International Women’s Day 2020 #TalkingTruths

Headstart Network Foundation hosted a phenomenal ode for International Women’s day.  Headstart has been the ecosystem enabler for the startup ecosystem for more than a decade and strongly believes it can be truly enabled by doing it equally.  The event was celebrated on 7th March in Coimbatore, Mumbai, Pune, Patna & Raipur by hosting meetups in their… Continue reading International Women’s Day 2020 #TalkingTruths

Meet the Woman Entrepreneur who is disrupting the Industry Maintenance Market from a Tier 2 City

Priyanka Gupta, 29 from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh is the founder of Rezovate Constructions. Rezovate has served big names like LG, P&G, and Vardhman Textiles in the first year of operation. The bug of entrepreneurship bit me when I was working in a corporate job in Bangalore – like most other “MBA after Engineering” people in… Continue reading Meet the Woman Entrepreneur who is disrupting the Industry Maintenance Market from a Tier 2 City

Mentoring Session for Women Entrepreneurs

The fact cannot be denied that problems follow women entrepreneurs like a shadow. Headstart Network organised by Headstart Network Delhi in partnership with Sheroes on 25 August 2018 was an attempt to do something about it. The session dealt simultaneously with the issues faced by twelve startups that participated. The three experts present were from… Continue reading Mentoring Session for Women Entrepreneurs

WE@Headstart Pune March 2017

Saturday morning, 4th of March, 2017 and all roads led to WE@Headstart Pune, planting seeds in a garden we hope to see. WE@ Headstart wants to be a prominent platform to enable Women entrepreneurship where women can get connected with other motivated and determined women, self-help groups, and economic empowering platforms; to share, acknowledge and collaborate on making… Continue reading WE@Headstart Pune March 2017

Breaking Away From Gender Role Expectations – WE at Headstart Feb 2017

Passion. Energy. Intense dialogue These words defined the the WE session on the 19th of February 2017. The session began with a brief introduction by Preethi Guruswamy and Malavika Datar from Lean In Bangalore. Lean In Bangalore is part of the global Lean In network, an initiative committed to offering women the ongoing inspiration and… Continue reading Breaking Away From Gender Role Expectations – WE at Headstart Feb 2017

Launch of WE@Headstart Navi Mumbai

Blog by Aishwarya Meenakshi It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a woman entrepreneur in possession of a startup must be in want of a healthy ecosystem to connect with like-minded and determined women. (Jane Austen, thank you.) It is with great pleasure that Headstart Navi Mumbai launched the WE initiative on Saturday, 18th February.… Continue reading Launch of WE@Headstart Navi Mumbai

WE@Headstart Navi Mumbai Feb 2017: Panel Discussion

Read about the WE@Headstart Navi Mumbai launch here. The panel consisted of our keynote speaker Corporator Netra Shirke (with all her Wisdom), & first generation entrepreneurs Dr Tejal Kanwar (bringing her Insight) and Dr Supriya Shinde (Sarcasm. So much Salt.) The panel was moderated by Aishwarya Meenakshi (yours truly 🙂 ) (I have a vague… Continue reading WE@Headstart Navi Mumbai Feb 2017: Panel Discussion

WE Mentoring Session Hyderabad

WE@Headstart was conceptualized in April 2015 and its vision is to provide support for women entrepreneurs in four ways – inspiration, information, mentoring and funding. The WE Mentoring Session for Women Entrepreneurs marked a glorious start for the WE Hyderabad chapter on 22nd Oct 2016. The volunteers of Headstart Hyderabad Chapter put together a splendid… Continue reading WE Mentoring Session Hyderabad

WE Mentoring Session @HSblr on 3rd Sept, 2016

A bright Saturday morning dedicated to WE – super enthusiastic ladies. WE Mentoring Session, organized on 3rd Sep, 2016 by WE at Headstart was a unique opportunity for 14 women led startups to be mentored by the most creative and seasoned experts. The format was simple. 14 startups got shortlisted to talk to the industry… Continue reading WE Mentoring Session @HSblr on 3rd Sept, 2016

WE@Headstart – Mentoring Session

“I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn’t.” – Dee Dee Myers (former White House Secretary) In this world run on perceptions, the statement made me think and emphasized to me, the fact that women today and all through evolution have held one of the… Continue reading WE@Headstart – Mentoring Session

6 Nuggets of Wisdom for Budding Women Entrepreneurs

Rise of Women Entrepreneurs

On a sunny Saturday afternoon on the month of March, in the calm and unassuming campus of IIT-Madras, a bunch of entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs gathered to celebrate women entrepreneurs & women entrepreneurship – the theme for Headstart’s Startup Saturday, March 2016 edition. Rupal Surana, COO, Stayzilla presented the keynote address. Some quick bytes from the six… Continue reading 6 Nuggets of Wisdom for Budding Women Entrepreneurs

Headstart Kolkata kickstarts the WE Initiative for Women Entrepreneurs

Although, women are half as likely as men to start a business, they are still underrepresented in the field of entrepreneurship. So what could be the reasons for this abysmal state of women in business? Is it because the male dominated society considers entrepreneurship to be just their cup of tea? Is it due the… Continue reading Headstart Kolkata kickstarts the WE Initiative for Women Entrepreneurs