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Founded in 2016, based out of Coimbatore, Tamilnadu (South India), By The Startups (BTS) is an award-winning, close-knit networking community organization of established businesses, startups, SMEs/SMBs, MSMEs, Early-stage ventures, investors (Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists), studentpreneurs/campus startups, mentors, academicians, incubators, accelerators, government bodies and expert professionals from the business ecosystem across the globe. We also take pride in calling ourselves a social community. We believe in dialogue, communication, interaction, playfulness, and, not to mention, networking in every aspect. Check some of our programmes below, as we encourage the social side of startup entrepreneurship, business, institutions, and corporates by spreading understanding and enriching lives all over.
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Note: Unlike other networking organizations, communities, or forums, BTS is not funded by any institution and completely depends on the nominal charges collected on a monthly/annual basis for the various services rendered to the community, such as profile-building, sponsorship, and the like. We believe in the power of the Web, Search Engines, and especially People (Networking) to effectively build and expand this community for the betterment of the local startup and business ecosystem.
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We believe in the power of micro-networking meets, and interacting, and cohabitating with individuals at the micro-level. Our vision can be global and grandeur, but our approach has always been local and granular.
We encourage everybody to be a part of this community initiative, whether you are a successful entrepreneur, an effective CEO, someone just starting to explore entrepreneurship, a working professional, a researcher, an innovator an academician, a student, or even if you’ve failed in entrepreneurship or business big time, we welcome you all with open arms. The community is open to all regardless of gender, position, status, or accomplishments. We aim at breaking the notion that entrepreneurship is a myth, democratizing innovative entrepreneurship, and making it a universal language–one that can be learnt, practiced, and spoken easily. At the same time, we want to create tangible value for every open member, profile, and sponsor who trusts the community’s actions and commitments.
We believe ideas can change the world, and innovation is an active force behind wide-scale transformation. Our doors always remain open. There’s something for everyone here. And the community has so much to offer. Yes, we mean it. Come, let’s join hands, work together, support one another, embrace the ideals of business, entrepreneurship, and innovation, and take this community initiative forward.
South India’s Trusted Networking & Referral Leads community group for Businesses/SMEs/MSMEs/Startups
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Our Vision is to Promote 10000+ Businesses on our Startups Business PR Directory
That mainstream media doesn’t cover at all!
- Being an alternative media, let BTS be the first business community forum to promote your business–profile, story & news online.
- Our community will speak for your business. Search engine ranking of your business profile will speak for itself!
How to Become a BTS Network Community Profile?
There is NO membership plan associated with the BTS Community, nor do we promote the like. However, it’s important to understand the different terminologies related to community participation.
COMMUNITY TERMINOLOGIES (scroll down for details)
Profile: A paid effort (involving one-time registration plus annual renewal fee) for startups or businesses looking to submit their profile on our website, either in the form of a profile or a story.
Sponsor: A startup or business that regularly funds any BTS Community event and other networking activities.
Participant: A startup or business that is a basic or an open member of the BTS Community, including its WhatsApp groups. There is no fee involved for becoming a participant in the community.
PROFILE (Building Profiles with BTS Networking Community Forum): We don’t believe in member retention or loyalty programs like a few communities, but rather in the consistency factor of closely working together with our profiles based on their convenience, interest, and comfort levels to scale up their business operations. We help profiles to promote their business and increase sales prospects through the community forum’s profile-building and networking capabilities.
SPONSORS are the lifeline of any social and busines community, and by sponsoring our community events and activities, they fuel our growth as well as that of the ecosystem. We are fortunate to build formidable partnerships with industry leaders, businesses, and startups for mutual growth, support, and shared business opportunities.
As a Free (Open) member or PARTICIPANT, you can first join any of our WhatsApp groups, network with other participants, attend our physical and online business networking events, and then make an informed decision about becoming a Profile or sponsoring our community and business networking events. More
BTS New – Introducing exclusive Story Submission (BTS Story)
By The Startups Community is pleased to introduce story submission alone for startups, businesses, and SMEs and invites them to submit their story through our standard questionnaire. This has been a popular demand by all our Basic (Open) members who expect some form of early online visibility and traction, which presents a host of benefits. We are hopeful that your story submission can elevate your brand presence online in terms of search rankings and visibility. The platform is open for story submission. More
BTS New – Introducing News Submission (What’s New? – PR )
Share local news using one of the industry’s most trusted Press Release (PR), Profile & Story Submission Network, and Business Community. Without making any tall promises, we believe in what we’re good at – covering anything and everything that’s worth business PR material, and new. Our comprehensive PR creation and distribution approach caters to a diverse set, ranging from enterprises, corporates, SMEs, MSMEs, startups, organizations, and institutions.
Entrepreneurs and small enterprises face distinct communication hurdles. We recognize the current business environment and are equipped to assist you in accelerating your growth by effectively disseminating your messages to key audiences, all while adhering to your budget.
By The Startups is a valuable PR tool to help:
- Introduce a new startup, business, website, service, or product to either a specific niche or a broader audience.
- Attract visitors to your website or physical set-up to boost sales.
- Strengthen your credibility by positioning yourself through PR and news submission in today’s market.
- Improve your search engine (SEO) visibility.
What’s New – PR comprises news submission services & PR distribution network, and specialized PR tools for small businesses. Every press release has the potential to connect with media outlets, potential partners, investors, customers, and beyond. You can share your message on a local, regional, or national scale, with options for international outreach as well. More
BTS New – Introducing BTS Franchise
BTS Business Community envisions ensuring that we offer the right resources and people to maximise franchise potential by establishing strong Franchisor and Franchisee Relationship, placing a premium on sound business values and expertise. We aspire to be a nodal community for the franchising industry and business, provide an effectively differentiated solution transforming the way franchising is conducted, and create value for all stakeholders in the franchise network, supporting their business objectives all the way. Using BTS Franchise, we will assist you in navigating the steps to identify the ideal franchisee, channel partner or dealer with the qualifications necessary to elevate your business to new heights. More
BTS New – Introducing IT Transform – Products & Services (Firms)
As the world is undergoing a radical transformation in many ways, we are bracing ourselves to deal with it and introduce disruptive, ground-breaking, or innovative products to the marketplace–physical and online. What difference does it make? We curate the best of the IT Products–be it business software, an enterprise-level app or even a web extension or plug-in for our users. If you’re an IT/ITES service firm, then ensure you share your business details with us through our questionnaire form so that we can cover it. It is also a small step forward to prove that service-based businesses, especiallyin the IT domain, are the lifeline of a country’s robust economic growth. More
BTS New – Introducing Product Zone
Though it is easy to start a service-based business or startup in one way, product startups have always led the way in boosting a country’s economy. We want to publish stories of products that are making waves in the marketplace. We are being totally sector-agnostic here, and expect product owners or manufacturers, no matter whether they are startups or established businesses, to come forward and display their products on our platform. It is also one of our objectives to promote innovative products that are relatively popular in the marketplace. More
BTS New – Introducing BTS Stores
Increasing footfalls to your brick-and-mortar store is a reliable way to boost your visibility & sales. However, the question arises: can we effectively promote a physical store online even in the age of E-commerce and M-commerce business, with AI ruling the roost?
Do you want your shop, store, outlet, establishment, boutique, emporium, department store, supermarket, hyperstore, parlour, salon, and the like to feature on our platform? Simply fill up a questionnaire and send it back to us for submission.
Are you looking to scale up your business and take it to the next level through the collective power of the web, social media, and community networking? We have got you covered on our community platform. Are you a Startup, SME, or business owner with a promising product already available in the marketplace? Do you want to connect with the right customer segment? We ensure your outreach is tailored to the specific B2B/B2C audience with the relevant story & messaging. We are an ideal profile platform for local Startups/MSMEs offering greater visibility through a mix of digital and offline strategies, helping your customers purchase your products through different channels. More
BTS New – Introducing BTS Programmes
BTS Community regards each of its offerings as a programme, and, rightly so, every service can be a standalone platform in its own right and might. Check out our range of BTS Programmes that focus on business networking, startup mentoring, startup funding, and building co-working and office spaces for startups and established businesses. Our Startups’ Business Mentor Panel – Accelerate consists of business owners from various sectors, with extensive experience in growing their enterprises from the ground up.
Several mentors in our panel have transitioned from a rich corporate background into the consulting field, aiming to assist aspiring entrepreneurs in realizing their dreams of establishing a startup or scaling their business operation. BTS Story showcases all noteworthy startup and business stories, documenting their evolution from inception to realization, offering a platform for compelling narratives.
We assist small and medium-sized enterprises, corporates, and startups in locating, touring, renting, and leasing offices, coworking, industrial, and retail spaces across South India through BTS Office Spaces (Go To Work). We provide a comprehensive platform for business owners and entrepreneurs to conveniently search for suitable spaces using their computers or mobile devices, allowing business owners to effortlessly identify the ideal location for their needs.
We’re going social too under the name of BTS Town Hall, a distinctly fresh and exciting platform to celebrate local heroes and talents in different industry verticals and social spheres. With BTS Quest, we’re reviving the quizzing flavor and taking the excitement across corporate boardrooms, institutions, and incubators.
We’re already building profiles through powerful directories that rank high on Search Engines using BTS Directory – Profiles. We have two more web platforms that will be game-changer in the education and business ecosystem: BTS Stores is a dedicated web platform that covers local shop, store, or retail outlet owners and showcases their products effectively. Schools Institute News (BTS Schools) is an evolving online platform dedicated to reporting and distributing news concerning technology, innovation, skill enhancement, and student entrepreneurship, if any, in schools.
Institute Industry Connect (BTS Institutions & Careers – News) collaborates closely with various higher education institutions, including colleges and universities, to provide mentorship and training for student, institutional, and campus startups, besides covering news and events related to placement, startup entrepreneurship, alumini networks, association with Institutes, skill development, training and FDP.
Through BTS Market, we currently sell selected digital and physical products from our community’s mentor’s work, selected vendors, and sellers that will assist business owners and founders in everyday tasks and micro-manage effectively. We also have mentors and professionals who can help businesses and startups with critical tasks, including communication, PR, and event management.
BTS Networking (Local) is one of our first platforms created to encourage building startup or business profiles and enable powerful networking capabilities among our open members and profiles to promote and take their business to the next level. With BTS Events & Communication Management, designing and executing any business event is a breeze. We want to focus only on mid-size events to generate an impact that brings about a significant and beneficial change for our clients who rely on our capabilities and the community.
BTS Global ensures local businesses scale greater heights and go global faster with the help of overseas connections. BTS Humanize is about humanizing business and technology and transforming potential into best or sustainable practices. BTS Micro aims to conduct micro-level networking meets at the area level. We invite business owners and startup founders, including women, to participate in all our micro-level meets, in addition to corporate executives, institution cell heads, and industry professionals who can also form niche circles and conduct their meets. You will discover the full potential of this platform as you travel with us.
Looking for investment opportunities? We facilitate the connection between businesses and startups requiring investment and investors equipped with the financial resources, networks, and knowledge to propel these companies toward success through the BTS Funding platform. BTS Marketplace allows select products of our active mentors to be marketted on our platform easily. We encourage the display of unique products in this manner for the benefit of the community and wider marketplace.
With BTS Learning Academy, startups, businesses, corporates, students and working professionals can collaborate with industry professionals. Your mentor, an experienced individual in the field, assists you in achieving your long-term career objectives, while your tutor, an expert in the course material, offers feedback on your assignments.
We organize Startup, SME & Business tours, Business Outbound Training (OBT)/Outbound Learning & Retreats through BTS Tours & Retreats that help participants engage with startup founders and owners of established businesses and CXOs of corporate firms. BTS Edutainment & Biztainment is an exciting addition to our programme repertoire, adding a pinch of fun and excitement to the core of community networking activities. Through iDEA 2 LAUNCH – Grow & Scale Services, we provide professional consulting and support to startups and businesses, helping them improve their performance, overcome challenges, and achieve their established goals.
Last but not least, we never fail to offer you discounts when you purchase through our site. Talk to us if you’re interested in availing of any one of our programmes or use our platforms.
About By The Startups Business Community Forum
BTS Business Community forum, started by Shameer.S, an IT Project Consultant by profession, and Gayathri Rajesh, founder of SearchnScore, is South India’s leading community organization for generating referral leads and creating business networking opportunities through web/PR/social media platforms & physical/online events for visibility, business training & informal education (knowledge sharing) sessions.
We therefore help our open members (participants), profiles and sponsors develop a life-long relationship with the wider business & startup ecosystem. BTS networking forum has jointly organized several business meets with top media names, including ET-NOW, Pudhiya Thalaimurai, News 7 Tamil, and Simplicity (Coimbatore), to name a few.
BTS Programmes & Charges
Who can Benefit?
A regional or local startup ecosystem promotes collaboration, innovation, and development within a defined geographic region. These ecosystems create a nurturing atmosphere for entrepreneurs by providing networking opportunities, mentorship, and resources specifically designed to meet the requirements of the local environment. They frequently serve as a central point for local startups, linking founders, investors, and various stakeholders.
A pioneering effort to link the ecosystem through the power of Directory, Accelerator & Community
Startup Business Ecosystem
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| + Incubators/Accelerators |
| + Corporates |
| + Schools (industry-connect initiatives) |
| + Investors |
| + C-level Executives |
| + SMEs/MSMEs/Startups |
| + Associations & Government Bodies |
| + Shared Workspaces/Co-working spaces |
| + Business Founders & Owners |
| + EDC/Placement/Industry Association & Alumni Cells |
| + Business Communities & Organizations |
Benefits of a Local Startup/Business Community:
– Networking & Collaboration: Local communities promote in-person interactions, enabling entrepreneurs to establish connections with fellow business owners, mentors, and prospective investors.
– Shared Resources: Startups & businesses benefit from access to communal resources such as office facilities, equipment, and mentorship initiatives.
– Local Expertise: Communities possess a profound understanding of the unique needs and obstacles within the region, allowing them to customize their support for local startups.
– Sense of Belonging: The tight-knit structure of local communities offers a robust sense of support and camaraderie to startups & businesses, which is crucial for entrepreneurs navigating the difficulties of launching a startup.
– Driving Innovation: By encouraging collaboration and the exchange of knowledge, local communities can enhance the speed of innovation and assist startups in bringing their concepts to market more efficiently.
How to engage in a Local Startup/Business Community?
– Attend regional events focused on startups and businesses, such as workshops and conclaves.
– Join online platforms and forums to engage in discussions and network with fellow entrepreneurs.
– Establish connections with local organizations, including incubators and accelerators, that support startup growth.
– Share your expertise by mentoring or volunteering for local startup & business projects.
– Actively participate in community or forum events, discussions & initiatives.
What We’ve Achieved
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- 80+ Training Sessions
- 2500+ Business Referrals
- 1.5 crore Referral Transactions
- 12 Startups mentored
- 60+ Institutional Connects
- 90+ Community Meets
- 50 lakhs Fund Raised
- 4500+ Open Members & 40 Profiles (2024-)
- 25+ Funding Events
- 78 Startup stories covered/distributed
- 25+ Funding Events
- 25 Startups growth-accelerated
- 80+ Training Sessions
Latest Business Transaction through Referral: S.Sadiq of Basra Constructions (INR 5.45 lakhs) referred by Irfan, Dean, NGI, Coimbatore (Updated: Mar-2025)
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Yes, BTS has a lot of Bills & Expenses to Cover!
And, We Need & Appreciate Your Kind Support Every Time
Keep in mind that the BTS Community forum can only survive and continue to serve businesses better using the payment remitted by our profiles or sponsors, either online or offline. Also, a major part goes toward web directory maintenance, content development, and event management. Therefore, it is our humble request that payments be made regularly and on time. Unlike a few desperate business forums that charge exorbitantly for membership, we have certainly been fair and reasonable, staying true to our value proposition. In fact, we don’t even have membership prospects except building profiles and working with our sponsors to help fund our community programmes and events.
Please support our networking forum as we’ll give you back in terms of Value. Remember, the more you Share, the more you Get!
BTS Community Forum Networking Meets
We encourage all our Participants, Profiles, and Sponsors to attend our monthly online (free)/physical meets (paid), to promote their business, or gain/nurture referral leads through our startups directory, or share their valuable knowledge through active participation.
Trust us; there are scores of benefits for any business listing itself on any of our BTS Network websites, or sponsoring our business networking events, both online and offline.
Looking to join the BTS Community organization for free, list your business on our startup/business directory, participate actively in all our networking business meets, or contribute as an event sponsor to increase your visibility and business prospects? You’re just a click or call away.
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We’re always ready to associate with you to help your client’s business grow!
Meets & Events
Check all BTS Community Networking Meets & Events.
Note: We do not force anyone into subscribing to our startup or business profile services, sponsoring our business events, or even joining the BTS community forum. Also, being ethical, we don’t guarantee search engine rankings for your business profiles. Everything is based only on mutual consent and trust. This is because we strive hard to provide value to all businesses that repose their trust in us every time.
We understand that we are in the business of building people, community forums, and businesses, and changing the way business is done, together. We regularly update the schedule of all BTS-associated Community organization Meets/Trainings & TN Government events for our open members (participants) and profiles to make the most of.
Media & Press
BTS Community forum is featured in the following national and local Media & Press. We sincerely thank all the Media & Press houses for the coverage and for helping us grow as a business community organization.
BTS Networking Community Updates
Check all the updates of By The Startups Social Networking Community and Business Accelerator. Follow us as we regularly update the section for you to make the most of.
BTS Community Testimonials
Creating & building a startup per se is not easy. Being an active participant of BTS forum, I find connecting with other startup entrepreneurs a way to improve both my business and life. – Ruchi, Kriart Designs
BTS Community forum is simply a place to make professional friends for life. It has helped me immensely in forging new business ties and relationships in recent times. – Sadiq, Basra Constructions
The way the BTS community organization works in tandem with other startup and business communities to uplift the ecosystem in the region is highly appreciable. – Dr.Thirukkuralkani KN, SREC SPARK Incubation Centre