​South Park Commons is coming to IIT Madras for a live discussion and AMA session on navigating the earliest stage of building: the “-1 to 0” journey - a phase filled with exploration, uncertainty, and deep questions before your first prototype or pitch deck ever exists. This is about the messy and deeply personal path that comes before your startup begins. The journey from chaos to clarity, uncertainty to conviction, from just another idea to your life’s work.

​Join us for a candid conversation with the SPC team and fellows on - how to find the right idea, embrace uncertainty, and build with intention. If you’re the kind who is obsessed with asking questions no one else is asking, if you want to ditch the good ideas in search of great ones - then this one is for you.

​What to Expect

• ​Opening Story: Jonathan Brebner (Partner) and Ankit Chowdhary (Principal) from SPC interact and explore the “-1” mindset - why great ideas start with curiosity and questions, why you should aim for the global maxima and the importance of telling your story right.

• ​Lessons from the Ground: Honest reflections from startup life, the emotional cost, and learning the hard way.

• ​Fellow Spotlights: Perspectives from IIT-M Alumnus and SPC Founder Fellows - Ankit Sanghvi and Shreepoorna S Rao - on their own -1 to 0 journeys inside SPC.

• ​Interactive AMA: Ask anything from how to find your co-founder to how SPC helps technical talent explore audacious ideas.

​​​​​About South Park Commons

​​​​​SPC is a home for the most talented technologists figuring out what's next—a community designed to turn the chaos of possibility into the clarity of conviction. Whether you're exploring startup ideas, refining your thinking on a new product, or looking to dive into a new domain, we're here to help you get from -1 to 0.