Fwd: SaaS, Rtizen Showcase & Salaree.com Reality Check - SS Kolkata this weekend

[Mitesh Ashar]

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Mitesh B Ashar
Selector, Coach & Team Strategist @ http://www.digitalcanvas.in
Business Development @ http://www.kusumenter.com
Co-founder @ The Headstart Network http://www.headstart.in
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From: Mitesh Ashar <mit...@headstart.in>
Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:41 AM
Subject: SaaS, Rtizen Showcase & Salaree.com Reality Check - SS Kolkata this weekend
To: mit...@headstart.in

3:30 PM Registrations 3:50 PM Introduction to HeadStart Network Foundation 4:00 PM Business Showcase: Rtizen Mr. Avik Sarkar Founder, Rtizen Avik Sarkar is one of the founders at AAR Technologies Pvt. Ltd. a.k.a. Rtizen. Rtizen provides an array of services, most of them focussing on the Hospitality industry. Avik will take us through their journey that has been, and the journey that they look ahead to. 4:45 PM Reality Check: Salaree.com Mr. Aditya Sanghi Founder, Salaree.com Salaree.com is a promising modular SaaS based Payroll Management System, which is totally web-based. The product that Aditya has put across for a Reality Check here, is actually very very crisp & comprehensive. And what he needs from you guys is some real feedback. So, be there and query him on his business with Salaree.com! 5:30 PM SaaS: Is your data 'earning the interest'? Mr. Aditya Sanghi Founder, Salaree.com Aditya Sanghi, a proponent of SaaS wants to take a shot at pitching to businesses & individuals to go the SaaS way. He wants to ask you a very simple question: 'Is your data earning interest?' This question in itself raises various questions in our curious minds. Be there to find out more about what Aditya has to say about this & feel free to shoot your questions at any point in the session. 6:15 PM Lightning Pitches[6 slots] 6:45 PM - 7:45 PM Networking & Snacks 13 February, 2010 3:30 PM Lab 1, Globsyn Business School, Globsyn Crystals, XI, 11 & 12, Block EP, Sector V, Salt Lake Electronics Complex, Kolkata Headlines India - 8 December, 2009 CNBC TV18 - 27 November, 2009 The Telegraph - 7 October, 2009 Kolkata Mirror - 16 September, 2009 Headlines India - 13 September, 2009 ET! Now - 11 August, 2009 If you have more questions, feel free to buzz, email or tweet us: Sumit Datta 9239562331 mail tweet Mitesh Ashar 9821622622 mail tweet This might interest you too Asian Institute of Family Business has arranged for a workshop on How to grow your Family Business through Generations. This workshop will be led by Mr. Wayne Rivers. Venue: Bengal Club Date: 8 February, 2009 Time: 6:30 PM Seats limited to 40. For details or to mark your RSVP, please contact Mr. Sudip Roy on 9903898208
Startup Saturday - under the umbrella of the Headstart Foundation - is a monthly networking hub for entrepreneurs across six cities. Startup Saturday kickstarted in Bangalore in March 2008 and subsequently the concept spread to Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune. The rationale behind a Startup Saturday is to provide a monthly platform where local entrepreneurs, professionals and students can get together around engaging talks from veterans in the startup industry. Each event has a loose theme and relevant speakers from the chosen theme. The audience plays an active role in shaping the discussions and brain storming is to be found aplenty.
"Startup Saturday, I think is the best thing, which has happened to Indian entrepreneurs, because it gives you a lot of open opportunities to discuss your ideas with a lot of experienced people as well as people who are getting into entrepreneurship now, the companies who are transiting from a basic state of business to a successful company!! I hope it soon grows bigger from the 5-6 cities they have already started, to around 40-50 cities." Vikram Kumar, Founder - DataResolve Showcased his business at SS Kolkata in November 2009 "I think Startup Saturday is a great forum for budding entrepreneurs & a platform for budding & current entrepreneurs. It's a great way to connect, network, form partnerships & get feedback" Arundhati Dutta, Founder - Juice Station Took the Reality Test at SS Kolkata in November 2009	"I found the environment at Startup Saturday to be quite informal (which is very good) and I found a different level of energy among members, which is very important to make entrepreneurship happen in Kolkata. We were conceptualizing Seeders and crowdsourced the name (i.e. Seeders) and the tag line (i.e. We Seed, you Grow) from the OCC Kolkata community within few minutes. We felt obliged and decided to do our launch at a Startup Saturday event. We got very encouraging response and a fantastic event was put together where Dr. G.D. Gautama kindly came and launched Seeders. The event was a thorough success and the audience was just right. On behalf of Seeders, I am thankful to HeadStart for creating this platform and I am confident we will work together on several projects in time to come." Abhishek Rungta Co-founder - Seeders Inc. Founder, Indus Net Technologies Launched Seeders and was a speaker at SS Kolkata, September edition