A bunch of startups came together today at the ‘Lunch and Learn’ event at Critosphere, where our GoodWorkLabs San Francisco Bay Area office is housed. Vishwas Mudagal, CEO & Co-founder of GoodWorkLabs, addressed the gather and spoke about technology, design and offshoring, and share our successful journey at GoodWorkLabs! A very engaging and interactive session over pizzas!
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At GoodWorkLabs we’re all about solving complex problems for clients. We love to apply our new-age software and design expertise, and solid user experience (UX) strategy to help clients achieve their goals.
And, we’re proud to say that we’ve been pretty successful at it. But don’t take our word for it. Recently we were identified by Clutch, a business-to-business (B2B) market research firm based in Washington, D.C., as a Top Mobile App Developer in Bengaluru.
Clutch finds, evaluates and shares information about top digital agencies around the globe. They use a proprietary research methodology that consists of a dozen qualitative and quantitative factors. They then map these organization on a Leaders Matrix to indicate their relative position in an easy-to-understand graphic format.
Digital marketing is competitive and it can be tough to stand out. Clutch analyst, Christian Louzan, points to how companies in India are making a name for themselves internationally, and says: “App developers in India have set an industry standard with their high quality, cost effective work.”
Part of the evaluation process that Clutch uses to identify top firms involves one-on-one interviews with agency clients. Our clients had some great things to say about us.
One client, a mobile development company, said: “GoodWorkLabs did a good job of designing the user experience. I would say their attention to detail is what sets them aside.” Another client, a security firm, said: “One of the things that stood out for me was their level of service and approach to the customer’s need.”
Interested in learning more? We invite you to visit our Clutch profile.
New-age web, mobile, and software technology company GoodWorkLabs was at YourStory TechSparks 2016 here in Bangalore, India. The event took place on the 30th of September and 1st of October and aimed to bring together the best technology thought leaders and cutting-edge tech companies from across the country together onto one platform. TechSparks is hosted by the News and Media website YourStory and helps create a leveled platform for industry leaders to talk about the latest developments in Technology and focuses on discussing and effectively meeting the needs of the tech and IT industry.
GoodWorkLabs CEO, Vishwas Mudagal, was invited by TechSparks to be a part of a panel discussion on successfully scaling the SMAC world. Read more about the story here!
CEO Vishwas Mudagal spoke about scaling in the SMAC world.
GoodWorkLabs team at YourStory TechSparks 2016
GoodWorkLabs is a multi-million-dollar web and mobile technology solution provider.
Based out of Bangalore, India, and San Franciso, CA, GoodWorkLabs provides cutting-edge tech solutions to Fortune 500 companies from around the world
GoodWorkLabs CEO, Vishwas Mudagal, takes part in a panel discussion at TechSparks 2016.
Instrumental in developing new-age web and mobile solutions, GoodWorkLabs were present as technology thought leaders at the TechSparks 2016 event.
The UX Design Awards is an annual event hosted by the International Design Center Berlin (IDZ) at the IFA in Berlin, Germany. The honor is bestowed upon successful product solutions that encompass holistic design with special importance placed on people and user experience. The EkStep Genie app, which was designed and developed by GoodWorkLabs, was nominated for this prestigious award. The app was selected based on its exceptionally user centric design, and providing an effortless user experience.
The app was built by GoodWorkLabs for the e-learning company, Ekstep. The Genie app is aimed at children between the ages of 5 and 12, and specifically developed to help create equitable learning opportunities for children in underprivileged areas.
Read more about the UX Design Awards.
The Google Mobile Academy held an event on the 1st of Septermber in Delhi, India, which was aimed at discussing the future of mobile web and mobile web technology. As a Google Developer Agency Partner, GoodWorkLabs was an integral part of the event. The CEO of the company, Vishwas Mudagal was invited by the Google Mobile Academy to extend his expertise as a technology thought leader in the field of web and mobile technology development.
With primary focus on how the web and mobile technology sector works and understanding the prognostic needs of the market, here is what he had to say:
Vishwas Mudagal at the Google Mobile Academy event in Delhi.
Vishwas: To be honest, it’s not meeting the expectations if you look at more mature markets like the US and Europe. However, mobile apps are better compared to Mobile web currently. Mobile web currently lacks several key ingredients that will let users access the content and features seamlessly. Few aspects are – 1. slow loading 2. poor UX/UI and navigation 3. poor networks, bandwidth. 4. low-quality devices with majority of users. 5. lack of offline access , etc.
Vishwas: The most common issue we face is the lack of understanding how and why mobile web is critical to the strategy and business growth. Mobile web hasn’t got the due attention it needs and most clients don’t have a special focus for it. Only after Google has been giving preference to responsive websites, businesses have moved towards responsive websites. This is a positive development. But still there is special emphasis on key parameters like –
We need the right mandate, financing and manpower to get the mobile web strategy right. This lack of investment is another issue. It’s not a one time activity, it needs us to continuously monitor and optimise the way our mobile web product works.
Vishwas: Speed is the most important criteria. Especially if the website is transactional in nature, like a ticket booking or e-commerce site. People are not patient enough to deal with slow loading.
With the availability of AMP + PWA combination, now we have plenty of ammunition to address this concern. This was not the case before.
“Design is make or break for the mobile web,” says Vishwas Mudagal, CEO GoodWorkLabs.
Vishwas: I have tried to answer some of the aspects previously with respect to a special mandate or investment available for the mobile web. Budgets, time and resources are a major constraint with many clients.
Also they dont understand why they need to spend money on good UX/UI. Because the talent in UX/UI is expensive, agencies struggle to allocate expensive resources and end up delivering not-so-great UX/UI. This will ultimately affect the brand, user engagement, KPIs, and even the business. Just to save little money, business end up making huge losses but they never realise it. Because of this, it is important for the CMOs and CTOs to ensure the top management in the company understands the seriousness of mobile web.
Vishwas: Design is make or break for the mobile web. We have to invest the right amount of time, money and talent into this, else the whole strategy fails.
When it comes to mobile, the expectations are quite high from the general users, because mobile web is competing with the native mobile apps. One recommendation is to bridge the gap between the two with similar navigation, keeping native OS in mind, making it super-responsive which feels as though the app was tailor made for that device, bring in certain personalised content, creating a great look-n-feel, etc.
Another aspect is to understand who are the primary, secondary and tertiary audience. The design should be always ‘user-centric,’ hence understanding who is your user is the key. Then you build the user journeys around the business objectives your web product is supposed to fullfil. Look at creating the right information architecture and information hierarchy.
Because the real estate on the devices is too small, we need to know which data or action is primary, and what is secondary. etc. (I can always discuss the Lean UX strategy of getting this right)
Vishwas: Effective requirement gathering, expectation setting, best practices in terms of Lean UX, Agile software development (iterative process), clear mandate from client, etc. are very critical. We have seen that when clients are not clear on what they want, the project becomes very expensive and time consuming. So its important for client to do their homework, in terms of requirements, product positioning, feature set, roadmap, go to market strategy. This clarity will go a long way.
Secondly, the right amount of onsite and onshore resources are critical. Distance between a client and vendor team might create problem in KT and project management. So, for critical phases, sitting together helps a lot.
Vishwas: Absolutely, it’s a no brainer that mobile web is the logical thing to do and it will evolve in terms of technology support (now we have PWA, responsive web, AMP, etc.) to make it really awesome for almost all types of businesses and portals.
The event hosted some of the most eminent names from the web and mobile technology sector who contributed their on-field industry expertise to the Google knowledge bank. GoodWorkLabs CEO, Vishwas Mudagal, was invited to be a part of the panel discussion at the event to help understand the state of mobile web in India. As a web and mobile technology thought leader, Vishwas spoke about the future of mobile web and conveyed the need for rapid advancements and knowledge sharing in the mobile web technology sector.
Click here to read Vishwas Mudagal’s Panel Discussion at the Google Mobile Academy!
GoodWorkLabs stall at the Google Mobile Academy Event
GoodWorkLabs was invited to be a part of the event to extend our expertise as mobile web technology experts
The GoodWorkLabs team was present at the Google Mobile Academy event as Google Developer Agency Partners
Experts in the field of Mobile Web made their presence felt at the event.
GoodWorkLabs CEO, Vishwas Mudagal was invited to share his opinion as a technology thought leader.
The panel discussion was aimed at understanding the future of mobile web in the Indian market.
Vishwas Mudagal spoke about the importance of fast and accessible mobile web technology and the need to accelerate this tech.
GoodWorkLabs is a market leader in providing rapidly deployable and beautifully developed Mobile and Web Applications.
Bangalore/San Francisco – 21st September 2016
GoodWorkLabs announced that they have been awarded the Red Herring Asia Top 100. A prestigious recognition, Red Herring is one of the World’s Leading innovation and technology magazines. Hand-picked by their editorial board for being one of Asia’s most promising companies set to take the tech world by storm, GoodWorkLabs set themselves apart as thought leaders in the sphere of web, mobile, and software development.
Since 1996, Red Herring has made a mark in the world of business innovation for recognizing promising companies that are breaking boundaries and showing rapid development in their space of expertise. Red Herring Asia Top 100 2016 enlisted over 2000 privately financed companies in Asia, and through rigorous benchmarks based on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technological innovation, business model, and market penetration, awards the Top 100 for their exceptional growth and promise.
Vishwas Mudagal, CEO and Co-Founder, GoodWorkLabs said, “We are honoured to have been declared winners for this most prestigious award that recognizes the fastest growing and the most innovative companies in Asia. We have grown tremendously since the last year and continue showing a positive revenue growth of 500% year on year. With this rate of growth, we have on-boarded large-scale clients globally and will continue to design and build futuristic technology for the world.”
“In 2016, selecting the top achievers was difficult as always,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “The variety, depth, disruption and traction we saw from the early stage companies to those with significant scale made 2016 a great vintage to judge. The Asia winners are representative of the amazing ecosystem that never ceases to astound, with new and experienced entrepreneurs continuing to push the barriers of innovation. As one of the winners, GoodWorkLabs should be proud of its accomplishment.”
Here is a complete list of Red Herring Asia Top 100 2016 Winners.
The Economic Times featured an article today on the 10 Steps to make Great Apps. Fueled by GoodWorkLabs thought leadership the article goes on to talk about the crucial steps one needs to take to ensure the success of their Mobile or Web Application.
Mobile and Web Apps have taken over the tech space and now contribute to a large chunk of the information exchange online. At GoodWorkLabs we help companies evolve by developing insightful and prognostic mobility strategies. We are the architects of some of the most user experience driven apps and mobility solutions in the market.
Read the article here to know more about the ten steps we follow and ascribe to while developing the perfect app strategy!
It should not be a surprise to people that business writing is no longer just about jargon filled theories and observations. There’s a new wave of business writers and they’re changing the perception of business literature forever. By bringing in elements of fast paced storytelling and building business theories around a riveting narrative, they have elevated traditional business literature to a creative art form.
Over the past few years, business leaders, young entrepreneurs, and even those outside typical managerial fields have taken to the fray of writing and publishing in the Business Literature genre. But unlike the Business Literature of the past, these new writers are doing something slightly different – they have managed to incorporate an element of creativity to the genre. This has made all the difference in the way people have perceived business literature, that it need not always be vastly complex theoretical concept stuffed into a 300-page book, but that it can also be a fantastic reading experience.
The Bangalore BizLit Fest has set a precedent like no other in incorporating neo-managerial literature into the mainstream audience. Being India’s only business literature festival, the Bangalore BizLit Fest promotes readers to put forth their ideas on paper, and showcases writers who have gone on to write unconventional but impactful business books. GoodWorkLabs CEO, Vishwas Mudagal with his book Losing my Religion, is a great example of how young minds have gone on to write national best-sellers that are inherently BizLit.
IIM Bangalore is hosting the second edition of the Bangalore BizLit Fest 2016 on the 17th of September. With guest speakers like Ramchandra Guha, Devdutt Patnaik, Mukesh Bansal, and Prof. Anil Gupta, it not only is a star studded event, but also takes a noteworthy step towards a positive shift in promoting mainstream business literature.
The event provides a platform for business leaders, educators, aspiring writers, and young working professionals to interact in a space of learned discussion and knowledge sharing. With this year’s focus being on Entrepreneurship Literature, the Bangalore BizLit Fest is all set to capture widespread viewership in the IT Capital. So join us, as we discuss business, management, publishing, technology, and a lot more.
CIO, which covers expert opinions on enterprise IT from Industry Leaders around the world featured an Exclusive interview with GoodWorkLabs CEO and Founder, Vishwas Mudagal. In the interview Vishwas talks about the rise of Mobile Web and how innovations like Progressive Web Apps are redefining the Mobile Web sector.
Here is a snippet from the interview:
Today, most websites have a mobile-optimized design that can work on any device, be it a mobile, tablet or laptop. Of course, not all websites are optimized for all screen sizes. The basic purpose of a mobile website is to capture as many new customers as possible.
Read more about Vishwas’s opinion on the comeback of Mobile Web Applications here!
