Gentlemen and Ladies,

Our Volunteer list is growing rapidly. It crossed more than a hundred people on the Volunteers list and close to about forty people in the Core team. I’ve been thinking about making some structural changes to give people some opportunities to contribute more activiely, and apart from Proto.in, the event, we have a lot of new initiatives coming up. If you are one such individual who’d like to get not just your hands wet, but want to dwelve right in to make a change, this is for you.

Some of the current Initiatives.

Proto.in Chat
I believe it has great potential for connecting people from anywhere together for advise, mentorship, and peer support. Most of the folks from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities never get a chance to be part of the entrepreneurship talks that go on. This will be a great platform to create the “entrepreneurship anywhere” mantra.

The Proto.in Blog
Currently being used for Proto.in related stuff but perhaps could be more – also it could be revamped well with widgets and such. This blog has quite a high amount of traffic as of now.

Proto.in Conversations
The videos from Proto.in talks, but we are also looking at creating series of videos – such as the basics of fund raising, etc etc. It will become a one stop resource for entrepreneurs. There is good potential on this.

The Startup Faces Project:
Its coming together in an amazing way. Have close to 50 faces now. They will all be up on the wall this Proto.in

The Stellar Graphics Team.
We’ve become quite known by now for having an amazing design team for everything from the logo, the website, the brochures and all the social media campaigns that we create. If there is a designer who’d like a wider audience, or just recognition, I’d love to hear from you. We have a few designers who help us out, and thats what keeps us going, but would like one person to take over charge on this efforts.

.. and there are many more in the pipleline.

What we are looking for:
1. Someone with very good managerial skills. There are lots of volunteers that we have, so should be able to work with them and keep a cool head.
2. Someone who has some experience building and growing a product – helps, to give directions and has some credibility.

Why This is a Fabulous Opportunity:
1. The opportunity to interact with the entire startup community.
2. Having some of the most passionate startup community builders working with you.
3. A chance to build a product or service and build users for it around the country
4. If you are a techie, but need Marketing experience, or the other way around, this is a great opportunity to grow.
5. All Captains will be given due credits as part of the team on the Proto.in Website. It will be the way to separate the doers from the rest.

Think about it. And Let us know, by leaving a comment on this blog. If this is a community that we are building, and one with the common goal of helping, nourishing and supporting startups, we all have a role to play. Don’t we?

Vijay Anand
Curator, Proto.in