Head start or headstart may refer to: Head start (positioning), a lead in the position in which one starts Headstarting, a technique in nature conservation

Other Head Start (program), an educational program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Head Start (New Zealand), current restructuring of local government in New Zealand Head Start (TV series), an Australian television drama series that ran for forty episodes on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2001 News18 Headstart, an Indian television news show broadcast by CNN-News18 Headstart (Philippine TV program) an morning news show broadcast by ABS-CBN News Channel Operation Head Start, a Cold War operation in which B-52 Stratofortress bombers were launched and placed on rotation off Greenland and Canada Headstart (web), an Israeli crowdfunding site for entrepreneurs Vendex HeadStart, a series of PC compatible computers sold by Philips Computers

See also Law of the handicap of a head start, a theory that suggests that getting an initial head start in a given area may result in being a handicap in the long-term