A festival of business ideas, storytelling, and creative culture. Books, films, founders, and the next generation — all in one room.
BizLitFest is where stories meet strategy. A festival built on the idea that the best breakthroughs happen when an author's insight collides with a founder's ambition, when a documentary screening sparks a business conversation, when a student watches a filmmaker and thinks — I could do that. Books, films, podcasts, and founder journeys on one stage. Products, services, and creative experiments on the floor. The full spectrum of storytelling and entrepreneurship — live, in Hyderabad.
Tell your story on stage or from your stall. Get in front of investors, customers, and collaborators in one room. Access the CXO forum, Blend Hack pitch sessions, and conversations that turn into partnerships.
Free student entry. Walk in, see how businesses actually start, meet founders and filmmakers who were you three years ago. Compete in Blend Hack, attend masterclasses, or just come for the energy and ideas.
Curated CXO forum. Quality networking with founders, investors, and industry leaders. Evening dinner. The conversations that matter — away from the noise, with people who are shaping markets.
Filmmakers, documentary makers, podcasters, authors, content creators — BizLitFest is your stage. Screen your work, sell your books, record live episodes, or showcase from a stall. Storytelling is the business here.
This city runs on entrepreneurship — from Hitech City to Charminar. BizLitFest is the day the entire spectrum shows up in one place. Local films, local food, local stories — but the ambition is national. A festival that feels like the city it's in.
BizLitFest is where an author's book becomes a founder's strategy, a documentary sparks an investment, and a student walks out knowing exactly what to build next.
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Keynotes, fireside chats, panels, book launches, documentary screenings, and masterclasses. Curated speakers, guestlisted VIPs, anchor sponsors. Founder stories, author conversations, filmmaker showcases, and literary thought leadership.
A buzzing marketplace where creators and entrepreneurs have stalls showcasing their products and services. Youth-friendly space design, entertainment acts, Hyderabad-culture activations, music, food, and energy. The Blend Bazaar vibe — alive, local, young.
Large hall. Keynotes, founder firesides, investor panels. BizLitFest-curated speakers. 300+ seats. LED screens, professional AV.
2 smaller halls (70 seats each). Workshops, founder huddles, youth sessions. One room available for Blend-specific programming (3-4 hrs).
Stalls for 30-40 creators and entrepreneurs — product brands, filmmakers, podcasters, authors, artisans, and startups. Direct sales, screenings, live demos, and storytelling at each kiosk.
Local Hyderabad acts — music, spoken word, cultural performances. Blend-curated entertainment bringing the city's creative energy to the foyers and open spaces.
Business ideas + media hackathon. Pitch sessions, seed funding prizes, direct VC access. Technology, sustainability, and creative solutions tracks.
Invite-only. ~100 founders, investors, CXOs. Quality networking, curated by relationship. Evening dinner and after-hours session.
Campus ambassador networks. 400-500 students for brand exposure, footfall, and creator marketplace energy.
Professionals, young founders, creators. Performance marketing + Blend community channels. Tiered pricing.
100 founders, investors, VCs. Curated guestlist. Evening dinner access. Managed by BizLitFest network.
Local music acts, spoken word in Telugu and Deccani, street food pop-ups from the city's best. Not generic — rooted in the city's creative DNA.
30-40 kiosks — filmmakers screening shorts, podcasters recording live, authors signing books, food brands sampling, artisans selling, startups demoing. The full creative economy, live.
Free student entry. Campus ambassador programs. Blend Crew activations. The crowd is 18-30 — the space has to match that energy.
Interactive demos, storytelling screens at each founder stall, amphitheatre-style breakout talks, photo-worthy installations. Dwell time > drive-by.
Hyderabad trip — venue recce (Tea Hub, WeHub, others). Layout assessment for stall capacity, stage setup, and foyer activations. Lock partnership terms.
Confirm venue. Lock sponsor commitments toward 20L target. Share speaker longlist. Blend begins space design concepts and stall layout planning.
Launch ticketing platform (Blend tech). Performance marketing begins. Campus ambassador activation. Blend Hack registration opens. Creator stall applications open.
Finalise speaker lineup. Confirm CXO invite list. Lock stall exhibitors (30-40 creators/entrepreneurs). Entertainment acts confirmed. Hyderabad cultural programming locked.
Full marketing push. Speaker announcements. Content drops. Blend Hack submissions close. All logistics finalised. Run-of-show created.
BizLitFest 2026 goes live. Full day (10am-6pm) + evening VIP dinner. Main stage + masterclass rooms + creator marketplace + Blend Hack finals + entertainment throughout.
Immersive, high-impact experiences that connect brands to people — in real life and beyond. Product launches, cultural takeovers, brand activations at scale.
Design, motion, and storytelling that move ideas forward. Brands brought to life with thoughtful content and creative direction.
Helping brands stay relevant by plugging into culture. Creators, college talent, fandoms, and opinion leaders — community-driven engagement.
Corporate meets, product platforms, brand programs — strategised, systematised, and scaled. End-to-end event infrastructure.
A creator-powered fusion festival celebrating food, fashion, fiction, and music. Curated by Tessarakt — the genesis of the Blend x Tessarakt collaboration.
An electrifying night where sound met spectacle under the Goan sky. The ultimate audiovisual experience event.
Rahil Mehdi (Founder & MD) · Praveen Singh (Co-Founder, Director CFO & COO) · Sabika (Chief Client Partner) · Bhagvanth Prasad (National Creative Director)
tessarakt.comStudent-creator cohort program. Paid partnerships, mentorship, and real brand projects. Building the next generation of creative entrepreneurs through structured cohorts.
crew.itsblend.studioThe main member platform. Profiles, project matching, tools, and resources. Where creators find their tribe, get discovered, and access the full Blend infrastructure.
creator-hub.itsblend.studioInvestment-first creative hackathon. Business ideas meet real capital. Pitch to VCs, win seed funding, get advisory support. The entrepreneurship track that funds what you build.
itsblend.studio/blend-hackThe mothership. India's creative entrepreneurship ecosystem — community, tech, mentorship, and capital across 8 tracks: Foods, Art, Media, Music, Film, Fashion, Gaming, Sustainability.
itsblend.studioWhere conversations spark breakthrough ideas. Books, films, founders, and the next generation — all in one room.