One of the biggest challenges that women entrepreneurs face is in getting a share of the procurement that big companies do.

On Tuesday, six companies — Accenture, Intel, Marriott, HP, Wal-Mart and IBM - came together with some 100 women-owned-and-run businesses to understand each other better. This "speeddating session" in Bangalore was part of a Think Big initiative organized by WEConnect International, a non-profit that connects women-owned businesses with multinational corporate purchasing organizations, and supported by the Times Foundation.