Dear all,

It gives me immense pleasure to share with you that GoodWorkLabs, the world leading new-age outsourced product development firm and UX design studio, has won the prestigious Hot 50 Brands of Bangalore award by Hindustan Times and Bangalore Brand Summit 2015! The event was conducted by Paul Writer

Here is some great news to share! GoodWorkLabs, the leader in UX design and product development, has been has been shortlisted for the Best UX Design Studio Award 2015 and named in top 10 of India’s best UX design studios by the design focused POOL Magazine

What is significant is that we were chosen by study and survey conducted with about 100 industry experts + online survey conducted with Designindia community with participation of over 500 professionals.  Know more about the awards and other design categories here on the POOL Magazine post.

We are perhaps the youngest company in the list of UX design firms, and this nomination is the testimony of our innovation and design thinking. The last year has been a phenomenal journey for us, as we worked with top firms across the globe to craft simple, aesthetic and highly efficient products with great user experience.

We thank our clients and partners for the wonderful opportunities they entrusted us with to work on some incredible products and challenges.

Kudos to the GoodWorkLabs team! And cheers to a great journey ahead!

Vishwas Mudagal, the visionary co-founder and CEO of GoodWorkLabs, spoke at the eMavericks Club Launch, an initiative backed by DELL and CIO Association of India. The event was held on 28th March 2015, at Shiro UB City Mall.

Vishwas discussed about the online boom, Indian start-up ecosystem and also about his bestselling novel Losing My Religion in the context of young Indians.

eMavericks Club- New Wave of Online Businesses, is a new initiative started at CIO Association of India, to build an engagement with Start-up Founders and Investors of Online Businesses. Dell is an equal partner in this endeavour.

Also Losing My Religion got a brand new wrapper— courtesy Dell and eMavericks club. Every attendees and delegates took home a copy of Losing My Religion.

Here are a few snaps that were clicked at the event-

GoodWorkLabs CEO and best-selling author Vishwas Mudagal was in conversation with RJ Divya on popular radio station Fever 104 FM Bengaluru. He talked about GoodWorkLabs, his journey as an entrepreneur and his best-selling novel ‘Losing My Religion’ on the ‘Radio Magazine with Divya’ show.

Here are a few pictures from the session:

In news! Youth Conference 2025 Jaipur coverage in The Economic Times! Vishwas Mudagal inaugurated the conference as Chief Guest at this national youth summit.

Here is the press clip from The Economic Times:

GoodWorkLabs CEO, Vishwas Mudagal inaugurated the Second National Youth Conference as Chief Guest for Youth 2025 at Jaipuria Institute of Management in Jaipur. It was powered by National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) & AIMS.

He spoke to the students and delegates about marketing and media for the youth of the future. He motivated the crowd by his outstanding speech on the topic “How can we break the rule to bring change”.

Vishwas was also covered by the media off stage. Every delegate received a complimentary copy of Losing My Religion in the kit.

Here are few snaps from the event—

Here we bring to you one of the most inspiring and straight to the heart TEDx Talks ever, delivered by GoodWorkLabs CEO and the author of best-seller Losing My Religion, Vishwas Mudagal. Watch him talk about an unusual yet incredibly relevant topic called “Congratulations! You Failed!”.

Don’t miss this as it will connect with you and take you to the journey of failure, passion, and success.

Here’s what TEDx wrote about Vishwas Mudagal and the talk:

“Is failure too bad as it seems? No. It brings forth an opportunity to disrupt yourself. From bankrupt to becoming a CEO in the span of 24 hours, watch Vishwas Mudagal delivering an inspiring talk and sharing his success mantra- failure.

A resolute and enthusiastic Vishwas Mudagal started Infovision Computer Academy at the age of eighteen and thus began an inspiring journey – the journey of a successful serial entrepreneur, a visionary and a master storyteller. Mr. Mudagal currently serves as the Co-founder and CEO of GoodWorkLabs and has announced himself in the field of literature with his bestseller – ‘Losing My Religion’.”

Vishwas Mudagal, the CEO of GoodWorkLabs, had an engaging session with the students at Y2B Talks, AIESEC at Christ College Bangalore yesterday, where he shared his experiences about entrepreneurship, writing and start-ups.

Youth to Business Forum is a forum of conversation between a cross- section of the youth, business figureheads and development experts with a goal of creating lasting societal impact. Y2B Talks is an event that brings together the top young innovators and business leaders.

Here are few snaps from the event, where Vishwas Mudagal is communicating his thoughts and ideologies to the students present at the session:

Keeping in line with our tradition of fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, GoodWorkLabs is proud to sponsor Business Marathon- Flagship event at the renowned RV College of Engineering— 8th Mile 2015, to be held on February 27, 2015 from 10:00 PM on-wards.

Business Marathon is the premier competition for undergraduate and graduate students who are budding entrepreneurs with an Idea. It is a platform where people from different walk of life come together to share ideas and thoughts, where latent talents are discovered and future entrepreneurs are molded. It strives to educate students about entrepreneurship through a series of competitions.

Business Marathon supports student entrepreneurs through mentorship, recognition connections to take their businesses to the next level of success. It gives access to successful entrepreneurs, feedback, entrepreneurship, refined business idea, extended networks, and media exposure.

It is a great opportunity for students and budding entrepreneurs to be a part of the event. Make sure, you don’t miss it!

Venue:

RV College of Engineering,

8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore

2014 marked a substantial increase in usage, quality and quantity of mobile apps. While app stores for Android and iOS crossed more than a million apps hosted way back in January 2014, it also set a new high in terms of downloads. As of Oct ’14, there were 85 billion downloads in Apple app store¹

With games (20.38%), education (10.36%) and business (9.43%)² forming the top 3 segments of apps available on app stores in September 2014, smartphone user interest has certainly been versatile. The downloads came from a large swathe of industries and niches including publishing, games, entertainment, music, stores, utility, enterprise and others. Since the birth of smartphones, apps have not only been attracting extensive investment from marketers of all forms but also converting it into billions of dollars as revenues. This trend is only set to grow further, and the onslaught of several startups is only going to fuel the practice. Now that we are well into 2015, here’s looking back at the best trends set in the app market.

Growth of messaging apps

From WeChat (438 million users in Nov ‘14) to Facebook Messenger (200 million) and several players like Viber (105 million), Line (170 million), and KakaoTalk (50 million), messaging apps have seen a massive increase led by WhatsApp (600 million)³. Smartphone users have been found to set a clear division between communicating through a social network (Facebook messenger) and exclusive messaging apps. However, messaging apps of today aren’t just limited to texts and picture messages. Today, to send a video instantly, one needn’t create and send an MMS. It can be easily done over platforms like Lettrs and Cyber Dust and more importantly in a bare minimum of data usage. Messaging apps are also integrating music, shopping and even games to make the interface much more entertaining and engaging.

Educational apps

There has been a substantial rise in the number of educational apps in 2014. Tablets and smartphones are proving to be a great means of information exchange and spreading awareness. In some schools in California, iPads have been included in the school kit to create better access to education and syllabuses. This certainly is a great moment for developers as their designs are directly helping create a better society and not just entertaining kids (games).

Enterprise apps

Some of the most innovative apps brought into the stores have been developed by companies, to be used by their staff. Enterprise apps have been able to break the barrier and create remote collaborations and easier team building. Taking a closer look, enterprise apps like HP Flow CM, Worx Home, IBM Worklight and Quip have been able to bring about a change in the way companies and entrepreneurs do business.

Free gaming

Gaming has always been a much wanted accessory with mobile device. However, since the launch of smartphones, gaming has gained much prominence among users. 2014 has seen a rise in constructive and free-to-use gaming apps with popular titles like Candy Crush Saga, Lumosity, The New York Times Crossword and Angry Birds.

Internet of things

The most talked about titles in the app world come from the wearable apps, including Google Glass and Smart Watches. While there is a lot of technological challenge involved in this category, they seem to be the hottest topics in the Android and iOS marketplaces.

Stepping into 2015, we can only say that the app industry will continue to spread its wings and we certainly can expect to be impressed.

1- http://www.statista.com/statistics/263794/number-of-downloads-from-the-apple-app-store/
2 – http://www.statista.com/statistics/270291/popular-categories-in-the-app-store/
3 – http://was-gb.wascdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Slide41.png