What if a common man, earning less than Rs 100 per day could have an easy access to financial services like insurance policies, pension plans and loans? What if all he had to do was shell out a day’s income to enjoy the benefits of these services? If all this seems a little far-fetched, think again. With his startup D20 (Distribution 2.0), Mukut Deepak has now transformed this reverie into a tangible reality. Committed to spreading financial literacy in this world, Distribution 2.0 offers low cost, easy to use financial services through a nationwide distribution network of convenience stores. The Headstart team got in touch with Mukut Deepak and interviewed him about his journey down the entrepreneurial path and the challenges he faced while working on his startup Distribution 2.0.
Tag: Startup Saturday
Startup Saturday sparks the spirit of entrepreneurship
The month of October was a glorious one for Startup Saturday, which spread its entrepreneurial wings over two new cities and sparked the spirit of entrepreneurship in Chennai and Chandigarh. Fueled by the joy of having achieved this significant goal, the Startup Saturday events took off successfully. Startup Saturday is now the only localized entrepreneurial event in… Continue reading Startup Saturday sparks the spirit of entrepreneurship
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.
A Saturday morning totally well-spent – Startup Saturday Bangalore on “Social Entrepreneurship”
Many of us entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs have frequently thought about how we can make a difference to the society we live in while at the same time improving our lifestyle through a profitable business. While admittedly all businesses are social in the sense that they create opportunities for employment, improves stakeholder livelihoods, and engages… Continue reading A Saturday morning totally well-spent – Startup Saturday Bangalore on “Social Entrepreneurship”
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)
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
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)
A detailed roundup of Feb Startup Saturday, Mumbai Edition
Following the tradition of motivating entrepreneurial zeal across this nation, HeadStart hosted the monthly Startup Saturday this month on 13th Feb. The event was attended by 75 people who came from various domains, regions and backgrounds to brain storm in yet another superb confluence that we had. The event started with a lecture delivered by… Continue reading A detailed roundup of Feb Startup Saturday, Mumbai Edition
Ecommerce talk at Startup Saturday November (Mumbai)
The topic for Startup Saturday November was Ecommerce / Online Retail in India. We saw a good combination of startups showing their wares, and stalwarts sharing their experiences. We began with a demo of an energy saving app ‘ENPOWER’ by Creative Riot Software. The Creative Riot team has won multiple awards from Microsoft, IIT Bombay,… Continue reading Ecommerce talk at Startup Saturday November (Mumbai)
Startup Saturdays: Think Beyond the Agenda!
Its been a few months since I have been attending Startup Saturdays in Mumbai and its a great feel to be amongst so many aspiring entrepreneurs. Startup Saturday is like an unconference, with all the healthy discussions and interaction between the speakers and the audience you would expect. However SS is structured wrt to the topics… Continue reading Startup Saturdays: Think Beyond the Agenda!
Startups in Finance @ Startup Saturday Mumbai, July
Startup Saturday Mumbai, July ’09: Finance Vertical: Startup Saturday July, was the first SS after last month’s mega event, Headstart Summer 2009. Aditya Mishra, Co-Founder and director of the Headstart Network Foundation gave a brief introduction about Headstart, before the event commenced. The topic for this month’s SS was Finance, and we had some exciting startups/speakers present for… Continue reading Startups in Finance @ Startup Saturday Mumbai, July
Money in the Entertainment business! Startup Saturday Mumbai, May 2009
The vertical chosen was for Startup Saturday Mumbai, May Edition was Entertainment, and the first presenter was Sunil Nair CEO of nautanki.tv. What is nautanki.tv? When Sunil started telling us about it, the first thing which came to my mind was: Hulu! But as I later found out there are some key differences. The fact… Continue reading Money in the Entertainment business! Startup Saturday Mumbai, May 2009