Join us for the upcoming #LetsCreateRevenue edition of Startup Saturday at ICCR, Kolkata, 4th Floor, to learn how to monetize your artistic & creative skills.
Benefits of Attending Startup Saturday:
Lightning Pitch at Startup Saturday:
Giving a demo at Startup Saturday allows you to pitch in front of a very experienced panel of business founders and investors. It's a quick Q&A session that can change your world in a few minutes. Your pitch will also reach out to a highly qualified audience. They can enrich you with brutally honest feedback, suggestions and offer to help. Please apply here if you wish to give a demo at Startup Saturday: bit.ly/hs_demo
You can also Walk-In to the event and register for Rs. 300. For more details, visit the Headstart website or email at kolkata@headstart.in.
Red Bull Basement University in association with Headstart invites student innovators who want to use their skills and knowledge in technology to solve problems at and around their respective campus. Submit your idea and win a chance to go to Berlin.
Apply here: www.redbullbasement.com/university
Introduction to Headstart and Startup Saturday
Keynote Speech by Paromita Banerjee: The Hurdles of making it in the Fashion World
Panel Discussion with Siddhartha Sen, Aktaraa & Chandrayee Chattopadhyay, Kreativ: Making a Creative Business Work
The Intricacies of Vlogging: The Foodka & Moha Mushkil Journey by Indrajit Lahiri
Networking Break
Recycling: The Future by Sujata Chatterjee, Twirl.Store
How to make a Creative Business Profitable by Somrwita Guha, Papercup Online
Vote of Thanks
Speaker
Fashion Designer
fb LinkedinOwner and Founder of her own brand, Paromita has been working in the handloom and handmade textile and fashion industry for over 15 years. The only entrepreneur in her family, Paromita is a self-made woman, passionate about travelling, reading and photography. She is also a mother to an 11-month old daughter and is currently mastering the art of juggling!
Speaker
Founder, Aktaraa
fb Twitter LinkedinA civil engineer passionate about the heritage of Kolkata, Siddhartha started Aktaraa not as a business, but a platform where the artisans of Bengal could showcase their work and the lost art forms could be revived again.
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Co-Founder, Kreativ
fb LinkedinDancer, Designer, Entrepreneur - Chandrayee wears many hats! She started Kreativ with her friend, Shauvik Modak after being inspired by designing outfits for a school fashion show. Her exemplary designs have earned her a place among the 6 most creative women in Femina Bengal and Femina India.
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Food Blogger
fb Twitter LinkedinEntrepreneur, Photographer, Blogger & Vlogger - Indrajit has done it all! His most prolific ventures are Moha Mushkil, his curated gastronomic experiences and Foodka, a Bengali web-series on the food scene in Kolkata, featuring Mir and him in leading roles.
Sujata Chatterjee
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MD, Twirl.Store
fb Twitter LinkedinSujata founded Twirl.Store, which makes clothes from old / recycled clothes, to make retail a sustainable circle. Twirl.Store has been selected as part of NASSCOM 10000Startups program and recognised by IIMC and the Govt of India as one of the best ideas to transform India.
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Founder, Papercup Online
fb LinkedinSomrwita calls herself the Chief Happiness Officer of Papercup! Run by a father-daughter duo, Papercup has made quite a mark in the handicrafts industry in West Bengal, no less because of its work to empower adolescent girls and young women from the North Calcutta slums.