Run a campus media startup from day one.
Hatke Bol gives every school, college and university its own student-run newspaper, magazine or blog. You don't write for a campus magazine. You run the company that powers hundreds of them. Institutes pay a yearly plan; you sell it, grow it and earn from it.
Every campus deserves a newsroom.
India has over 14 lakh schools and more than 40,000 colleges. Most publish one printed magazine a year. Hatke Bol turns that into a weekly digital publication that students run and faculty approve, with an archive that outlives every batch. "Hatke Bol" is Hindi for "speak differently".
The problem
Annual magazines cost lakhs to print, arrive late and vanish when the batch graduates. Students who want to write, shoot or design have no regular outlet.
Who buys it
Principals, directors, media-cell heads and accreditation teams who want safe student publishing and a living archive at hatkebol.com/<their-campus>.
How it earns
Institutes pay a yearly plan, invoiced by STARTIONS LLP: Standard (a weekly edition), Premium (daily) or Ultra Premium (unlimited, with Events, LMS, own payment gateways and CRM). A 14-day free trial on every plan.
Built for students who want a career in media.
Journalism, mass communication, design or content creation: this is where that interest becomes a business you run.
Editions a year, per campus
Even Standard publishes every week: content, readers and a reason to renew.
Story types
News, viral lists, polls, quizzes, video, photo stories, columns, interviews, live blogs and more.
National network
The best campus stories from opted-in newsrooms run on hatkebol.com/network. You curate them.
si, your mentor
Startup Intelligence guides you on calls, targets and growth, around the clock.
A product principals say yes to.
The product is built and live at hatkebol.com, with six labelled sample editions to show in every demo. Everything below "Coming soon" is on the roadmap and never sold as live.
Edition builder
Newspaper front page with a lead story and sections, or a blog stream; every edition numbered by volume and issue, scheduled to the minute.
News, lists, polls, quizzes
Plus video links, photo stories, columns, opinion, letters, interviews, event reports, achievement cards and notices, with five emoji reactions.
Faculty approval workflow
Pitch, draft, desk edit, faculty review, approved, published. Every step logged; take-downs and public corrections.
Desks and newsroom roles
Campus, Sports, Tech, Culture, Opinion desks; adviser, editor-in-chief, desk editors, reporters, photographers, designers.
School safety mode
On for every school: comments off, adviser approval on every story, a student's name shown only with consent.
Archive and search
Every edition searchable, with RSS, a Google News sitemap and NewsArticle markup on every story.
Magazine and e-paper
Magazine editions as cover and spreads, and a print-ready A4 e-paper for every edition.
Live blog, read-aloud, edition email
Timestamped live coverage, stories read aloud, and the edition emailed to up to 2,000 subscribers.
NAAC/NIRF evidence export
Events and achievements exported for accreditation files, plus sponsor slots and three story languages.
Events
Event pages, tickets with QR codes and door check-in, from the STARTIONS kit.
LMS, own gateways, CRM
Courses with certificates, the institute's own payment gateways and the kit's CRM modules.
Unlimited, every language
Unlimited editions and stories any time, all 12 languages, and the "Made with Hatke Bol" badge removed.
Added to make Hatke Bol earn
Instant newsroom preview
A principal types the institute's name, type and city at hatkebol.com/try and sees their own front page in seconds, then starts the trial with it filled in.
Admissions Desk
An "Enquire about admissions" box on every newsroom page. Enquiries go to the institute, privately, and count in its Value Report.
Value Report
Editions, stories, readers, votes, subscribers, contributors, enquiries and the money saved against a printed magazine. Printable for management, and the reason they renew.
Upsell radar
Newsrooms that hit a cap, trials ending in 7 days and newsrooms gone quiet for 14 days, so Sales calls the right campus at the right time.
Refer a campus
"Made with Hatke Bol · Want one for your campus?" on every newsroom page; each callback reaches Sales with the newsroom that referred it.
Network and Story of the Week
Desk editors nominate stories; Marketing features the best on hatkebol.com/network, national visibility for students and a showcase for new institutes.
Campus Press leaderboard
The month's most-read featured stories and newsrooms, ranked from counts only: the seed of the yearly Campus Press Awards.
Coming soon
Hatke Bol Studio
Live shows, interviews, talk shows and podcasts on the institute's own video host.
Campus placements
A job board and placement cell for graduating students.
Own S3 storage
The institute's own storage bucket for its media.
Custom domains
Newsrooms on the institute's own domain, with certificates handled.
SSO, API and webhooks
Single sign-on, a public API, webhooks and campus CRM sync.
Four departments. Pick yours.
You run Hatke Bol from its startup panel in Nirmata and Cockpit CRM. Every department has two sub-departments; the whole team joins a Lean Startup strategy review every quarter.
Sales
Demo Hatke Bol to principals, directors and media-cell heads, and turn free trials into paid plans.
- The Sales demo: Hatke Bol Demo Public School running The Banyan Times, reset after every demo
- Upsell radar: caps hit, trials ending in 7 days, newsrooms gone quiet
- Renewal calls with each newsroom's Value Report counts
- Preview and referral callbacks arriving in Cockpit as demo requests
Marketing
Grow hatkebol.com, curate the Hatke Bol Network and make Story of the Week something campuses want to win.
- Network desk: feature nominated stories, pick Story of the Week
- Featured newsrooms in the directory, the Campus Press leaderboard
- Site content, the six sample editions and SEO
- Coupons proposed by you, approved by STARTIONS
Operations
Set new institutes up for their first edition and keep every newsroom running, with the STARTIONS tech team behind you.
- Onboarding: desks, newsroom roles, approval rules, safety mode
- Support for institute admins and faculty advisers
- The Hatke Bol board: editions, stories, readers (counts only)
- HR and finance: expenses for the Finance Committee
Growth
Take Hatke Bol from the first campuses to many: new cities, new kinds of institutes, new channels.
- Refer a campus: turn every newsroom into a source of leads
- Partners and channels: school groups, college associations, education events
- Quarterly pivot options from the strategy review, and the cheapest test for each
- The instant preview funnel at hatkebol.com/try
Students never create institutes, change plans or read what an institute's people write privately: institutes sign up on hatkebol.com, every plan change comes from a verified payment, and Nirmata shows students counts only, never a reader, subscriber, comment, admissions enquiry or student name.
Three yearly plans, one for every campus.
- 1 edition a week, on Edition Day
- Per edition: 10 news, 3 lists, 2 polls, 1 quiz, 5 blogs, 2 videos
- 3 desks, 1 faculty adviser, 15 team logins
- Newspaper or blog, 3 themes, 1 language besides English
- Archive of the last 12 months, views, Value Report
- 1 edition a day
- Per edition: 30 news, 10 lists, 10 polls, 5 quizzes, 20 blogs, 10 videos
- 10 desks, 5 advisers, 60 team logins
- + magazine and print-ready e-paper, all 8 themes, live blog, read-aloud
- Edition email (2,000 contacts), Admissions Desk, sponsor slots, NAAC/NIRF export, Events
- Unlimited editions and single stories any time
- No caps on stories, desks, advisers or logins
- All 12 languages, unlimited edition email
- "Made with Hatke Bol" badge removed
- Events, LMS, own payment gateways and CRM modules
Prices as set for Hatke Bol today, still to be confirmed; schools, colleges and universities pay the same. Caps are checked when a story joins an edition and when it publishes, never while drafting, so students never lose work. Founders and Co-Founders edit packages, and every change is audit-logged.
Everything to run it. Ready.
Your Nirmata panel
Hatke Bol's startup panel: the board, newsrooms, the Network desk, the Upsell radar, packages and finances.
Business email on hatkebol.com
yourname@hatkebol.com for every principal you pitch and every campus you visit.
Free tech support
The STARTIONS tech team runs hosting, payments, updates and fixes. You run the business.
Cockpit CRM
Your pipeline of institutes, demo requests, tasks per role and payments, inside Nirmata.
A domain
hatkebol.com, already live, with certificates handled for you.
Brand identity
The Hatke Bol name, look and newsroom themes, ready to use across the site and every newsroom.
A live product ready to sell
Editions, desks, the approval workflow, safety mode, the Value Report and the Sales demo are built, with three plans. Your job starts at the first principal.
si, your mentor
Startup Intelligence, trained for STARTIONS startups, 24×7.
A licence, bonuses and a loan.
From 10 November 2026, every Hatke Bol role comes as an Annual Startup Licence with the STARTIONS Grand Slam Offer stacked on top.
Annual Startup Licence
The right to run Hatke Bol for a year in your role and department: the product, brand, domain, email, hosting, Nirmata and Cockpit CRM.
Tools, training, mentoring
Sales and marketing tools, training to run a startup, si as your 24×7 mentor, and the money know-how: pricing, GST and invoicing.
Profit share and ownership
100% of net profit goes to students, by performance score, for those who join before Hatke Bol's launch date; five paid years earn ownership.
Startup loan for Major startups like Hatke Bol, for operating costs, on a unanimous vote of all 27 seats.
Startup loan, profit share and ownership are subject to written terms. Startup Learners get no profit share or ownership.
Find your seat. Share the profit.
Hatke Bol is a Major startup with 27 seats across Sales, Marketing, Operations and Growth. 100% of its net profit goes to its students; STARTIONS takes none of it. Each role has a share of the pool, split among that role's seats by performance score (equal scores, equal shares) and paid once a year after the financial year ends, as Startup Execution Remuneration with TDS deducted.
Founder
Post-graduate level
Leads Hatke Bol, sets the targets and owns the results, prices and edits packages, sits on the Finance Committee.
Co-Founder
Post-graduate level
Runs a department (Sales, Marketing, Operations or Growth) with the Founders, closes institutes, prices and edits packages, sits on the Finance Committee.
Teammate
College level, Std 11 to 15 (up to graduation)
Runs a sub-department such as Sales, Customers, Marketing, Branding, Contents and SEO, Tech and Tech Support, HR and Finance, Business Development or Scaling and Pivot. Views packages.
Startup Learner
School level, Std 8 to 10
Shadows the team on real tasks inside a department. An early start in startups, with the certificate.
Startup Learners who complete all 3 years (Std 8, 9 and 10) get the Startions Basic Level completion certificate. It includes the Basic Level startup course, free for them (launching soon). Std 10 is a lighter year, around board exams.
Five consecutive paid years with an active seat earn ownership: 11% shared by Founders, 11% by Co-Founders and 11% by Teammates, growing 20% a year on your dashboard certificate.
Who is already on the team.
Every box is one seat of Hatke Bol, live from Nirmata. Tap the i on any seat to see its responsibilities, expectations and tasks; tap an open seat to take it and pay here. A seat turns "Taken" the moment its payment is verified.
Seats and yearly fees by startup type, with the readiness discount
| Startup type | Founders | Co-Founders | Teammates | Startup Learners | Seats | All seats, a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly seat fee | ₹60,526 | ₹48,421 | ₹24,207 | ₹12,100 | ||
| Level | Post-graduate level | Post-graduate level | College level, Std 11 to 15 (up to graduation) | School level, Std 8 to 10 | ||
| With readiness, 30% off, incl. GST | ₹49,995 | ₹39,995 | ₹19,995 | ₹9,995 | ||
| Amoox (Solo) | 1 | — | — | 4 | 5 | ₹60,500 |
| Jyoox (Solo) | 1 | — | — | 4 | 5 | ₹72,607 |
| Micro | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | ₹2,54,182 |
| Mini | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | ₹5,08,364 |
| Major This one | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | ₹7,62,546 |
| Mega | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 36 | ₹10,16,728 |
Fees in INR, the same for every type except the Solo Founder seat (₹12,100 on Amoox, ₹24,207 on Jyoox), plus 18% GST. Seat fees are STARTIONS' income, not the startup's revenue. Each student chooses manual or automatic yearly renewal.
- Founder 80–100
- Co-Founder 60–79
- Teammate 40–59
- Startup Learner 0–39
Clear the readiness test, get 30% off your seat.
Take the free Startions Readiness Score test: ten questions, about three minutes. Your score places you at a level, from Startup Learner up to Founder. If your level matches the role you apply for, or is higher, you get a flat 30% discount on that role's annual seat fee.
| Your score | 30% off these seats (price with GST) |
|---|---|
| 80–100 · Founder level | Founder ₹49,995, Co-Founder ₹39,995, Teammate ₹19,995, Startup Learner ₹9,995 |
| 60–79 · Co-Founder level | Co-Founder ₹39,995, Teammate ₹19,995, Startup Learner ₹9,995 |
| 40–59 · Teammate level | Teammate ₹19,995, Startup Learner ₹9,995 |
| 0–39 · Startup Learner level | Startup Learner ₹9,995 |
For example, a score of 65 is Co-Founder level: you get 30% off a Co-Founder, Teammate or Startup Learner seat, but not a Founder seat. A score at Teammate level gets 30% off a Teammate or Startup Learner seat only. Discounted fees shown are a year, before 18% GST. Your best result of the last 30 days counts, one result discounts one seat, and that seat keeps the discount every year you renew it. Your first attempt is free, and you can retake the test up to five times.
What a seat could pay back.
Move the sliders. Institutes' yearly plans are Hatke Bol's revenue (ex-GST). Approved costs come off; a tax reserve is kept aside; the rest is net profit, split into the role pools and shared by performance score; shown here at equal scores.
Plans: Standard ₹4,995 / Premium ₹9,995 / Ultra Premium ₹19,995 a year, ex-GST, as set in Nirmata today. Revenue counts in the month it is paid. Each role's pool is split among its seats by performance score. Figures assume every seat is filled and everyone scores the same; a higher score pays more, a lower score less, and a role with fewer students pays each of them more. Paid once a year, after 31 March, with TDS deducted. A loss is not paid out and carries forward.
Money institutes pay the startup each month, 24 months
An illustration from the numbers you set, not a promise. Income depends on the customers your team signs and keeps.
Four steps to your first institute.
Book a clarity call
Thirty minutes on Hatke Bol, the open seats, the readiness discount and the role that suits you.
Pick your role
Founder, Co-Founder, Teammate or Startup Learner, and the department you will run.
Take your seat
STARTIONS invites you; pay the licence fee and get your Nirmata login, hatkebol.com email and Cockpit CRM.
Start selling
Show The Banyan Times demo to your first principal, with si by your side.
Quick answers.
Do I need to know coding or journalism?
No. STARTIONS builds and supports the product. You sell, market and grow it. An interest in media helps.
Who are the customers?
Schools, colleges and universities, on a yearly Hatke Bol plan after a 14-day free trial.
Do I handle customer payments?
No. Institutes pay through the hatkebol.com checkout, STARTIONS collects plan payments and STARTIONS LLP issues the GST invoice. A plan changes only when a verified payment arrives.
Can I read institutes' stories, readers or admissions enquiries?
No. Students see counts in Nirmata, never a reader, subscriber, comment, admissions enquiry or student name. Published stories are public on the newsrooms themselves, like any newspaper.
Is it safe for schools?
Yes. School safety mode is always on for schools: comments off, the faculty adviser approves every story, and a student's name appears only with consent.
How much time does it take?
It depends on your role and department. The weekly time for each role is confirmed on the clarity call.
When does Hatke Bol launch?
The launch date is confirmed on the clarity call. Profit share is open only to those who join before it.
What is the readiness discount?
Take the Startions Readiness Score test: if your level matches the role you apply for, or a higher one, you get 30% off that role's yearly seat fee (see the seat table above).
Is income guaranteed?
No. The calculator is an illustration from the numbers you set. Results depend on the institutes your team signs and keeps.
Start the newsroom every campus needs.
Book a clarity call and find your seat at Hatke Bol: the open seats, the pricing, the readiness discount and your first 30 days.