Startup Saturday Kochi for the month of February had great speakers who shared their personal entrepreneurial experience to the new class of aspiring entrepreneurs. Our Entrepreneur of the Month, Mr. Shameer Thaha, who was very generous to come down from Thiruvananthapuram to give his speech to a bunch of budding entrepreneurs’ right here in Kochi was our first speaker. He started… Continue reading Lessons From Startup Saturday Kochi, February 2013
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We Are Partnering With TLabs!
HeadStart is partnering with TLabs – a mentoring driven Startup accelerator based out of Noida. A Times Internet Ltd. initiative, TLabs offers seed investment of Rs 10 Lacs to entrepreneurs along with mentoring and access that a startup would need to thrive. We have known TLabs since its inception and firmly believe in the value it… Continue reading We Are Partnering With TLabs!
Taking Off: Startup Saturday Kochi
HeadStart is proud to announce the launch of its Kochi chapter. Here is a quick summary from our Kochi team on the inaugural Startup Saturday in September. On Sep 8, 2012, we had our inaugural event with about 50 attendees at the Startup Village (startupvillage.in). Having successfully founded 1298.in, our main speaker Mr. Shaffy Mather was… Continue reading Taking Off: Startup Saturday Kochi
Launching HeadStart Higher and Hackerspace in Mumbai
Mumbai! You’ve known our event Startup Saturday and our mailing list for past several years. Thanks to your patronage and awesome volunteers, Startup Saturday is now in 10 cities and is seen the hotbed for early stage entrepreneurs in India. Similarly, our mailing list is seen as the most active list for early stage entrepreneurs in India. Through both… Continue reading Launching HeadStart Higher and Hackerspace in Mumbai
Rains, Food, Energy, Internet and Money. That’s what Kolkata discussed this month!
“A cynic is one who knows the price of everything, but value of nothing.” – Some wiseacre It was a meek looking Saturday afternoon. The rain gods were busy pouring their grace all over the city of joy. Lethargy could have been excusable. But as we were to find out, in a room filled with… Continue reading Rains, Food, Energy, Internet and Money. That’s what Kolkata discussed this month!
Kolkatan Entrepreneurs hit the ball!
So I’ve spent two hours thinking, “How do I begin explaining today’s Startup Saturday Cricket match experience?” There are several moments which could define the beginning – when someone randomly proposed the cricket match as an event in addition to our regular meets, when we received a positive response when we announced the event at… Continue reading Kolkatan Entrepreneurs hit the ball!
Headstart Talks: Bhavish Agarwal, Co-Founder and CEO of Ola Cabs
Ola Cabs, one of the fastest growing startups in the Indian Internet and consumer space has sparked a new market opportunity . You might have met the man behind Ola Cabs at Startup Saturday Mumbai, if not, Headstart caught up with Bhavish Agarwal (Co-Founder & CEO, Ola Cabs) to talk about Starting up and the journey with… Continue reading Headstart Talks: Bhavish Agarwal, Co-Founder and CEO of Ola Cabs
Five Uncomfortable Lessons from the Silicon Valley Trenches
2012 will be the year of happening for Startup Saturday Ahmedabad. We saw close to 170 registrations this time despite other events making their rounds in the city. We had Mr. Shirish Andhare, a remarkable speaker who taught his class, ” Five uncomfortable lessons from the silicon valley trenches “. Mr. Shirish’s rich experience from… Continue reading Five Uncomfortable Lessons from the Silicon Valley Trenches
Startup Saturday Delhi – November 19th 2011
One more successful session of start-up Saturday Delhi chapter got over today. The session was attended by entrepreneurs, mentors and hopefuls. The theme of the day was sales in start-ups and otherwise. The session kicked off with presentation by Tushar Bhargava of ZNI wireless, not only did Tushar gave some valuable tips on sales from… Continue reading Startup Saturday Delhi – November 19th 2011
Nasscom Product Conclave Is Back This November
HeadStart Network Foundation has partnered with Nasscom Product Conclave once again. As things fall in place for the event in November, Headstart Co-founder Ramesh Loganathan shares his experience with Nasscom Product Conclave. Ramesh has been an active volunteer for Nasscom Product Conclave and who better than him to tell us what to expect this year… Continue reading Nasscom Product Conclave Is Back This November
Clean Tech, an untapped golden opportunity which will change the way the world lives. SSMUM, May 2011
Talking about clean tech we start thinking about recycling waste to make something all commend but no one buys. We think about the climate change speeches, NGOs, corporate social responsibility and all. Is there a Business sense to all this? A remote possibility is all we can say. This was about to be tilted head over heels at SSMUM. The speakers talked about why clean tech is a golden opportunity to be grabbed and how innovative solutions are bashing our futile assumptions.
Happy Birthday – Startup Saturday Kolkata
There were balloons, there were party hats, there was a yummy cake, there was snacks, there were celebrities to cut the cake and above all, there were some amazingly vibrant minds of the age to celebrate it 🙂 The day could not have been better. Around 50 people turned up to celebrate the event and they… Continue reading Happy Birthday – Startup Saturday Kolkata