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Social Entrepreneurship – the next big opportunity in India (Startup Saturday May 2010)

By ⋅ May 18, 2010 ⋅ One comment

With so many unique business models and success stories getting discussed - Social Entrepreneurship seems to be the new gold mine for startups. It has opportunity for new ventures and a clear and measurable social impact. But until recently if you didn’t knew what Social Entrepreneurship is and what it can [...]

Satisfying our entrepreneurial appetite at Startup Saturday Mumbai (March 2010)

By ⋅ March 25, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Hundreds of Entrepreneurs and aspirants attend Head Start’s Startup Saturday event every month across 6 locations in India. And to satisfy their Entrepreneurial hunger, Head start was back this March with yet another Start up Saturday, aptly themed around “Food and Beverages”.
Things were quite different this month as the regular headstarters got engaged hosting the [...]

A detailed roundup of Feb Startup Saturday, Mumbai Edition

By ⋅ February 25, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Following the tradition of motivating entrepreneurial zeal across this nation, HeadStart hosted the monthly Startup Saturday this month on 13th Feb. The event was attended by 75 people who came from various domains, regions and backgrounds to brain storm in yet another superb confluence that we had.
The event started with a lecture delivered by Mr. [...]

Ecommerce talk at Startup Saturday November (Mumbai)

By ⋅ December 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The topic for Startup Saturday November was Ecommerce / Online Retail in India. We saw a good combination of startups showing their wares, and stalwarts sharing their experiences. We began with a demo of an energy saving app ‘ENPOWER’ by Creative Riot Software. The Creative Riot team has won multiple awards from Microsoft, IIT Bombay, [...]

Startups in Finance @ Startup Saturday Mumbai, July

By ⋅ July 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Startup Saturday Mumbai, July ‘09: Finance Vertical:
Startup Saturday July, was the first SS after last month’s mega event, Headstart Summer 2009. Aditya Mishra, Co-Founder and director of the Headstart Network Foundation gave a brief introduction about Headstart, before the event commenced. The topic for this month’s SS was Finance, and we had some exciting startups/speakers present for the [...]

Money in the Entertainment business! Startup Saturday Mumbai, May 2009

By ⋅ July 17, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The vertical chosen was for Startup Saturday Mumbai, May Edition was Entertainment, and the first presenter was Sunil Nair CEO of nautanki.tv. What is nautanki.tv? When Sunil started telling us about it, the first thing which came to my mind was: Hulu! But as I later found out there are some key differences. The fact [...]