Startup Saturday Pune for February was our biggest ever in the city. The event saw speakers from IndicThreads, Millenium School/ myEshala, NextLeap, Synthesis Solutions & kPoint.It started with Harshad Oak of IndicThreads (http://www.indicthreads.com). IndicThreads organizes tech conferences such as java, cloud computing, mobile computing, etc. As of now it is only within Pune but in long… Continue reading Education & Technology: Startup Saturday Pune
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Tech Startups The Face Of Budding India – SSMUM Jan 2011
The words technology and India are now synonymous to the rest of the world. India has proved its mettle time and again when it comes to technology and its application for a better life hood. While we all know this, we are even aware that India still lags behind in this hot market when it… Continue reading Tech Startups The Face Of Budding India – SSMUM Jan 2011
SuperBowl of Startup Saturday
Congratulations to the entire Headstarters team for an amazing Startup Saturday event on 13th November! The theme for the Startup Saturday was “Social Media”, yes, everyone’s favourite child 🙂 The stage was already set by the impressive line-up of speakers, @Gauravonomics, @dina , @MaheshMurthy, @rajivdingra; each, a known name in the Social Media space. This… Continue reading SuperBowl of Startup Saturday
What is Startup Saturday? Hear It From A Participant [Video]
Its a fantastic feeling when the community of entrepreneurs whom we work for day in and day out, comes back and gives you such a wonderful gift. Here is a participant made video of what is Startup Saturday, check it out! Made by: Viswa Swaroop Dandu from Bangalore. Vishwa also volunteers for Headstart Network Foundation.
Starting Up @ Startup Saturday
Starting November the 13th, the localized monthly event and the weekly show come together to add their brand of fuel to the highly charged startup ecosystem in the country – Starting Up @ Startup Saturday.
Headstart Talks: Kunal Shah, Founder & CEO – Freecharge
Shortly after they presented at Startup Saturday Mumbai, we caught up with Kunal Shah Managing Director, Accelyst Solutions Pvt. Ltd and talked about their new venture Freecharge.in and the mobile VAS industry. What is Freecharge.in in one line? We want to make mobile recharge free by offering equal value back to the customer in the… Continue reading Headstart Talks: Kunal Shah, Founder & CEO – Freecharge
Demos from Mobile and communication segment: Part 1 of 2
Today I am amidst some the very innovative products in India right now. Read below to know why I sound so excited: Sonim: Sonim has solutions in the mobile technology area. They demoed their intersting rugged wireless device that works as a walkie-talkie, Presence and Mobiltiy enabled device, a mobile pager and a normal GSM… Continue reading Demos from Mobile and communication segment: Part 1 of 2
Quotes from Enterprise panel discussion
We had the enterprise segment panel discussion yesterday. Here are a few words of advice to entrepreneurs from our speakers: C Mohan, Chief Scientist, IBM India and an IBM fellow: “One thing that I would like to mention is that there is the IBM’s venture capital group that partners with small companies to use IBM’s… Continue reading Quotes from Enterprise panel discussion
Enterprise Segment demos: Part 2 of 2
Somewhere, someone also asked what are Infosys and Symantec in an event meant for startups. To this Aditya Mishra clarified “At Headstart, we recognized that innovation and technology leadersship, though taking place at a startup in many cases, does not necessarily take place there. Besides, in the marketplace, there is no reason why a large… Continue reading Enterprise Segment demos: Part 2 of 2
Enterprise Segment demos: Part 1 of 2
Drishti: Ankur Sharma from Marketing Drishti. Enterprise communication company. First product in 2005. First showcasing of their product. Peculiar requirements from Motilal Oswal. Setup a new standard from price an performance for Motilal Oswal. Multiple media and multiple channels for communication. Their demo showed how can a single operator work across multiple operations like calling,… Continue reading Enterprise Segment demos: Part 1 of 2
Consumer Services panel discussion
We had the panel discussion on Consumer services today morning. It saw some key features of internet and mobile based consumer industry being discussed. Here are some sound bytes from the panelist: Sateesh Andra, Venture Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson: “When it comes to monetization, you need to have a clear answer – what, when, how… Continue reading Consumer Services panel discussion
First demo session: Consumer services
We just had the first session of demos at Headstart. This saw the latest technology from internet based companies like Alabot, Proficio, MobiSolv, SneakCast and 90 degrees internet: Alabot: The next time you are chatting with a chat based support, you can never be sure if you are actually talking to a human sitting anywhere… Continue reading First demo session: Consumer services