In the month of November, HeadStart achieved yet another milestone, that of reaching out to masses and sharing its knowledge with entrepreneurs from different places across the country, even those living in remote areas where there is lack of proper guidance and dearth of much needed inspiration during the startup phase. With the November Startup Saturday event at Mumbai being covered by ET Now, to be aired on its show Starting Up, Headstart is well on its way to create [...]

For all the startup enthusiasts reading the Headstart blog, here is an interesting post about “ The Joys and Sorrows of a Startup” by Shubhra, Alicia and Darth – the founders of a Bangalore based startup Chumbak, that sells innovative souvenir products like fridge magnets, keychains, bags, pens, t- shirts and books, all based on the theme – India. We could not do but cover their post on our site. We found it witty and describing a startup workplace vividly. [...]

Congratulations to the entire Headstarters team for an amazing Startup Saturday event on 13th November! The theme for the Startup Saturday was “Social Media”, yes, everyone’s favourite child The stage was already set by the impressive line-up of speakers, @Gauravonomics, @dina , @MaheshMurthy, @rajivdingra; each, a known name in the Social Media space. This was definitely shaping up to be the Super Bowl of Startup Saturday (title courtesy tweet by @akisaxena) Vinay introduced the Startup Saturday format, by comparing it [...]

Headstart Nework’s shareholders have decided to remove Kallol as a director.

Its a fantastic feeling when the community of entrepreneurs whom we work for day in and day out, comes back and gives you such a wonderful gift. Here is a participant made video of what is Startup Saturday, check it out! Made by: Viswa Swaroop Dandu from Bangalore. Vishwa also volunteers for Headstart Network Foundation.

Starting November the 13th, the localized monthly event and the weekly show come together to add their brand of fuel to the highly charged startup ecosystem in the country – Starting Up @ Startup Saturday.

Many of you have asked us about Headstart Ventures. We would like to confirm that HeadStart Ventures is not related to us. It is a personal venture of Kallol Borah who was a co-founder of Headstart. Unfortunately, the name of the venture is very similar to ours. We have requested Kallol to change the name of his venture and are hopeful that he would accede. However, if this does not happen we reserve the right to legal action to protect our [...]

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.

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 India happening in 8 cities on the 2nd Saturday of every month. Click here to register for the November Startup Saturdays .

HeadStart Network Foundation Partners with NASSCOM Product Conclave 2010 as the Startup Ecosystem Partner!!!