This Startup Saturday in Bangalore has got an interesting line up of startups in the outdoor sports space. The only sports related startup I remember demo’ing a product at any Startup Saturday is O’Cricket in Mumbai but this weekend will add the following. You can register here to attend. Crickick.com was started by two IT… Continue reading Get Sporty for this Startup Saturday @ Bangalore
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Events
Startups on the Cloud
CloudCamp, organised by ACM Bangalore on 29th of March at NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore, was a great place to be at to see how young and much bigger companies alike are all harnessing the power of cloud computing. The day started with a set of lightning talks and use cases of how companies such as Rediff… Continue reading Startups on the Cloud
Bio-chips : Connecting Biochemistry to Information technology
Microfluidics-based biochips (or lab-on-chip) are revolutionizing laboratory procedures in molecular biology, and leading to a convergence of information technology with biochemistry and microelectronics. Advances in microfluidics technology offer exciting possibilities for high-throughput DNA sequencing, protein crystallization, drug discovery, immunoassays, neo-natal and point-of-care clinical diagnostics, etc. As microfluidic lab-on-chip mature into multifunctional devices with “smart” reconfiguration… Continue reading Bio-chips : Connecting Biochemistry to Information technology
Kolkata, Welcome to the HeadStart Network !
We are pleased to announce Startup Saturday February, happening on the 14th of February across 5 Indian Cities. Startup Saturdays happen on the second Saturday of each month and this Valentine’s Day, Startup Saturday Kolkata is launching. So, let’s begin with Kolkata: Kolkata: At: IIT Kgp Extension Campus, Salt Lake, 3 pm to 6.30 pm… Continue reading Kolkata, Welcome to the HeadStart Network !
Kreeo : Showing how collective intelligence works at Startup Saturday
In the coming Startup Saturday in Bangalore (Feb 14 ’09), we would have Sumeet Anand, the founder and CEO of Kreeo – a Product Startup in the knowledge management space demonstrating with us. You can see passion ooze out of Sumeet as he speaks about Kreeo and his entrepreneurial journey. The Concept: When you first start… Continue reading Kreeo : Showing how collective intelligence works at Startup Saturday
IIMB’s Management Program for Women Entrepreneurs 2009
In an effort to encourage, empower and educate potential women entrepreneurs to create their own business or social enterprise, as well as enable women entrepreneurs to grow their existing enterprise, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) in association with the Nadathur S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) will conduct a Management Program for… Continue reading IIMB’s Management Program for Women Entrepreneurs 2009
Social Search – what did the tutorial at Compute and HeadStart reveal ?
I attended the tutorial on ‘Search and Social platforms’ at the recently concluded HeadStart and Compute 2009. The speakers were Priyank Garg from Yahoo who manages their search engine products, Rajdeep Dua and Vijaya Machavolu from Google who work on OpenSocial implementations, and Jai Ganesh of Infosys who works on how enterprise may put social… Continue reading Social Search – what did the tutorial at Compute and HeadStart reveal ?
HeadStart and Compute 2009 in pictures
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Startup Saturdays across Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore : Agenda for 13th December 2008
There are four special Startup Saturdays across the country, ie, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, this coming weekend 13th December. Startup Saturdays are monthly meetups organised by the HeadStart Foundation that promote interaction among entrepreneurs, advisors, investors, corporate adopters and professionals. The agenda for this weekend across the four cities are 1. Bangalore, venue :… Continue reading Startup Saturdays across Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore : Agenda for 13th December 2008
Dr Prasad Ram, CTO, Google to deliver keynote in Cloud Computing symposium
Cloud computing as a technology trend is capturing the imagination of many. There are several definitions for this term to be inclusive of “everything” as a service—software to flexible computing infrastructure. With the most recent announcement of the CloudFront service from Amazon and existing services from Microsoft and Google, this is as much a practitoner’s… Continue reading Dr Prasad Ram, CTO, Google to deliver keynote in Cloud Computing symposium
A quick catch up on Startup Saturday presenters
We have a really interesting Startup Saturday coming up in Mumbai this weekend on the 8th. IndusGeeks, a very exciting company offering virtual reality experience solutions and O’Cricket, a company doing something very intriguing relating to cricket are presenting. We are looking forward to their 3D demos and will post them here as soon as… Continue reading A quick catch up on Startup Saturday presenters
Philips confirms participation at HeadStart 2009
In the past year or two, there have been a slew of startup oriented events. And if you go to a couple of events, you will notice that most speakers stay put at very high level talk; either they are VCs who keep on repeating the same ‘what does a VC need to see ?’… Continue reading Philips confirms participation at HeadStart 2009