My other side

We all get busy with our daily business, but a mini second of silent moment distracts us to the other side. The other side of one's self. Each one of us has this silent self that wishes to do something else more passionately than what we do everyday.

Discover your other side and indulge more often into it. A new blog "Hobby Troops" means to help you discover the other side of one's self.

http://hobbytroops.blogspot.in/

Another event round the corner- Headstart 2009

Posted by Headstart

HeadStart is an event for entrepreneurs which marks the culmination of monthly Startup Saturdays across the country. You can get more information about it HeadStart here, and about Startup Saturdays here.
If you are an entrepreneur looking for Funding, we have arranged exclusive 1 to 1 "Meet a VC" slots over the 2 days of the event. Please refer to this blog post to view the names of the VCs along with the times at which they would be available.Please send an email to Vinayak Hegde on vinayak@headstart.in to help him arrange for a 1 to 1 meeting between you and the VC you want to contact. Ideally you should be a startup with a working prototype of your product being demoed at the demo pit as described in the following paragraph.
Besides,If you have built an innovative product/service and would like to demo it (and get feedback, meet prospective customers etc), then we invite you to nominate your startup's offering by filling up this nomination form. I am sorry about informing you so late, but the last date for nominations is tomorrow, so please send it at the earliest! This is absolutely free of charge.
Lastly, If you want to register for the event, you can do so here. The event fee is about 45$ if you avail the early bird discount. We have tried to keep it as low as possible to enable unfunded entrepreneurs to attend it.
We also have a rich collaboration with Corporates who want to either work with Startups or want to learn how to bring forth innovation/intrapreneurship in their organization. Feel free to connect me [amit@headstart.in] to your company's decision makers if you feel they would be interested. (We are a not for profit btw)
We are very passionate about building an ecosystem in India where entrepreneurship can thrive. Please help us spread the word by blogging about it or posting the information on relevant mailing lists. Please do drop me a line informing me about the same so that I can thank you personally!

-- For Entrepreneurs: www.headstart.in www.startupsaturday.in

Special Startup Saturday on a Sunday

Here is an interesting task taken up by a bunch of young people in Bangalore. It is called Startup Saturday apparently held on June 15th which is a Sunday. It consists of interesting panels and speakers coming to give their knowledge and insights about entrepreneurship.
Agenda
09:00 - 09:30 ---> Registration and Networking
09:30 - 09:45 ---> Introduction to KickStart
09:45 - 10:15 ---> Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship
10:15 - 10:45 ---> Idea Validation
10:45 - 11:00 ---> Q & A
11:00 - 11:30 ---> Tea Break
11:30 - 12:30 ---> Business Plan - Basics
12:30 - 13:00 ---> Exercise on Business Plan
13:00 - 14:00 ---> Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 ---> Technology and IPR
14:30 - 15:00 ---> Product Management and Marketing
15:00 - 15:15 ---> Tea Break
15:15 - 15:45 ---> Legal aspects of setting up your own company
15:45 - 16:15 ---> Selling + How to talk to a VC + Alternate sources of funding
16:15 - 16:30 ---> Q & A
16:30 - 18:00 ---> Panel Discussion
18:00 - 18:10 ---> Valedictory

Sponsors

If anybody is interested to sponsor such an event filled with exburance and energy and provides a platform to network with entrepreneurs from various genre.

For further details, please contact-Amit Singh, Kickstart.in - +91 98863 14456 email : amit@kickstart.inTarun Bansal, Kickstart.in +91 93410 41776 email : tarun.tarunbansal@gmail.comAnand Prakash Jangid +91 98454 67835 email : anandjangid@gmail.comKunalkant Sen + 91 92410 09423 email : kunalkantsen@gmail.comRajeev Kumar +91 98861 94776 email : raja.rajeevkumar@gmail.com

MotoDev Summit

Hello Mobile Freaks.
Here is some that would interest you all.
Motorola is throwing a full day event at the Leela Palace - "MotoDev Summit"
It has various sessions running all round the day and you can make your choice.
Please find the agenda.

You may register online for this event.
Hope you have fun.

Coffee Club for Thinkers

Thinking is what triggers an idea that has been dormant in the mind of an entrepreneur. It would be very resourceful if one gets a platform where all the thinking could happen and take it to the next level of an actionable business plan. There is one such forum in Bangalore called Open Coffee Club where thinkers meet up to evolve into entrepreneurs.
This time it was on a Sunday, (May 11, 2008) where Ms.Anjana Vivek kindly came over to the forum to give all the aspiring entrepreneurs gathered at Core Objects an insight about how difficult or easy, is a journey of an entrepreneur.
The participants had a lot of questions about how to finance their startup, attrition of human resources, filing patents, scaling up the business fast, choosing mentors, creative revenue models and many more.
I many interesting startups, enthusiastic entrepreneurs and most of all exciting thinkers.

Entrepreneur Addas in Bangalore

For all entrepreneurs who want to network more and meet more like minded people... here are a few virtual places which would help you guys.
Barcamp Bangalore
Bangalore Dotnet group
Dev Camp
SPIN
Computer Society of India
Coffee Club House
Nokia Forum India

You could google the rest for the respective links.

BARCAMP

It has been long since I published.
Here is something that caught my interest and would also interest most entrepreneurs.
"BARCAMPS" is the word.
They are very helpful for young entrepreneurs to network and know about different things during the discussions.
The cities in India which hold them actively are Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi and so on.
To know more reach out to Barcamp.org