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Go To Market Strategy - Startup Saturday - Headstart Pune
A go-to-market (GTM) strategy is a plan that helps a business launch a product or service successfully.Hear from a Founder how he reached out to a glo...
18 Jan '25
05:30 AMNavigating the AI Driven Future: Opportunities for startups - Startup Saturday
Headstart Telangana presents Startup Saturday - November Edition: "Navigating the AI-Driven Future: Opportunities for Startups." Join us for insights ...
16 Nov '2409:30 AMScaling a Product Startup D2C - Startup Saturday - Headstart Pune
Join us for an exciting Startup Saturday by Headstart Pune on Scaling a Product Startup - D2C, featuring Soniya Gaikwad, Founder & CEO of Pratha N...
26 Oct '2405:30 AM
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Headstart is India's largest & oldest grassroots level organization striving to enable the enablers of the startup ecosystem
Headstart is a volunteer led organization supporting startups and entrepreneurship across India. Since its inception in 2007, Headstart has played an important role in shaping India's startup ecosystem. We strive to enable the enablers of the startup ecosystem in helping the startups and entrepreneurs of India shine! Today Headstarters are fulfilling our founding vision of 'changing the world with entrepreneurship' contributing towards startup policy, venture capital, incubation, startup education and beyond. We have a bold vision for India, and as empowered citizens we do whatever little we can do, to further it.
Making an Impact Since 2007
Founders love us
Yellow Messenger started as a consumer App and Headstart chose us to present at the large startup conference in Bangalore that helped us get early customers and customer feedback. We were once looking to get into an accelerator of a global leader which provides great value in terms of go to market but realized we missed the deadline. Headstart with its connects was able to get the organization look at our company and we eventually made to the accelerator. This is of great value for us a a joint partnership with this company can help us reach global customer base. I recommend any startup to be associated with headstart and take advantage of the self-less love that Headstart provides.
Raghu Ravinutala
Founder & CEO, Yellow Messenger
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Headstart is present in over 30+ cities in India, 4 countries across Globe, enabling the startup ecosystem from the last 14 years with fabulous work from our volunteers.
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