PRESS NOTE

Headstart Higher @ Hyderabad is back- 20 December 2014

40 startups and 100 candidates; Unique high-impact startup hiring event; by the Startup Saturday team; As part of Headstart Network’s multi-city startup enabling initiatives; 

11 December, 2014, Hyderabad:  Headstart Network, the early stage  startups’ ecosystem Organisation behind the monthly Startup Saturdays across the country, is bringing the next edition of Headstart Higher. The biggest platform in the county for offline hiring for Startups.  Due on Saturday December 20th 2014 at IIIT (H) Gachibowli, Hyderabad!

Headstart Higher is Headstart Network Foundation’s initiative to address the hiring needs of startups and candidates alike. The event facilitates maximum interactions between startups and candidates in minimum time through its unique speed dating format. Candidates and startups are required to get through an online assessment prior to the event, which ensures quality and value for both.

“This is Headstart’s ninth Higher national event after Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, and we are excited to organize it again in Hyderabad for the third time.” says Arpit Agarwal, Co-founder Headstart Network.  Headstart Higher has seen more than 250 startups and 400 candidates participate nationally and has facilitated about 50 startups to hire quality candidates through this initiative.

Mr. Ramesh Loganathan, member of Headstart’s founding team who is well known for his work in the startup community in Hyderabad says “this event is building on the strong platform created by the monthly Startup Saturday’s that has been on for seven years in Hyderabad. HS Higher and HS Cofounder search takes the value beyond just passive enablement that Startup Saturday brings to more actively support early stage startups”.

The event targets connecting startup founders looking to hire rockstar talent in and around Hyderabad, with young technical/sales professionals passionate about working for a startup. Registrations are now open and the hiring event itself is due on 20th December at IIIT-H.

About Headstart Network Foundation:

Headstart Network Foundation, setup with a vision to ‘Change the World through Entrepreneurship’, has been working relentlessly towards fostering, catalyzing and strengthening the entrepreneurial and startup ecosystem across India from as early as 2006-07 and Headstart Higher is one of its many initiatives to address the challenges of Startup.   To know more about Headstart Network Foundation and Headstart Higher, please log in to http://headstart.in/blog/headstart-higher/

For more information, please write to arti@headstart.in / rameshl@progress.com or call +91-9749042997.