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The Startup Saturdays in various cities lived up to their attendees' expectations by throwing up a lot of interesting, sometimes offbeat, ideas and offering experiences to learn from

Kolkata
Startup Saturday Kolkata had an open house session. The guest talk was delivered by Mayank Dhingra who ran kwippy.com until recently.

He shared his insights on why bootstrapping startups should plan more to gain traction instead of getting rich quick.

Bangalore
Startup Saturday Bangalore was held at North Pergola, IIM Bangalore. The hall was packed with about 100 people who had were enthused about the topic—Angel Investment.
Indus Khaitan of The Morpheus shared a 5-step plan to get funded with the audience. He also shared his insights on angel investments and informing people about alternative sources of funding, like government grants. Sujai Karampuri of Sloka Telecom too shared pearls of wisdom on how to go about raising angel investment. He also explained the nuances of valuation in a language that even newbies could understand. The companies to demo were JustBooksBangalore.com and Ookul.com.

Mumbai
Startup Saturday Mumbai had a mixed bag, with first time entrepreneurs sharing the microphone with seniors to create an environment filled with insights of running a business.

There were talks by Suketu from BrewCrafts Microbrewing and Hari Kotain of DP's Fast Food.
The companies that presented were iPaperClip.com, ShareUrJoy.com, QuestionPapers.com and MithaiMate.com.

Delhi
Amitabh Jotwani and Kunal Dua from Random Loops talked about their SAAS product—Rootein. Shruti Dhanda from Entract Consulting spoke about what it takes to raise funding and the major flaws that entrepreneurs make in the entire process. Abhishek Sinha from Eko Financial Services took the audience through a detailed talk on 'Branchless Banking - Mechanics and Business Model'.

Pune
Startup Saturday Pune had a rather off-beat theme of "Nature" and invited startups across jal, thal and vaayu (water, land and air) to come and share what it takes to run a business in the line of recreation and adventure. Rohan More, Founder of Japalouppe; Anita, Founder of TemplePilots; and Parry, Founder WindSports Pune, shared from their experiences in the domain.

Hyderabad
Hyderabad had HeadStart Happening, hence there was no Startup Saturday this month.

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