6 Months in the life of a start up

Its been a while since we last updated on all the news here at iRunway.. its funny how lots of activity and very little activity both result in very little to narrate :) Fortunately for us, things have been moving at a crazy pace.. so lots of activity to share... and very little time to do it in.

Firstly, we actually finished and moved to the office (related posts below..). Its been quite a labor of love and turned out to be just the "right" place for us. The flip side was, due to growth in both the work and the team size (the perils of being good at what you do .. :P), now are already looking at other places to expand to.

On the recruitment side, we had a phenomenal recruitment both last year and this year (i.e. associates set to join us this coming summer). The sheer quality of people and the excitement levels are both sky high right now. Work wise, its been all that we could ask for.. opportunity for high value-addition in challenging technology domains at the same time creating the right DNA in the firm to help affect the industry. With the end clients responding well to our output and giving us tougher and more challenging work with each passing month, we could start seeing our idea of creating a new industry take clearer shape.

Lastly, we (the founding team) can see that the company is already bigger than all of us. Over time the organization took shape and just the synergy created by the whole team results in all the details being taken care of with minimal effort. That is truly a great feeling.. feels like a snowball gaining mass and speed..

Preparations on in full swing to scale

The iRunway office at Geetanjali Paradise is always bubbling with activities. Everyone is running around for one thing or the other. Yes, it is the scaling season.

To begin with, we recently finalized on a 2000 sq ft plus office space at the downtown of Bangalore, in Kormanagala. Interestingly, the color of the building is iRunway yellow, seeming for once that it was actually made keeping us in mind. Finding the right place was not easy. We spent over a month looking for the place. Our key considerations were (i) it should be spacious enough to accommodate 30+ people, (ii) it should be in a posh locality, and (iii) it should be at the heart of the city so that the employees can commute easily

Then we have to furnish the office. Suggestions are pouring in (and welcome) from various quarters. The layout, color scheme, chair design, cubicle design, and wall color everything needs to be figured out.

Finally there is hiring. Efforts are on to identify the set of people that will form the pioneer batch of associates at iRunway. The initial response to our job posting on various email groups of the class of 2007 has been overwhelming. The process is on to shortlist candidates based on their resume. We intend to hold recruitment sessions in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore in the last week of May/first week of June. We also continue to invite resumes of people interested in working with us.

At the back end, there is preparation of the induction program and the training program for the pioneer batch of associates.

Ohhh of course we have lots of client work going on too!!!

All in all, very busy times… but no one is complaining. :-)