It gives us immense pleasure to announce that Headstart has set the ball rolling for hiring its first employee – an intern to start with. If you wish to apply, please send an email with your resume to arpit with “Internship” in the subject line. Here are more details of the internship: Project: Research into… Continue reading Research intern required for Headstart Network
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Making sure that we don’t fail to learn from failure- Startup Saturday Bangalore April 2011
There’s a saying that goes “Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone”. Many people extend this saying to success and failure, downplaying the valuable and irreplaceable learning that comes from Startup Failures. Startup Saturday, Bangalore on 9th April focused on the lessons learnt from Startup Failures, a topic that always… Continue reading Making sure that we don’t fail to learn from failure- Startup Saturday Bangalore April 2011
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
Startup Saturday Hyderabad, March 2011
(A first person account by Ramesh Loganathan, our champion in Hyderabad) After opening comments, introducing the theme and the program for the day, I invited the first speaker from Hyderabad Angels- Murali, an angel investor with Hyderabad Angels and also Founder of MandavaSuites (and a serial entrepreneur, earlier avatars in tech world). Murali shared an… Continue reading Startup Saturday Hyderabad, March 2011
All About Co-founders, #SSBLR
Start-up Saturday is a wonderful initiative from Headstart to foster and develop the spirit of entrepreneurship on a Saturday morning. The meeting conducted on Feb 12’11 was revolving around the theme of co-founders which was held at GINSERV at 10 AM. Jyoti Ramnath, a senior volunteer with Headstart kick-started the meeting by briefing the audience… Continue reading All About Co-founders, #SSBLR
Starting Up @ Startup Saturday Bangalore
What better way to start off this spectacular New Year, than with a special Startup Saturday on 8th January. Aside from the usual excitement, something different was in the air at the venue this time – a slight frenzy, a lot more participants and that extra whirl of enthusiasm. Not only did we have an… Continue reading Starting Up @ Startup Saturday Bangalore
Building an acquisition alluring startup – Things to keep in mind
Often you know that your plan is not to run the company in the long term, but to build it to the point where it can run itself as a self-sustaining profitable business. After this point, you may want to be acquired and ‘cash out’. The startup entrepreneurs and the venture capitalists refer to this… Continue reading Building an acquisition alluring startup – Things to keep in mind
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
Headstart Network V/s Headstart Ventures
Headstart Nework’s shareholders have decided to remove Kallol as a director.
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.
How to fund your startup @ Startup Saturday Pune
This Startup Saturday (Pune) was perhaps the most interesting one, since it dealt with funding. One of the most notable aspect of today’s meet was the contribution of audience was as remarkable as that of the dignitaries on the dais.
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