What is Headstart Higher?

‘Headstart Higher’ is an initiative by HeadStart Network Foundation. This acts as a platform to connect startups to rockstar people who are keen on working with a  startup.
The event is carried out in the SPEED DATING format, where all candidates meet all startups and then startups can choose to talk further to those who they find competent enough to join them.
Our vision is to help startups HIRE at a HIGHER level, hence the name Higher!

 

Err… What is Headstart Network, by the way?

We are one of the biggest grassroots-level entrepreneurship communities in India, with presence in over 13 Indian cities. Besides organizing over 150 startup events of different scale ever year, we power India’s most popular startup mailing list and do a number of things towards building an ecosystem for startups in India. We believe entrepreneurship can positively impact India in a big way and are working towards that cause for over 5 years now.

So, what do we do at Higher?

We bring STARTUP-READY candidates closer to startups that are looking to hire great talent. This is the process that we follow to achieve the same:

1. Invite participation from prospective candidates and startups.
2. Get details of what the participating startups are looking for in their prospective hires.
3. Screen candidates based on their profiles and the requirements of the startups.
4. Let the startups pitch to the candidates on the day of the event.
5. Let the startups and candidates speed-date  i.e allocate 3 minutes to each candidate with every startup and let the magic unfold!

Is this the first of its kind that we are doing?

No, we have  successfully hosted a series of‘Higher’sessions  last year in Bengaluru, Delhi and Hyderabad.Out of the 40 startups that attended the Bengaluru edition of ‘Higher’ last year, an average of 3.7 candidates were shortlisted by companies. Hence, this year we wish to take ‘Higher’ higher, by helping a number of startups hire!

What Higher is and what it is not…

Higher is:

• A platform to help startups meet candidates who are passionate about startups and vice versa

Higher is NOT:

• A job fair:
  Only young startups (Start-ups that are between 0-3 years ideally) are allowed here and we are quite particular about that.
• A place where offers are handed out:
  Even though we have examples of multiple offers being rolled out by the end of the ‘Higher’ event, that is not our goal.  We are set out to bring together passionate startups and talent,  to spark off the hiring process.
• A selective meetup:
  Here, every candidate meets every startup. One cannot pick and choose. We do this to make sure maximum value is derived out of the event by every candidate and every startup and it also helps us run the event in an organized fashion.

How can you participate?

Startups – You can participate by registering here – http://goo.gl/FTE1aj

Candidates – you can participate by applying here – http://goo.gl/N1eP60

When is it happening?

This year, the event is happening on 26^th April in two cities – Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

More details about the Bangalore event here: http://higher.headstart.in/bengaluru

More details about the Hyderabad event here: http://headstart.in/blog/headstart-higher/

If you have doubts/questions/clarifications, please do drop an email to

prashant.sharma@headstart.in or rohith.veerajappa@headstart.in (Bengaluru)

ramesh@headstart.in (Hyderabad)