Last May, the founder of a start up required his employees to work during the holidays, because he was eager to keep growing his software solution providing company.

He never threw a party or gave out year end/festival bonuses. While his clients were satisfied with the product they received, the employees felt totally burnt out. And by the next spring, more than half of his employees quit.

When asked about the reason, he said that they just did not understand that there cannot be any off in a start up.

The first time entrepreneur who expects his company to grow much more this year, has since then rebuilt his team and is trying new approaches to manage his people. They have staff outings, performance rewards and a day off in the week. On being asked if he feels that his current employees are satisfied, he said that it is a much better situation now and that he can very well understand why did his previous employees quit.

For start ups navigating through holidays could be a tricky thing. Where the founder is very keen on getting ahead on sales and revenue (which is totally justified keeping in mind the time and money he has invested), the employees feel exhausted working without a break. But what the founder does not understand here is that though missing out on even one day at work may affect it largely, yet if employees work continuously for weeks, their exhaustion will have a direct impact on the productivity and hence, revenue. And for the employee it is important to understand the end-to-end requirements of working in a start up, as that needs lot of dedication and skill sets.

It took quite a lot of time for the branded ones out there to set themselves as a pillar in the industry.

What people don’t realize is that it takes both the employee and the employer to make the start up a thing worthy to compete with, in the corporate market. But again, humans are not machines. The mind and the body needs time to rest, failing which, could cause a great loss to the body and the newly set organization it works for.

So, if you’re working or planning to work with a start up, be prepared not to expect holidays or even Sundays, at times, once you join it.

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If you are a budding entrepreneur or the one who have a company which is at the nascent stage and planning to take it next level, then you must try any of these events which are mentioned below.

These events are ideal platforms to network with like minded people, pitch concepts to investors and gain knowledge on lot of vital topics.

Following are the Start up Events Every Entrepreneur Should Attend:

1. Start Up Meet By Weekend Venture

Weekend Ventures helps talented early stage teams to launch start-ups to pitch to the most accelerators & seed investors. They organises many events like ‘Hackathon’ and meet ups for especially tech start-ups. Their upcoming event is 8 of August, 2015.

Time: 11 am-5 pm

Venue: Powai, Mumbai

Log on to know more: http://weekendventures.org/mumbai/startupmeet/

2. Start Up Saturday by Headstart

Start Up Saturday is an initiative by www.headstart.in. They conduct meetups on every 2nd Saturday of the Month at SP Jain Institute. Startup Saturday Mumbai August Edition will be held on 8^th August, 2015.

Time: 3.00 Pm

Venue: SP Jain Institute, Mumbai

 Log on to know more – http://startupsaturday.headstart.in/

3. Tech Sparks By Your Story

Techsparks touted as one of the largest tech entrepreneurial summits in India.

Date: 8^th,  9^th and 10^th October

Venue: Bengaluru.

 Log on to know more– http://techsparks.yourstory.com/

4. Mobile Sparks By Your Story

Mobile sparks is India’s one of the Biggest mobile start-ups discovery platform. Those who want to make big in the field of mobile sector must attend their events.

Date: 7 & 8^th August

Venue: Bengaluru 

Log on to know more: http://mobilesparks.yourstory.com/2015/

5. Tech2Impact

Tech2Impact agar is an intensive accelerator program by IIT Gandhi. The event proffers Launchpad for many innovative concepts and will also provide entrepreneurs necessary know-how.

Date: 24^th to 26^th of July

Venue: Gujarat

Log on to know more: http://tech2impact.iitgn.ac.in/

These are some of the events one can join; stay tuned for more start up events.

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Everyone needs proper guidance and support before starting up a business, starting something of their own.

Before even thinking of what products and services the business should provide for, you must make sure that you follow these ten steps.

This video would take you through the different Steps To Successful Business you need to follow before stepping your foot in the new entrepreneurial venture.

With lots of illustrations and examples, this video would tell you the fundamentals of setting up a business plan, securing start-up capital and even the legalities as well as the credibility issues you would need to cater to.

How important is online presence for your upcoming business, and the relevance of bank and merchant accounts, etc. is very well established and explained in this video. Who all you need to hire and what all rules and regulations you will need to follow as a budding entrepreneur have been well sufficed in this video.

It is a must-watch for those of you out there who plan to set up a start-up and are looking forward to garnering support from friends and family and collecting funds for the same. This step-by-step video would help you to set your footprint and eventually carve your niche in the business industry and the market segment of your field.

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Choosing the co-founder for your start-up is a very difficult decision and involves a lot of effort and testing. This video tells you what you should look for in your co-founder, and it comes from none other than the very successful Myntra Founder, Mukesh Bansal.

He lets you in on the roadblocks one faces while progressing with a start-up company and why it is important to have a co-founder who relates with your dreams and goals.

He even suggests working with the person you have decided to work with as a co-founder for a while before actually starting the start-up. This would enable you to understand how compatible you would be working with your prospective co-founder.

You will hereby also come to know if s/he is equally passionate about the business idea and would continue the business with you despite adversities.

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