Category: Startups
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Setting Employee Goals In Startups – Our Story
During the first few weeks of our productive work at Mavrix, we did not set any goals for ourselves. This was simply because the work we were doing was very different from anything anyone of us had done before. There was no baseline information on effort, productivity, duration, etc. for this kind of work available…
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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.…
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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…
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Opening For A Developer
We have an opening for a developer. Check out the Jobs page for details.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Mavrix Monthly Update January-2011
Monthly update on our startup journey