Hyperlocal Startups The Road Ahead

Startup Saturday hosted yet another Headstart Hyderabad session on 14th October 2017, at Collab House.
This time, the theme was Hyperlocal Startups; The Raod Ahead.

‘Hyperlocal’ is poised to become the new catchphrase in the eCommerce industry and is well-positioned to become the reigning trend in the mobile commerce revolution. This has made possible the delivery of everything from groceries to medicines and healthcare services, directly from nearby stores, pharmacists and healthcare providers along with faster delivery and lower shipping cost. The classic method to start a business-to-consumer model is to start hyperlocal and those are the very principles of the lean model too.

The participants learned a lot ranging from how to grow partnerships to how to scale a Hyperlocal Startup.

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The speakers for this session were Snehith Budime, Co-Founder IndiaBuys, Suresh Avvaru, Co-Founder & CEO, TownyApp, and ML Narashima Rao, Founder & CEO, Jigydi Home Care Services. There was a mixed crowd from students to startup enthusiasts.

 

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Storytelling Workshop by Storywallahs

Collab House, in association with Storywallahs, hosted a storytelling workshop on the 8th of October. Nupur Aggarwal from Storywallahs was the facilitator.

The workshop was focused on learning to tell stories to children. The participants learned why storytelling is the most powerful form of communication and how stories can be structured. They also understood how to give voice to a story and how to hook the listeners to their stories by using props, gest, and expressions.

 

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It was a 6-hour long workshop. There were teachers, parents, and enthusiasts. By the end of the day, each participant discovered their personal style of storytelling.

Nupur shared some great insights on storytelling, some of which are ‘Stories can teach us empathy’ and ‘Stories help us understand and subdue hatred’.

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Design Thinking at Khidki by GSC-Hyderabad

Global Shapers Community – Hyderabad hosted a Design Thinking workshop by Ulrike Reinhard at their first Khidki(కిటికీ), held at Collab House.  Ulrike is a futurist, community activist and founder of Janwaar Castle, a skateboard park she set up with the ambitious objective of revitalizing a village in rural India.

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Khidki (కిటికీ)” is a curated and by-invite monthly salon powered by Global Shapers Community – Hyderabad Hub, which brings together innovators, thinkers, doers to reflect on ways in which citizen action can create a better Hyderabad. Our wide-ranging discussions will cover culture, economy, technology, infrastructure, and design as ‘tools of change’.

 

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Design Sprint by Minerva Schools

Minerva Schools in collaboration with Collab House had a Design Thinking workshop at Collab House on the 13th of July.

 

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The Minerva Schools at KGI is a for-profit university founded as a partnership between the Minerva Project and Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), a member of the Claremont University Consortium. It offers both a four-year undergraduate program as well as a part-time master’s program.

In April 2012, Minerva Project received US$25,000,000 in venture funding from Benchmark Capital to create the undergraduate program that would become the Minerva Schools at KGI.

 

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Google Adwords Crash Course by iDone SEO

iDone SEO hosted a one-day crash course on Google Adwords by Domain Expert Amarnath Jan at Collab House He is a Google Adwords Certified Professional and had handled more than 200 digital marketing projects covering every segment in B2B and B2C space.

 

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The course was aimed at beginners. The session focused on how AdWords work, how to create and structure an account, and how to create a campaign from start to finish.
It also covered topics like how to research, identify and refine the keywords and match types, tips for writing great text ads that will stand out from the competition, quality score, CPC, CPA and CPM bid types.

The participants were also able to track conversions and measure ROI from campaigns at the end of the session.

There were students, business professionals, corporate employees, digital marketing enthusiasts and also house wives, who made the course an interactive one.

 

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Furniture Design Workshop by Needlab

Needlab with Collab House conducted a week long Furniture Design Workshop followed by a Gallery show. The workshop death with designing and manufacturing.

Needlab is a Barcelona, Spain based non-profit organization. A team of designers from Spain were in Hyderabad for the training. Needlab aims to explore the interaction between nature and technology, between traditional craftsmanship and digital fabrication. Needlab focuses on unveiling new ways of creating a dialog between local materials, social practices, and environmental forces.

 

 

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Students learned the complete cycle of production, from digital design to fabrication. The participants designed and fabricated furniture in the workshop, using Rhinoceros 3D software (3D modeling software) and Rhino CAM software used for CNC fabrication. The feedback loop between the digital design and physical construction enhanced their learning. At the end of the workshop, the participants experienced not only designing, furniture but also building it.

We did a factory visit to do the test fabrication with the state of the art Italian CNC machine, after which the designs were manufactured.

The workshop was held from July 20th – 25th, after which there was a Gallery Show of the digitally fabricated furniture on 26th & 27th.

Amala Akkineni, Indian Film actress joined us at The Gallery Show at Collab House.
She spent time learning the design process the students went through to Digitally Fabricated the Furniture. She was also keen on learning about Maker spaces and its contribution to the modern world.

 

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Hyperloop India showcases it Design and Technology concept at Collab House

Hyperloop India did their first ever Design Showcase at Collab House, as a part of its crowdfunding campaign at Startup Saturday‘s event.

The Hyperloop is a new way to move people or things anywhere in the world quickly, safely, efficiently, on-demand and with minimal impact to the environment.

The system accelerates a passenger or cargo vehicle at airline speeds through a steel tube in near-vacuum using a linear electric motor.

Founded in 2015 by a small group of students from BITS Pilani, Team Hyperloop India is a unique multi-disciplinary multi-university think tank consisting of 60+ motivated student volunteers in the fields of engineering and business, interested in reinventing transportation in India.

Hyperloop India is the first and only team to get selected and compete in Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Challenge. They will do their demo in mid August this year, at California.

For more details on Hyperloop India : https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=67&v=R2Eb02S82cc

To contribute :  https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/hyperloopindia

 

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“All about EduTech” by Startup Saturday Hyderabad.

 

Startup Saturday Hyderabad will now be hosted at Collab House. This month’s meetup was “All About EduTech”. Startup Saturday conduct monthly events across 23 cities pan India. These events help early stage startups and aspiring entrepreneurs by providing them with the guidance, mentorship and support that they need to turn their entrepreneurial dreams into reality.

This EduTech session had speakers share inspiration and insights on launching and running a startup. Krishna Akula – CEO of LearnPedia, Priya Yerunkar – Founder of AlterGyan, Naveen Chintamaneni – Cofounder of Bulbul apps, Anishay Raj – Director of Kaarmic Education Services and Charan – Founder of Stumagz were the speakers for this session.

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The insights shared were truly valuable and how they battled the rough times has definitely inspired the crowd.

From the networking that happened, we can only wait for the next EduTech startup!

 

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Website:  collab.house

The Hyderabad Artist’s Meet-2

After the first meet, the Artist’s Meet has only grown in number and art forms.
The second meet was terrific. The crowd was diverse and absolutely artistic .

There were painters, sketchers, photographers and also film makers!

Karthik Abhiram, the sketcher from the infamous “Daily Movie sketch” was also a part of this meetup, besides many other amazing artists

It was on this day that we decided to give a platform to the artist’s, by having an exhibit. This lead to “The artconf” that was held on 27th and 28th of May.

Karthik, along with Parul Verma, went on to have their first ever exhibit at the artconf.

 

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For more pictures : https://www.facebook.com/pg/CollabHouse/photos/?tab=album&album_id=731636997013580

 

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The Hyderabad Artist’s Meet-1

Collab House is back with The Hyderabad Artist’s Meetup, version 2.  

The Hyderabad Artist’s Meet happens once a month which is an informal and interactive meet up for the artists across the city and everyone interested in arts, it’s the event you wouldn’t want to miss out.

A handful of artists turned up for the very first meetup of this year and it was a success indeed!
The house had seen one of the most amazing art piece, by Meenakshi, that won her 5 awards in exhibitions held in the USA. Each of them shared what art is to them and how does their form of art help them achieve it. It was truly great and inspiring to see such artists create wonderful works!

 

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Can’t wait for the next month’s Artists’ Meet!

 

For more pictures : https://www.facebook.com/pg/CollabHouse/photos/?tab=album&album_id=717042221806391

 

To learn more about Collab House and upcoming events:

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Website:  collab.house