Mavrix

Category: Startups

  • 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…

  • Startups – Be Prepared For Spam After Registration

    Since we registered, we have been hit by spam from various national banks congratulating us on the registration and imploring us to open an account with them. (Oh, the gap between aggressive sales and lazy servicing!) But the latest spam we received was outrageous and, I would contend, unethical. It was a package of books…