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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…

  • 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…

  • Mavrix Monthly Update Dec-2010

    Company registered. We finally registered as Mavrix Infotech Private Limited. The process took 4 weeks after we decided to switch from LLP to company registration. Enrolled into Microsoft’s BizSpark program. It is a fantastic program which makes a whole lot of Microsoft goodies available to startups at NO COST. There is no reason why a…

  • New Member In The Mavrix Family

    In the last (and the first!) Mavrix Monthly Update, I had talked about the first Mavrix employee. Now that he has served out his notice period, I can reveal the identity of the mystery man. Santosh Patil was the first person I interviewed for the Content Manager role and my assessment of his fit with…

  • Why Google Docs Makes Sense For Startups

    A startup has to select its office software (documents, spreadsheets, etc) early on. We picked ours based a quick and dirty assessment (is there any other kind for a startup?). Here goes: In the end, we selected Google Docs because: It’s free. It’s not the best office product but our needs aren’t very sophisticated. Collaboration…

  • Company Setup Is Better Than LLP For Indian Startups

    As any startup, one of the first things I did was to try and figure out what kind of a legal entity my company should be. Ruling out proprietorship and a partnership was a no-brainer due to liability issues. It then became a choice between a company (Private Limited) and an LLP (Limited Liability Partnership).…

  • Startup Interview Tips

    I had a very disappointing Saturday. I had four interviews scheduled and only one of the candidates showed up. When I asked the HR firm I was using, they said that it happens a lot because techies get “hundreds of offers”. I get the demand-supply dynamic but not turning up for a scheduled interview is…

  • Lean (But Not Mean) Is The Way To Go

    Corporations are not very popular these days: A documentary, The Corporation, is getting a lot of buzz. It’s based on the book “The Corporations: The Pathological Pursuit Of Power” by Joel Bakan, a Canadian law professor. The book/documentary questions the right of individuals granted to corporations in the US. It asks – “If the corporation…