Located in the heart of the growing city of Dehradun is Jumpstart, a co-working space, the joint venture of Entrepreneur & Educationist Maninder Juneja, Harshit Malik along with their close friend Investment Banker & Entrepreneur Ridhim Thapar.
This first-of-its-kind Jumpstart came into existence on the 6th of June 2017. The state-of- the-art work-space has opened its doors to upcoming Doonite entrepreneurs, giving them that perfect platform to launch them into the professional world. An ideal space complete with facilities required for a growing business such as well-equipped workstations, High Speed Wi-Fi, Dedicated Desks, Private Cabins, 8-seater Conference Room, Projector, Chill Zone, Café & much more.
‘The idea behind Jumpstart,’ Harshit Malik who belongs to Rishikesh’s business family briefs us, ‘is that I felt disillusioned by the lack of guidance to those who wanted to be entrepreneurs in Uttarakhand. I stayed in UK and Germany for two years and came back with ideas and initiatives which gave birth to the concept of co-working space. Not only does such an environ promise to give a hassle-free working space but also promises to mentor, groom, connect & collaborate with community at large. We all help seed funding for any startup which looks promising.”
Ridhim Thapar adds, “In the past few months, over a hundred people have walked through these doors, at a basic fee for various facilities being provided, we are also weighing various start-up options for financially backing.’
And there is good news for startups and especially women entrepreneurs too who are out there looking for mentorship as well as funding, Jumpstart is now honing its skills to give them the right platform to showcase their talent and skills as well.
If that was not all, Jump-start plans to go places. Their future endeavour is to start co-working places in upcoming Tier-2, Tier-3 cities which lack such effective facilities so that they, as a team, can do their bit in plugging brain-drain from smaller-towns to big-cities and fulfill their dreams of a better and brighter future, right here, at home.
