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
Outlying the world of mediocrity: #ssmum August 2010
We have witnessed various Themes at Startup Saturday. Right from food beverages to the omnipresent IT. Startup Saturday even went ahead to change the track, remove the fuss and highlight the jugadu workshop-wallas or the offline entrepreneurs. The struggle is to present the most effective content for Entrepreneurs, by Entrepreneurs and of Entrepreneurs. The Goal… Continue reading Outlying the world of mediocrity: #ssmum August 2010
Hiring and Retaining talent at Startup Saturday Pune!
Startup Saturday Pune – August 2010 Today’s Startup saturday was about hiring and retaining talent. It was an interesting group discussion rather than boring lengthy presentation. The discussion was headed by Marcus Hegi of Colayer who spoke about various strategies adopted by Colayer for hiring and retaining talent.
Investors and Startups meet at Startup Saturday Delhi (July 2010)
The July edition of Startup Saturday Delhi had three entrepreneurs share their candid and inspiring stories with the audience. The Shullick Hall at the American Center was packed to the brim with avid listeners. In addition, the first open house discussion session was also hosted. Aditya Sahay began with an insightful account of the predecessor to his product RadBox. A… Continue reading Investors and Startups meet at Startup Saturday Delhi (July 2010)
Announcing Headstart Open House on Twitter
The Open House has been a great success at Startup Saturdays across the country. Its a session where the entire audience discusses and shares experience on a pre-decided topic. It brings out multiple points of views and the richness of experience across startups. Entrepreneurs have benefited a lot from such exchanges. Now we are taking Open House… Continue reading Announcing Headstart Open House on Twitter
The new face of Women Entrepreneurship (Startup Saturday, June 2010)
In all our previous roundups we have used certain adjectives and words to sum up the Startup Saturday experience that we had that month. But this time I believe the only word that fits the experience that the audience might have had is – Shirshasana (a yogic exercise where you stand completely inverted with your… Continue reading The new face of Women Entrepreneurship (Startup Saturday, June 2010)
Social Entrepreneurship – the next big opportunity in India (Startup Saturday May 2010)
With so many unique business models and success stories getting discussed – Social Entrepreneurship seems to be the new gold mine for startups. It has opportunity for new ventures and a clear and measurable social impact. But until recently if you didn’t knew what Social Entrepreneurship is and what it can be, well there were… Continue reading Social Entrepreneurship – the next big opportunity in India (Startup Saturday May 2010)
Startup Saturday Pune in April 2010 on CleanTech
This Startup Saturday was turned out to be very interesting for the theme was the clean tech. So prior to this meet my notion of clean tech was constrained to something like cleaning up Gobar and converting it into clean, odorless and colourless biogas, or harnessing some electricity for street lamps from the scorching heat… Continue reading Startup Saturday Pune in April 2010 on CleanTech
Lights, Camera & Action @ Special Startup Saturday Mumbai (April 2010)
The only thing constant in the life of a startup is change. Every Startup has to change, experiment and adapt to have an edge for itself. So when startups experiment so much why wouldn’t HeadStart? This Saturday, HeadStart presented a new format specially designed for April Startup Saturday. It had pitches in front of panelists,… Continue reading Lights, Camera & Action @ Special Startup Saturday Mumbai (April 2010)
Satisfying our entrepreneurial appetite at Startup Saturday Mumbai (March 2010)
Hundreds of Entrepreneurs and aspirants attend Head Start’s Startup Saturday event every month across 6 locations in India. And to satisfy their Entrepreneurial hunger, Head start was back this March with yet another Start up Saturday, aptly themed around “Food and Beverages”. Things were quite different this month as the regular headstarters got engaged hosting… Continue reading Satisfying our entrepreneurial appetite at Startup Saturday Mumbai (March 2010)
Adventure sports in SS Pune in March ’10
Pune, Mar 13. The theme for today’s meet was adventure sports. The speakers for the meet were Commodore V. G. Praveen from Inland windsurfing and sailing academy. Anita from Templepilots (A paragliding club) Rohan More from Japalouppe (A horse riding academy) One common thing evident about all the speakers was the passion with which all… Continue reading Adventure sports in SS Pune in March ’10
Interview with Mr Mahesh Shetty of MT Educare
Mr Shetty of MT Educare spoke at Startup Saturday Mumbai and later we interviewed him about his journey, entrepreneurship and education sector. Valued at over Rs 100 crores (i.e. 3 years back when they raised funding), MT Educare has explored a nation wide market that is growing at a rapid pace. Q Can you tell… Continue reading Interview with Mr Mahesh Shetty of MT Educare