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This document by Sahaj Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (Sahaj) is intended for information and discussion purposes only, and is not intended to be binding. Contents of this deck are Private and confidential. Not to be shared without the consent of Sahaj Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. through any media/communication means
Sahaj adj./ Devanagari : सहज /Meaning: Natural, Simple,Adaptive
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication- anonymous”
Founded by a group of passionate technology professionals with extensive experience across various facets of software engineering, our endeavor is to deliver outcomes which embrace aspects of simplicity represented by elegance, clarity and sophistication.
About us
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Our StrengthsIts all about people-
Curiosity & Empathy
To understand our customers business & their customers problems
PassionFor solving problems with tools that are right and not which they are comfortable with
Depth of Understanding
To bring in expertise as a science and experience as a skill & art for a Nett Positive
Impact
Enthusiasm
Towards their craft, be open to new ideas and be the
best at their craft
Seniors rich in experiences across multiple technologies, extremely non-leveraged folks who joined Sahaj to pursue the passion for technology and explore new challenges and draw the satisfaction of solving real life problems. Real consultants; no stereotypes, no boundaries, hierarchy or roles
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Custom solutions for complex business problems, more focussed on solutions for the end stakeholders (e.g operations, maintenance, all actors in the part of the system- a more holistic solutioning all towards optimizing on the total cost of ownership)
‣ A commitment towards
design and engineering
excellence
A mindset towards
solutioning and
generating value via
technology
An obsession for creating simple solutions
with an endeavor to pursue simplicity
Our Business ValuesWhat keeps us in check-
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Our debateOne, we question often ask-
Is software development an Engineering, Science or Art ? still continues…
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Our approach to product deliveryOur software development process focuses on-
Tech reviews for the code base and existing dev practices to identify &
create a roadmap for adoption - helping the team to deliver with
lesser defects thus reducing the overall costs
Reducing total cost of operations with no compromise on Value Proposition
Quick feedback cycles via Iterative development, lean documentation,
collaborative communications for faster decisions, prioritized MVP, test
automation with CI & TDD, etc
Reducing time to market
Change on business reqts, user feedback and unseen realities warrant
being responsive to change in priorities- communicate faster,
adaptability over predictability
Being responsive to change
Our approach works on a holistic solutioning- look at the bigger
picture, know the unknowns, challenge assumptions for a unified goal,
use philosophies of Agile & Lean as an enabler, tailor-made to suit
every outcome that is needed to fail fast & validate faster.
Holistic solutioning; not mere order taking
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Our approach to product deliveryOur software development process focuses on-
Tech reviews for the code base and existing dev practices to identify & create a roadmap for
adoption - helping the team to deliver with lesser defects thus reducing the overall costs
REDUCING TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP
collaborative communications for faster decisions, break down of all features and
functionalities, prioritized MVP, etc
BEING PREDICTABLE IN DELIVERING THE IDENTIFIED OBJECTIVES
Quick feedback cycles via Iterative development, lean documentation, test automation with CI & TDD, no set process templates or practices
REDUCING TIME TO MARKET
Change on business reqts, user feedback and unseen realities warrant being responsive to
change in priorities- communicate faster, adaptability over predictability
BEING RESPONSIVE TO CHANGE
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Our approach works on a holistic solutioning- look at the bigger picture, know the unknowns, challenge assumptions for a unified goal, use philosophies of Agile & Lean as an enabler, tailor-made to suit every outcome that is needed to fail fast & validate faster
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Our ServicesStuff that excites us-
TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY
We help our customers make
appropriate technology choices en route to solutioning for the
problems at hand as well as help
in due diligence for investors on investments, Product
consolidations, Mergers & Acquisitions
PRODUCT DESIGN
A company is an association or
collection of individuals, whether natural persons, legal
persons, or a mixture of both.
Company members
CONSULTING & ENABLEMENT
We enable technology
organizations become strong and reliable business enablers,
imbibe Agile and Lean practices,
user-centric design and continuous delivery principles
into their development process
CUSTOM SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
We work collaboratively with our
customers in delivering simple innovative custom software
solutions, even to complex business needs
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9Our Engagement ModelHow we work together typically-
Get a shared understanding of the goal Get directional alignment on approach & solutions
Agree on the priorities & immediate milestones Embrace change and ambiguity
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Continuous Prioritization & planning driven by - Validations for contained experiments, Incremental Design & Development, Testing & Bug fixing, User feedback from early validation exercises
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Analyze > Solutionize > Iterative Design & Development > Test > Refine > Release all in
short cycles on the philosophy of fail fast, succeed faster
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Supported by strong engineering practices based on Agile and Lean philosophies, Toolsets, Frameworks, Automation(Tears & drops), Open-source alternatives, etc.
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Our Work
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Iterative, collaborative & participatory, adaptive to changes with best Lean & Agile practices focussed on early mkt validation
A faster time to marketScala, Play, Akka, Angular JS, PostgreSQL, Amazon S3, Android Native
Tech Stack
FikkAFikkA is a job recommendation app - a two way connect between candidates and recruiters
with just a simple swipe. You can download FikkA from Playstore . http://Fikka.jobs
Every entrepreneurial journey begins with a dream - and we know dreams can change the world. But reality is also about getting the execution correct from the early stages. We evaluated quite a few partners to help get our idea off the ground quickly. Sahaj, with their extensive experience of working with startups was an ideal choice for us. And they did not disappoint... be it in scoping (what's the right trade-off in time and features), the look and feel (UX and UI), engineering (cutting edge, scalable, high performance). Even the complete handover to the FikkA team was very smooth! More importantly, they owned the idea as much as us - it was their baby too... FikkA is a job recommendation app - a two way connect between candidates and recruiters with just a simple swipe. You can download FikkA from Playstore - and experience it yourself.
Sahaj - thank you! “ - Ramachandran Kallankara, Founder & Director, FikkA
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Platforms suited to candidates on the move (Android app) and recruiters (web)
Android App + Recruiter WebIntuitive Natural language UX, Job tile based job recos; no job listing, complete anonymity till a 2 way match, etc.
Unique Value Proposition
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First version of the platform deployed in 3 weeks of effort time
On time; within budgetBootstrap, Ruby On Rails, JQuery, Elastic Search, Google Cloud for images, PostgreSQL
Tech Stack
StoryWeaverPrathambooks.org, an India based Not-for-Profit aims to have a book in every child’s hand. The platform invites both, the weaver of stories and the reader to connect and
share the fascinating world of words and illustrations.- http://Storyweaver.org.in
We worked with Sahaj to develop our open source platform for multilingual content. It was a complex project and the team at Sahaj did a great job to understand our specific requirements and budget constraints. They followed a rigorous process to keep the project on time and within the budget. We believe we have developed an excellent product that will stand the test of time. We have just launched StoryWeaver (September 2015)and the response has been wonderful both from users and the tech community
Thank you Team Sahaj!“- Suzanne Singh, Chairperson, Pratham Books
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Cross platform to cater to a varied user base across all sections of society
Multi Platform(RWD) DesignRead, Create, Translate or Download endless stream of stories & illustrations in the child’s mother tongue
Tickle your imagination
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13dloHaiti
dloHaiti, an USA based company with a mission to enable de-centralized distribution of clean and affordable water. The goal was to design & develop a Cloud-based
application to enable capture and monitor of water quality and sales data, at various water kiosks
…We had a really positive experience working with Sahaj. The team had very smart people working on the development and design for our application. They ask great questions that show they are thinking really hard about how to deliver the best solution that meets our needs… -Elaine B, CTO, dloHaiti
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Android + Web
Designed and developed both User Interfaces - Android client application on tablet, and browser-based Admin interface at server end
Recommended the OPEN hardware based infrastructure for kiosk-based water sensors, and programmed the interfaces to exchange data with the server
Software + Open Hardware
On time; quick to validateBootstrap on Android, Groovy on Grails, MySQL, OPEN hardware, Designed, developed, tested and deployed the application on cloud
Tech StackIterative well prioritized feature set, Quick validation from non-tech savvy user base who found both the interfaces easy & intuitive to use
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14Our Work
India based NGO focused on education in K+5 age group
Highly flexible data visualizing mechanism capable of
analyzing and plotting the data for-
‣ Operational: Geographical spread on a map, time
series, (high level) business metrics
‣ Child Learning: Analysis of child performance
‣ Application Feedback: Analysis of learning
applications across the population (or sub-set) of
children
Solved challenges
First version of the platform was deployed in production in 3 weeks of elapsed time
On time; within budgetGoLang, Ruby on Rails, Elastic Search, Logstash/Kafka, Kibana, S3/HDFS
Tech Stack
‣ Leveraging technology to build an automated
platform to assist learning of basic literacy,
numeracy and non cognitive skills
‣ Highly distributed system consisting of multiple
platforms, mobile based learning front-end and
web-based backend
‣ Built a cloud based platform to gather data from
the mobile devices
An Automated Platform
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For personalized and peer based recommendation shopping experience in India
Android App
2 member team did it all- backend complexities, disparate data feed & IM integration- all features in 12 weeks flat
Talk to the experts
View & share products, compare prices, take opinion from friends & family- all on the apps IM
Your fast & personal shopper
RubyOnRails, Android, Elastic Search, PostGRESQL and hosted on AWS
Tech Stack
ShopInSyncShopInSync Inc. offers users the convenience of one stop shopping destination across leading e-commerce websites & apps across millions of products, with the ability to easily compare prices. It also helps connect users with their friends and family through an integrated messaging service to offer them assistance for making the best purchase decisions.
Sahaj was the perfect partner for ShopInSync to get us off the ground. Of course they have a great team and strong work ethic, but the most important aspect for us was a sense of ownership and level of flexibility which is rare in a "consultant". With them it always like we were marching towards the same goal
-Raj Ramaswamy, CEO and Co Founder, ShopinSync Inc.
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…a bit more about us
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From various domains- Startups & Enterprises, Global Corps., Consulting, Social, Education, E-Commerce, Recruitment, Travel ,Gifting, Media, etc.
Clients40+
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Non-Leveraged team with average experience of 8-10 years, domain and skill set independent, passionate and some of the best in their crafts
People strong
“Varnam” is an open source, cross platform trans-literator for Indian languages. Devday, Datakind support, IOT & Open Hardware, etc.
Open Source & Other Initiatives
3Encouraging Self-driven initiatives by Sahajeevees along with investments & partnerships in the products space - startup feel
Products in Data, E-Commerce & IOT space
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We, Sahajeevees
BangaloreChennai
San Francisco
Sunder K Malyandi Co-Founder
https://in.linkedin.com/in/sunder-k-malyandi-799540
Nitin Dhall Co-Founder
https://in.linkedin.com/in/nitin-dhall-200b7939
Balachander S Co-Founder
https://in.linkedin.com/in/balachander-
swaminathan-69289839
Akash Agrawal Co-Founder
https://in.linkedin.com/in/akashagr
Rohit Bansal Co-Founder
https://in.linkedin.com/in/rohit-bansal-1234881
We, SahajeeveesThe founders-
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@SahajSoftware
#365, 3rd Floor, Sulochana Building, 1st Cross Road, 3rd Block,
Koramangala, Sarjapura Main Road, Bangalore 560034, India
Type 2/15 Dr.V.S.I Estate, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041, India
www.sahajsoft.com
Thanks
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Sahaj Software Solutions Inc., 5725 Camden Ave, San Jose, CA, USA -95124