Deshpande Startups™

Helping Startups Win! #Deshpandestartups

A GATEWAY TO BHARAT (A destination for outreach to Bharat Ecosystem)

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Behind every great company is a founder who refused to stop building.

Join Abhinav Asthana for a fireside conversation exploring the journey behind one of the world's most influential developer platforms.

Register here: https://t.co/tpFLcCywZu

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We are excited to partner with Infosys Foundation to incubate the winners of the Aarohan Social Innovation Awards 2025.

From sectoral mentorship and founder guidance to storytelling, networks, and fundraising fundamentals!

#InfosysFoundation #DeshpandeStartups #AarohanAwards

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How do you build one of the world’s most influential developer platforms?

Join Abhinav Asthana @a85 , Founder & CEO of @getpostman for Behind the Build — a conversation on entrepreneurship, product building & scale.

10 June | 10:30 AM IST

Register: https://t.co/3cy2wdLMi3

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We’re Hiring: Content Marketer

We are looking for someone who enjoys:
Design, Social media, Reels & content creation

Join Deshpande Startups and help us make entrepreneurship impossible to ignore online.

Apply here: https://t.co/BvacUhX6M9

#Hiring #ContentMarketing #Jobs

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As part of the collaboration between Deshpande Startups and Ideabaaz, the Ideabaaz team visited our Hubballi campus to interact with startups from our portfolio.

Mudit Kumar, Ravi Reddy, and Shailaja Gatla spent time with our founders, hearing pitches, & exploring products.

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4 weeks. 18 Student Startups. Countless assumptions challenged.

YUVA Validate Cohort 1 wrapped up with a day full of learning.

To our student founders, you showed what it means to question, learn, and evolve. This is just the start of your founder journey.

#YuvaValidate

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The YUVA Validate - Problem Solution Clinic brought student founders to Deshpande Startups for a hands-on, high-energy day of breaking down ideas and rebuilding them with clarity.

#YuvaValidate #StartupJourney #StudentFounders

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Before you build — validate.
Session: Are You the Right Founder?
with Ashish Dar

Learn customer discovery, founder–problem fit & idea validation.

📅 25 Apr | 4–5 PM

Apply Now - https://t.co/enAyUNJLpK

#StartupIndia #Founders

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We closed the day with a session with Gururaj Desh Deshpande focused on what truly shapes a founder’s journey.

One line summed it up best: Entrepreneurship isn’t about having the best idea, it’s about consistently making better decisions.

#Grind2Growth #Bridge2Bharat

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We kicked off Cohort 01 with an orientation that set the foundation for the next 6 months, focused on building clarity, strengthening fundamentals, and making better decisions as founders.

#Grind2Growth #Bridge2Bharat #FounderJourney #DeshpandeStartups

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Today’s session with Ram Subramanian at Deshpande Startups was all about turning ideas into action.

Some key takeaways that stood out:

• Start with your customer, not your product
• Validate early
• If you can’t build it in 6 weeks, rethink it

#Startups #Entrepreneurship

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Have a startup idea, but not sure what to do next?
This session will help you move from idea to action with clarity.

If you’ve been sitting on an startup idea, start here.

Register now: https://t.co/o8OizmsyiS

#Entrepreneurship #StartupIndia #DeshpandeStartups

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If you’ve been thinking about applying, this is the moment to decide.

Most student founders don’t miss opportunities because they’re not good enough. They miss them because they wait too long.

Apply Now from here: https://t.co/oaq3BCWwmM

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YUVA – Validate is designed to take you from idea to clarity through a structured 4-week journey:

• Open to student founders in North Karnataka
• Last date: 30 March 2026

Don’t build blindly. Apply now and validate your idea.

Application link: https://t.co/oaq3BCWwmM

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YUVA – Validate is a 4-week program designed to help student founders answer these questions.

• Open to student founders in North Karnataka
• Applications close: 30 March 2026

Apply now: https://t.co/ko00GOVV6k

#StudentFounders #StartupValidation #YUVAValidate

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Is your startup idea worth pursuing?

YUVA – Validate is a 4-week cohort program where you test your problem, solution, and market. Open to student founders in North Karnataka.

Don’t build blindly. Apply now and validate your idea.

Application Link: https://t.co/di65AkbB6Q

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Applications are open for funding under the SISFS up to ₹50 Lakhs in debt funding for early growth.

Application link - https://t.co/CiQCMdtvbZ

Only 2 spots remaining!

#SISFS #StartupFunding #Funding #DeshpandeStartups #SeedFund

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Curated, not crowded—networking done right at Startup Dialogue.

These high-intent, small-group interactions brought together founders, investors, and ecosystem enablers around shared context and relevance, enabling conversations that went deeper and led to meaningful connections

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The pre-scheduled one-on-one meetups at Startup Dialogue enabled focused, high-trust conversations between founders, investors, mentors, and ecosystem partners—each designed for clarity, alignment, and meaningful next steps.

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AI for Bharat is about working smarter, not harder.
In a hands-on workshop, founders explored practical AI tools to streamline daily operations, improve delegation, and boost efficiency—built for Bharat realities.

#StartupDialogue2026 #AIForBharat #MSMEs