Pune calling! Tring Tring… We answered!

The last one year has been a rather eventful one for us. We’ve revamped our product, expanded internationally, bagged our first set of clients in SEA (yay us!) and even got a new foosball table! (Yup, we’re still huge fans of foosball) Expanding our reach…

A hacker’s guide to frugal high definition video conferencing for startups

I have always drooled over the extra-sized HDTVs with high definition camera setups that some venture capitalists have. It turns even the most boring of meetings into something really interesting and convenient. The propensity to travel for an in-person meeting is inversely proportional to the…

5 Ways Businesses Use Text Messaging

What is the one thing that almost never leaves your side? The answer is rather common for everyone: Their mobile phone. TRAI recently reported that India just crossed 1 billion mobile subscribers. What sounds like a massive milestone is viewed by experts as just the…

Why You Shouldn’t Build What Your Customer Asks For and What To Do Instead

Henry Ford is often remembered (even if erroneously so) for his famous quip, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘faster horses.’” Ford has not entirely escaped criticism for those words. Tone-deafness to customers’ demands defines companies renowned for their…

Explaining APIs to your grandmother

How would you explain an API (for e.g., call API, SMS API) to your grandmother? — This is a question we ask our potential hires during their interview. And here are some of the funniest responses we’ve received over the last few years. For the…

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