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Headstart Network: India's largest grassroots founder community

Headstart Network Foundation · Headstart Free Beginner India

This is the fastest in-person on-ramp for The Anywhere Founder who has no co-founder and no ready-made peer group. Headstart is a volunteer-run, non-equity founder community running since 2007 with local chapters in 30-plus Indian cities, including ones the VC circuit ignores, and its Startup Saturday meetups are built around founders demoing and helping each other rather than pitching investors. Show up in person a few times and the weak ties become the four to six people who will actually take your late-night call. If your city has no chapter, you can start one, which is itself a way to manufacture your circle.

  • A grassroots, non-equity founder community with local chapters across 30-plus Indian cities, so a founder anywhere can plug in
  • In-person Startup Saturday meetups are demo-and-help formats, ideal for turning strangers into a real peer group
  • No chapter in your city? Start one, and build the circle you needed around yourself
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The question it answers

  1. How do I build a support network of other founders when I have no co-founder to talk to?

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