Headstart Goes National: In Mumbai on June 20th!

Having started in Bangalore, a lot of people have often asked us when are we going national. Having successfully run more than 50 Startup Saturdays across 5 cities, a Startup Job Fair and a first-of-its-kind ecosystem collaboration portal, we believe the time is right for us to play a bigger role in making India of… Continue reading Headstart Goes National: In Mumbai on June 20th!

Ashish Gupta’s thoughts on building a business

Ashish Gupta of Helion Ventures delivered a very thought provoking talk at HeadStart and Compute 2009. For those of you who missed it, here it is. All 50 videos of talks, tutorials, panels and demos at the event are being uploaded and will be available here. For a quick roundup of the companies that demo’ed… Continue reading Ashish Gupta’s thoughts on building a business

Enterprise demos at Headstart 2009

Widom Tap is in the area of Product search. There is a problem that most online retailers face. To get people to write reviews is a big challenge. The only people who have solved this process is Amazon. What should everyone else do? Most solutions do not have a clean integration of all the sources… Continue reading Enterprise demos at Headstart 2009

Scheduling one-on-one meetings with Investors @ HeadStart 2009

The HeadStart Foundation associates with several leading investors in India. The following investors have confirmed attendance on panel discussions and one-on-one meetings with startups at the HeadStart and Compute 2009 conference. Please contact Vinayak Hegde at vinayak@headstart.in to schedule a meeting if you want to present a product or discuss an idea with anyone of… Continue reading Scheduling one-on-one meetings with Investors @ HeadStart 2009

Experiences with fund raising, growing business without VCs and exits

The Entrepreneurship panel at HeadStart and Compute 2009 will have entrepreneurs talk about their experiences. Sloka Telecom‘s Sujai Karampuri will talk about his experience with raising angel and VC funds for his venture. Being in a segment that can not really be called a VC favourite makes Sujai’s talk more relevant. VCs in India invested… Continue reading Experiences with fund raising, growing business without VCs and exits

Talking about what affects us entrepreneurs : Entrepreneurship panel at HeadStart 2009

The time now is challenging to most entrepreneurs, whether they are just starting out, raised funding and running operations or have a stably running business for some time. Customer delays, drying up credit and investor sentiment is affecting most of us entrepreneurs. Added to that, there are market forces and general issues which we wanted… Continue reading Talking about what affects us entrepreneurs : Entrepreneurship panel at HeadStart 2009

Honeywell initiates collaboration with Startups; confirms participation at HeadStart 2009

The HeadStart Foundation is in discussions with several large corporates to involve them in a collaborative effort aimed at identifying and executing new business opportunities in partnership with startups and companies with new products. Honeywell is one of them and we expect to have an announcement made in December during the Startup Saturday at Bangalore.… Continue reading Honeywell initiates collaboration with Startups; confirms participation at HeadStart 2009

The Demo-pit and the Innovation panel at HeadStart 2009

We have a very interesting format for presentations by startups and companies with new products at HeadStart and Compute 2009 this year. At the live product demonstrations in HeadStart 2008, we noticed a couple of things. First, presenters were so engrossed with pitching products that they did not actually find any time or get an… Continue reading The Demo-pit and the Innovation panel at HeadStart 2009

Futurescape

HeadStart and Compute 2009 has an agenda that probes the future – keynotes, a series of talks on technology trends by early stage companies who are doing it, a series of talks by early technology adopters in various industry verticals (the ‘innovation panel’), and a series of talks by Venture capitalists on emerging investment trends… Continue reading Futurescape

HeadStart 2009 Panels

HeadStart 2009 will feature the following panel discussions. We will be adding speakers as we continue to receive confirmations from invitees. Jan 9th – Entrepreneur RoundTable [11:15 am – 12:15 noon] Jay Pullur, CEO, Pramati : talking on ‘The shift from Enterprise to Consumer markets : Opportunities, Challenges and Experiences’ Sanjay Swamy, CEO, MChek :… Continue reading HeadStart 2009 Panels