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AboutHeadstartNetworkFoundation

Headstart Network Foundation is a Sec 25 company, established in the year 2008 with the vision to
ChangetheWorldthroughEntrepreneurship.Ithasbeenamongthefirstfew,tohavedriveninformal
andformalmeetsofaspiringandinspiringentrepreneursinIndiaasearlyas200506.
Today,HeadstartNetworkFoundationisthelargestnetworkofearlystagestartupsinIndia.Itfacilitates
entrepreneuriallearning, hiring, marketing insights and peer mentoring amongst the startups through
initiativessuchasStartupSaturdays,HeadstartHigher,HeadstartClubandthroughitsonlinechannels.
Headstart is also committed towards strengthening the tech community of India through Headstart
Hackerspaces(comprisingofHackathons,TechtalksandLabathons)aplatformforbuildingacommunity
ofworldclasstechnologistsinIndia.
Headstart Network Foundation works with a strong network of stakeholders: startups, government,
investors,andindustryandtechcommunity.
Headstart Network Foundation presently, has its network spread across Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai,
Hyderabad,Pune,Gurgaon,Ahmedabad,Chennai,Jaipur,Kochi,TrivandrumandKolkata

2008topresent:Keymilestones

IndiaslargestCommunityofEarlystageentrepreneurs
Morethan30,000entrepreneursimpactedannually
Outreachto26,000+throughmailinglistand13,000+onFacebook
7000+membersonGoogle(Discussion)Group
HighlypopularTwitter,YouTubeandBlogChannels
Morethan150startupeventsorganizedannuallypanIndia

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Initiatives:

1. HeadstartStartupSaturdays:StartupsSaturdayisamonthlymeetheldonsecondSaturdayof
everymonthacross15cities.Itisasharinganddiscussionplatformandfacilitatesnetworking.It
isattendedbyaspiringentrepreneurs,earlystagestartupsandentrepreneurialcommunityofa
particularcity.Thus,theattendeesgetanopportunitytodemo/launchtheirservices/products
and also learn from successful and seasoned startups. The Startup Saturday has witnessed
manyparticipantstransitionintoentrepreneursandhasfacilitatedcofoundersandinvestorsfor
manystartups.StartupSaturdaysreachestoover1,000peopleeverymonth.

2. HeadstartHigher:Astartupisdefinedbyitsearlyemployeesandhencetheseareverycrucial.
Headstart Higher gets together the Startups looking at expanding their team and the
professionalslookingatacareerwithStartups.

3. Headstart Cofounder Search Program: facilitates Startups who are looking for a partner
/cofoundertocomplimenthisorherskillsetsandbringthesamepassionandcommitmentin
drivingtheventureintoasuccessfulenterprise.

4. Headstart Hackerspace: The Hackerspace initiative is to catalyze the emergence of innovative

productdevelopmentcompaniesoutofIndia.WithinHackerspaceinitiative,wehaveHeadstart
Hackathon (is contest between accomplished technologists to create new apps/technology),
HeadstartLabathon(isforhandsoncodesprintstotrainpeople)andTechTalks(newproducts
andnewtech).

5. HeadstartClub:hasevolvedoutoftheneedforacloseknitinformalsessionofentrepreneurs
fromacrossthesectorstoshareinsightsonstrengtheningeachothersventure.Asmallsetof
entrepreneursmeettodiscusstheirownchallengesandtooffertheirknowledgeandresources
toothers.Suchmeetingsallowentrepreneurstolearnthroughtheexperienceofothers.

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