give you

🧭

Clarity on whether you're actually ready to start

💰

How much financial runway you need before quitting

💡

How to test your idea before leaving your job

⚠️

The real risks nobody talks about openly

🗣️

Raw founder stories — the good, the hard, the real

🤝

A peer network of like-minded professionals

Program Flow

What happens on the day

10:00 – 10:15 AM
Welcome & Readiness Mapping
Stage badges: White (no idea), Orange (exploring), Green (ready to build)
10:15 – 11:00 AM
Introductions & Peer Connect
Everyone gets 2 minutes. Meet your future co-founders here.
11:00 – 11:15 AM
Networking Break
Juice & snacks. Real conversations begin.
11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
THE TALK — Taking the Plunge
Led by Arasi Arul. Financial readiness, family expectations, first steps, founder mistakes.
12:45 – 1:45 PM
Lunch
Included. Keep the conversations going.
1:45 – 3:30 PM
Founder Transition Stories
Three founders. Cosmetics, food, and technology. Three real journeys.
3:30 – 4:00 PM
Picking the Founder's Brains – Q & A
Direct questions to the founders. Get answers to the real questions you're asking.
4:00 – 4:30 PM
Networking & Hi-Tea
Wrap up, connect, and leave with clarity.
Your Speakers

People who've actually done it

Arasi Arul
Arasi Arul
Serial Entrepreneur | Investor | TEDx Speaker | Member, NHRC India
Founder of 60Plus Global, Managing Partner at TN W.O.M.E.N, and one of India's most recognised voices on entrepreneurship and women's empowerment. She will lead the first half of the lab — covering everything the startup world doesn't tell you.
Kiru Makkipillai

Kiru Makkipillai

Divine Foods
From full-time professional to food entrepreneur — the journey, the grind, and what it really takes to build in the food industry.
Monica Rajendran

Monica Rajendran

Lily's Aura
How she built a cosmetics brand from scratch — navigating the switch from employment to ownership in a competitive market.
Harivikash

Harivikash

Founder @ZenVoice
Building Voice AGI for the World from India | Advancing AI for Tamil Nadu | Business Talks | AI Agents | Automation
Is This For You?

You should be in this room if...

You're a corporate professional thinking about starting up
You have an idea but don't know how to validate it
You're planning a career shift in the next 6–18 months
You want to hear real stories, not motivational fluff
You want financial clarity before making the leap
You're looking for a serious peer network of fellow explorers
Investment

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All tickets include full-day access, lunch, hi-tea, and program materials.

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Regular
₹4,200
  • Full-day lab access
  • Lunch & Hi-Tea
  • Program workbook
  • Peer networking
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Founder Circle
₹7,500
  • Priority seating
  • Lunch & Hi-Tea
  • 60-min private session with Arasi Arul
  • Follow-up founder strategy call
  • Ecosystem introductions
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