Category: Startups

  • Mavrix Monthly Update March-2011

    100 blog posts since inception. This is the 100th post! Updated FAQ. We tell you more about what we are doing. Went through a quick RFP process for the UI design of our service. Decided on a partner. Switched from BSNL to Tata Telecom after months of poor and unpredictable connectivity and bad customer service.…

  • I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

    Throughout our startup journey, I have been constantly reminded of how lucky I am to have the friends and well-wishers I do. Here’s what my friends helped me with so far: Got excited with me when I took the plunge. Reviewed my business plan. Some were critical but only in a constructive way. Told me…

  • Opening For A Developer

    We have an opening for a developer. Check out the Jobs page for details.

  • Mavrix Monthly Update February-2011

    We are a team. Three Content Analysts – Gururaj, Rakshith and Fidel – joined us in February. Santosh and I are glad we have others to talk to in the office! In three short weeks it feels like we have moved through the first three stages of Group Development – Forming, Storming and Norming and…

  • Update Feb-21-2011

    We finally have a professionally created logo. Hope you like it. We need help with some data entry work. Please check out the jobs page and share with anyone who may be interested.

  • Startups and Serendipity

    The startup landscape is replete with stories of serendipity. We got a taste of it recently. It is sweet and delicious. We have been struggling to get a Technical Architect on board for some time now. A lot of interviews. Many no-shows. I was beginning to get worried. (A friend/advisor jokingly reassured me – “You…

  • Meet The New Mavericks

    Over the last few days, three Content Analysts – Gururaj, Rakshith and Fidel – joined us. Suddenly, there is a special buzz at work that comes with a new team coming together. We love it! Check our our team page to find out more about our new team members. Despite our small number of followers,…

  • Google Docs Follow-up – We Are Sticking With It

    A few days before our Content Analysts started joining, we revisited our Google Docs decision (finally!) and agreed that it made sense to continue with it. Here was our rationale: It’s free. (Yeah, I can’t emphasize that enough.) The alternative is expensive. In the few weeks that we used Google Docs, we felt that it…

  • Mavrix Monthly Update January-2011

    Monthly update on our startup journey

  • Dilemmas In HR Management

    I read two very interesting articles recently that made me think about HR management. Given our size, the topic is not immediately relevant to us but I do want to mull about these over time to figure out our HR approach: 1. Fire fast – The first article is about a quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, whose…