Whether it is to complement your skills or taking the right step in front of a team of VCs, having a co-founder is not an optional alternative for most businesses today. A co-founder can not only be a helping hand but can be a mental support to your dream startup. But is getting a cofounder on board the right decision? Do you really need one, and if yes, what traits should one look for? This and many other relevant questions [...]

There’s a saying that goes “Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone”. Many people extend this saying to success and failure, downplaying the valuable and irreplaceable learning that comes from Startup Failures. Startup Saturday, Bangalore on 9th April focused on the lessons learnt from Startup Failures, a topic that always generates a lot of keen interest. The event saw around 90 attendees enjoying the enriching, humorous and straight-from-the-heart talks that day. The event started out [...]

Startup Saturday Pune  in March was on Sales and Marketing, an exciting theme that always brings a lot of insight and learning to everyone who attends. This time we had Mr. Bipin Deshpande from Feet On Street, Mr. Mandar Shinde from Versatilecs.com and Mr. Aditya Mishra, founder of HeadStart, who all have extensive experience and exposure in sales and marketing. Bipin started the presentation, sharing his experience with Xerox. His area of expertise is  selling to enterprise customers. He talked [...]

  An awesome networking place! Kolkata is rocking! And the proof was the Open Meet organized by Startup Saturday. It was a huge success! A win-win situation for everyone who was a part of it. As expected, the open meet meant small groups where people discussed things in their own ways. The flow of ideas, thoughts, processes was wonderful to see. One could see the zeal in the eyes of the people, the smile on their faces, and the clarity [...]

HeadStart has partnered with NAVTEQ to organize two exciting developer events focused on Location Based Services. Here is their official press release:- Tap into the global apps opportunity and be part of the location-enabled world NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic, and digital location content enabling navigation, is holding its first Developer Day in India. Learn directly from the experts during this day-long event how to use NAVTEQ® map data and partner APIs, and quickly apply your skills [...]

There were balloons, there were party hats, there was a yummy cake, there was snacks, there were celebrities to cut the cake and above all, there were some amazingly vibrant minds of the age to celebrate it The day could not have been better. Around 50 people turned up to celebrate the event and they all deserve the first applause. It was all the more special for them to take out some of their precious time as India was playing against [...]

(A first person account by Ramesh Loganathan, our champion in Hyderabad) After opening comments, introducing the theme and the program for the day, I invited the first speaker from Hyderabad Angels- Murali, an angel investor with Hyderabad Angels and also Founder of MandavaSuites (and a serial entrepreneur, earlier avatars in tech world). Murali shared an investor viewpoint in terms of what attributes makes good co-founders. From his experiences as a serial entrepreneur and also presently as an angel investor. Good [...]

Start-up Saturday is a wonderful initiative from Headstart to foster and develop the spirit of entrepreneurship on a Saturday morning. The meeting conducted on Feb 12’11 was revolving around the theme of co-founders which was held at GINSERV at 10 AM. Jyoti Ramnath, a senior volunteer with Headstart kick-started the meeting by briefing the audience about Start-up Saturday and it’s initiative. She also aligned the meeting to the theme for the event which was all about ‘Co-founders’. She introduced Ms [...]

Startup Saturday Pune for February was our biggest ever in the city. The event saw speakers from IndicThreads, Millenium School/ myEshala, NextLeap, Synthesis Solutions & kPoint.It started with Harshad Oak of IndicThreads (http://www.indicthreads.com). IndicThreads organizes tech conferences such as java, cloud computing, mobile computing, etc. As of now it is only within Pune but in long run they want to spread all across India. These conferences are paid and the overall response is good. Harshad used to work for Cognizant before [...]

CorpFest 2011, an Inter Corporate Festival to be held on 12th March, promises to be the ultimate experience for working professionals and is considered as a welcome break from the hectic deadlines and schedules. With competitions like team dance, team-band, painting etc lined up, this event would be a perfect team building experience. You can also catch the Startup  Saturday Bangalore at CorpFest next month. What makes CorpFest Special? Hand-picked food stalls, NGO’s to display their efforts, entrepreneurs to showcase their exciting concepts [...]