Startup Saturday Kochi for the month of February had great speakers who shared their personal entrepreneurial experience to the new class of aspiring entrepreneurs. Our Entrepreneur of the Month, Mr. Shameer Thaha, who was very generous to come down from Thiruvananthapuram to give his speech to a bunch of budding entrepreneurs’ right here in Kochi was our first speaker. He started “DecideQuick.com” in 2011, six years after his graduation which included a three year stint at Infosys. DecideQuick compares two items (e.g.: Maruti Alto Vs Tata Nano) [...]
Events
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Startup Sales and Marketing @ Startup Saturday March 2013, Bangalore
With over 50 people arriving at the Yahoo Office in Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore this Saturday morning,...
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Lessons From Startup Saturday Kochi, February 2013
Startup Saturday Kochi for the month of February had great speakers who shared their personal entrepreneurial...
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HackerSpace Mumbai #2 – Ground Report
Like most things in life, a hackathon is every bit a roller coaster ride. Just when we were about...
- Headstart Higher, now in Bangalore!
- Taking Off: Startup Saturday Kochi
- Hackerspace hackathon Delhi – Aug 2012 winners
Interviews
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Startup Sales and Marketing @ Startup Saturday March 2013, Bangalore
With over 50 people arriving at the Yahoo Office in Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore this Saturday morning,...
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Headstart Talks: Bhavish Agarwal, Co-Founder and CEO of Ola Cabs
Ola Cabs, one of the fastest growing startups in the Indian Internet and consumer space has sparked...
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Interview with Mukut Deepak, Founder of Distribution 2.0
What if a common man, earning less as less as Rs 100 per day could have an easy access to financial...
- Headstart Talks: Kunal Shah, Founder & CEO – Freecharge
- Interview with Mr Mahesh Shetty of MT Educare
- The “InMobi” Story
Spotlight
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Lessons From Startup Saturday Kochi, February 2013
Startup Saturday Kochi for the month of February had great speakers who shared their personal entrepreneurial...
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We Are Partnering With TLabs!
HeadStart is partnering with TLabs – a mentoring driven Startup accelerator based out of...
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Headstart Higher, now in Bangalore!
Hiring great talent is the fast becoming the #1 challenge for the growth of startups in India....
- Hackerspace hackathon Delhi – Aug 2012 winners
- Startup Saturday Bangalore – August 2012
- Kolkatan Entrepreneurs hit the ball!
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Startup Sales and Marketing @ Startup Saturday March 2013, Bangalore
With over 50 people arriving at the Yahoo Office in Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore this Saturday morning, the fourth session of the “Boot-camp series” of Startup Saturday kicked off bang on time! With an interesting line-up of speakers, the aim of the Headstart’s Bangalore team today was to give all these aspiring/budding entrepreneurs, who were majorly techies, an insight into the Sales and Marketing aspects of a Startup. I should say that the day opened more on a statistical note [...]
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Lessons From Startup Saturday Kochi, February 2013
Startup Saturday Kochi for the month of February had great speakers who shared their personal entrepreneurial experience to the new class of aspiring entrepreneurs. Our Entrepreneur of the Month, Mr. Shameer Thaha, who was very generous to come down from Thiruvananthapuram to give his speech to a bunch of budding entrepreneurs’ right here in Kochi was our first speaker. He started “DecideQuick.com” in 2011, six years after his graduation which included a three year stint at Infosys. DecideQuick compares two items (e.g.: Maruti Alto Vs Tata Nano) [...]
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HackerSpace Mumbai #2 – Ground Report
Like most things in life, a hackathon is every bit a roller coaster ride. Just when we were about to move #hackmum to a smaller location fearing a low turnout, in came devs with their trusty laptops and their ‘dawg-lets-do-this’ look. The brainstorming session (where ideas are put up on the board and teams are formed) was every bit as interesting as a Lok Sabha horse trading jamboree. The hackers pitched their 9 ideas with a great zeal in an [...]
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We Are Partnering With TLabs!
HeadStart is partnering with TLabs – a mentoring driven Startup accelerator based out of Noida. A Times Internet Ltd. initiative, TLabs offers seed investment of Rs 10 Lacs to entrepreneurs along with mentoring and access that a startup would need to thrive. We have known TLabs since its inception and firmly believe in the value it offers to the startup ecosystem in India. The same is only validated with a plethora of accelerators entering India in recent times. We organize over [...]
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Taking Off: Startup Saturday Kochi
HeadStart is proud to announce the launch of its Kochi chapter. Here is a quick summary from our Kochi team on the inaugural Startup Saturday in September. On Sep 8, 2012, we had our inaugural event with about 50 attendees at the Startup Village (startupvillage.in). Having successfully founded 1298.in, our main speaker Mr. Shaffy Mather was at his best sharing his learning and experience with the audience. Mr. Mather, apart from being the current economic advisor to Chief Minister of Kerala, [...]
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Launching HeadStart Higher and Hackerspace in Mumbai
Mumbai! You’ve known our event Startup Saturday and our mailing list for past several years. Thanks to your patronage and awesome volunteers, Startup Saturday is now in 10 cities and is seen the hotbed for early stage entrepreneurs in India. Similarly, our mailing list is seen as the most active list for early stage entrepreneurs in India. Through both of them we keep hearing about unsolved challenges for startups and we keep discussing about what we can do. Here are two new initiatives for [...]
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Prep for co-founder search
Below are the few points which one should keep in mind when searching for co-founder # Early on 1. Spend at least half a day on the co-founders list Yes, if you are seriously looking out for co-founder then you would have prepared you mind to spare time required to call them and meet them. Go through the co-founder list [Fill this form from headstart to get access to the common list, alternately you can make one of your own] very slowly, since it has [...]
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Headstart Talks: Bhavish Agarwal, Co-Founder and CEO of Ola Cabs
Ola Cabs, one of the fastest growing startups in the Indian Internet and consumer space has sparked a new market opportunity . You might have met the man behind Ola Cabs at Startup Saturday Mumbai, if not, Headstart caught up with Bhavish Agarwal (Co-Founder & CEO, Ola Cabs) to talk about Starting up and the journey with Ola Cabs so far. Please tell us something about yourself and what you did before Olacabs I graduated from IIT Bombay (IIT-B) with an [...]
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