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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Introducing Papilio
I apologize for the long vacation from this blog. I have been doing some pretty exciting things lately which is keeping me on my toes and not enough time to reflect.
We finally did something that we initially set out to do when we started Indygo. We launched a new product. This product is targeted specifically for Chartered Accountants and their firms. And its called Papilio. We have about 400 users using this application and we are really excited now that we launched the v1.0. Try it out!
We finally did something that we initially set out to do when we started Indygo. We launched a new product. This product is targeted specifically for Chartered Accountants and their firms. And its called Papilio. We have about 400 users using this application and we are really excited now that we launched the v1.0. Try it out!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Alternatives to pay checks
A few days ago, I asked all my friends around the globe for some brainstorming help, especially since my tank was going empty. The excerpt from that email follows -
This list is a summary of all the ideas I have received so far. Some offered valuable pointers to people and resources while others also have offered to mentor and help students. Thanks to all of you for your active contribution. I am working towards putting this across to the student population.
I will write more about the reaction of the students and how we intend to take this forward. If you can come across more ideas, please keep them flowing. You can either write to me or leave it as a comment.
A lot of students especially from the IT background who were selected into blue-chip companies through campus recruitment are now jobless. Some of them have received rejection letters while others have been kept waiting from joining their companies. The situation is quite bad and the batches of students coming out in the next few months are also clueless about their future.
I am writing to you as I need your ideas to help these students. What's available is a young workforce with great talent and intellect. This is a great opportunity for achieving something extraordinary. What we need however is direction and mentoring. How can we help to make sure that this resource doesnot go waste? Of course, some of them can get into further studies, but most wont.
This list is a summary of all the ideas I have received so far. Some offered valuable pointers to people and resources while others also have offered to mentor and help students. Thanks to all of you for your active contribution. I am working towards putting this across to the student population.
- Become a part of any open source project that interests you and actively contribute; be it in terms of code, documentation, bug-fixing or just technical support.
- Get into institutions as research assistants like IISc where there is active research being done. These institutions may not pay very high salaries, but the exposure is beyond compare
- To look at other institutions like the Indian Defence forces, multimedia, or other art forms that you have a real liking for and develop skills.
- Work with organizations such as "Janaagraha" and help them build systems like volunteer management system that would help them operate better.
- Contribute and volunteer to help non-profit foundation called "egovernments.org" which create software systems that are used by municipalities to enable smooth governance.
- To help microfinancing institutions to spread their reach.
I will write more about the reaction of the students and how we intend to take this forward. If you can come across more ideas, please keep them flowing. You can either write to me or leave it as a comment.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
"Small is beautiful" in Srilanka
STPI, Bangalore had arranged a meeting between the delegation of companies, the BOI, and the ICTA from Srilanka and the Bangalorean SME companies. I was quite impressed with the state of progress the companies are making in Srilanka. It was very refreshing to hear that working for an SME is a badge of honour and hence finding talent is much easier for the lankans. One of the CEOs among the Srilankan delegates even mentioned that they would like to stay small. This is something that exactly reverberates with my thoughts.
"Small is beautiful" or in Seth's words "Small is the new big". Don't get me wrong, I am all for growth. I just don't believe that growth is best described in number of people working in a company. That might be true in case of a services company where each employee is not just an employee but a resource (raw material or an engine in a sense) as well. I just believe that the growth especially in a product scenario should be determined in terms of the money you make, the value that you provide and the relationships that you build. When a team of potent people come together magic happens and great products come out. Usually that team is not in hundreds but more in the order of tens or even single digits.
"Small is beautiful" or in Seth's words "Small is the new big". Don't get me wrong, I am all for growth. I just don't believe that growth is best described in number of people working in a company. That might be true in case of a services company where each employee is not just an employee but a resource (raw material or an engine in a sense) as well. I just believe that the growth especially in a product scenario should be determined in terms of the money you make, the value that you provide and the relationships that you build. When a team of potent people come together magic happens and great products come out. Usually that team is not in hundreds but more in the order of tens or even single digits.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
We turned two
We turned two! Time just flies by... that exactly is what happens when you are doing stuff that you love. In this time we have grown from two to fourteen. We are busier than ever, working on some really cool prototypes that we think are "the next best thing to sliced bread!" I promise to post more as soon as I am allowed to open my mouth. In the meantime, here's a picture of us celebrating at Leela Palace.
Monday, January 07, 2008
We have moved
We have moved our operations to a new location further south.
The new address:
#30, 2nd Floor, 4th cross, 7th Block west,
Jayanagar, Bangalore - 560082
You can see us on the wikimapia here.
The new address:
#30, 2nd Floor, 4th cross, 7th Block west,
Jayanagar, Bangalore - 560082
You can see us on the wikimapia here.
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