Economic Times, India’s top financial daily, wrote an exclusive coverage on the inspiring and incredible story of GoodWorkLabs and how it has grown 500% year-on-year with revenue over the last three years. Read the full coverage here on the growth story of GoodWorkLabs.

Excerpts from article here –

While pursuing her graduate degree in computer science at UIIT, Shimla, Sonia Sharma was clear about her career path: not to be a job seeker but to become a job creator. Entrepreneurship, says Sharma, has always held a charm for her and no job could be a worthy substitute to it. True to her ambition, after spending a few years learning the ropes in a couple of startups, she founded IT products company GoodWorksLab in March 2013, along with Vishwas Mudagal,  a serial entrepreneur and author.

Given the founders’ training and experience, IT was a natural choice: “We had identified a key gap in the IT services industry—lack of good product companies. The idea was to be the ‘product’ guys in an otherwise ‘services’ industry,” says 34-year-old Sharma, Cofounder and Managing Director.

Founded with an initial investment of Rs 25 lakh from Mudagal, GoodWorkLabs is in the business of developing apps and products as per clients’ needs and specifications. In less than three years, this Bengaluru-based company counts the likes of Hindustan Unilever, Sesame Street, ST Dupont, Flipkart, CommonFloor and Avaya among its clients.

The start for this company, which won several business awards including ‘Fastest Growing Indian Company’ award in 2014 conferred by International Achievers Conference, was a bit challenging. While the founders, owing to their previous corporate relationships , did not have trouble securing business, finding the programming talent to build products proved to be a tough task.

“We needed high-quality talent. There was an immediate need to recruit quality talent to serve clients in a fiercely competitive business environment . It was difficult to get it,” says Mudgal, 34, Co-founder and CEO. GoodWorkLabs had to give up some of the projects that came its way for want of talent. Gradually, the startup was able to hire the right people .

“Birds of the same feather, eventually, flock together. After initial hiccups, we ended up creating a fantastic tech and design team that we were proud of,” says Mudagal, 34. The company now has 70 employees on its rolls. “Even though we have a good team in place, we still have to say no to some of the projects as we do not have the necessary bench strength,” says Sharma.

Read full story on Economic Times here.

There are a lot of options these days for companies to engage with various audiences through mobile technology. As they seek to stand out from the masses, these companies are continually looking for innovative solutions that go beyond the norm, or expected, to drive interest and engagement.

That’s where GoodWorkLabs comes in. GoodWorkLabs is a leading new-age software and design lab that delivers cutting-edge products and solutions for a growing list of global clients. The firm specializes in outsourced product development, high-end mobile/gaming apps and custom software development.

Mobile app development is highly in demand these days, and many companies are emerging to meet that demand. So many, that it can be challenging for businesses to determine which offer the best, and most reliable app developers. That’s where Clutch comes in. Clutch is a Washington, DC-based analyst firm that identifies top services providers in mobile and web development. Using a proprietary framework, the Leaders Matrix, Clutch maps firms’ focus areas and ability to deliver on client expectations.

Clutch is committed to identifying the leaders in a variety of industries, such as software development, advertising and marketing, web and mobile app development and IT consulting. GoodWorkLabs is on their radar screen. The firm has been selected by Clutch as a company to provide as a “firm that delivers.”

Our profile offers potential customers a thorough summary of our services, including detailed charts showing prospective clients which industries we serve, a list of some of our clients, and a sense of what it’s like to work with us. As we move forward our profile will be augmented by the inclusion of customer testimonials to offer an even more realistic feel for what we can do.

Our name says it all: we’re GoodWorkLabs and we do good work! But don’t just take our word for it. One of the most important features of our profile is the client reviews section. What’s unique about the reviews is that Clutch actually reaches out and interviews our clients over the phone. This allows our clients to give unbiased feedback about our products and services. While this feat might make some business owners nervous, we welcome the unbiased reviews, as it’s the only way we can truly know how we’re doing. We want to constantly be evaluating and improving our services, and these interviews allow us to do that. As of right now, we have a 4.8-star rating, so we’re feeling pretty confident about our ability to meet our clients’ needs.

The client testimonials which accompany the review section are crucial in giving potential clients a glimpse into what it’s like to work with us. One of our valued clients, the CEO of Audetemi, 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. They insisted on coming up with a design of their own before discussing my ideas.”

Another client, the founder of ID Verify Wizard, a fraud prevention company, said: “One of the things that stood out for me was their level of service and approach to the customer’s need. GoodWorkLabs is focused on what has to be done.”

We couldn’t be more pleased with our profile, and our relationship with Clutch. If you haven’t already, we invite you to check out our Clutch profile, and let us know your thoughts!

Bangalore Mirror newspaper featured Sonia Sharma, MD & Co-founder of GoodWorkLabs.  The story quotes entrepreneurs from startups like DriveU, Morning Fresh and Myra Vineyards, amidst the buzz around Mark Zuckerberg’s post on Facebook. Sonia spoke about her style statement that she carries to work everyday.

Read complete article on Bangalore Mirror here – FASHION HERE IS NOT YET ZUCKERBERG-ESQUE

CEO & Co-founder of GoodWorkLabs Vishwas Mudagal inaugurated the Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 at RV College of Engineering, the prestigious institute of Bangalore. Being an alumnus of RVCE, the No. 1 engineering college of Bangalore and a top university in India, Vishwas was the chief guest along with CommonFloor.com’s co-founder Sumit Jain.

Speaking at the event, Vishwas Mudagal encouraged the students to aim high and pursue the path of entrepreneurship, by sharing his experiences as a successful serial entrepreneur and a best-selling author. Excerpts from his speed – “The last time I was at my college RVCE was when I graduated in 2003, and after almost 13 years when I stepped foot on campus again today, I was the chief guest to inaugurate the Entrepreneurship Summit! There cannot be a prouder moment than this for any student, this is what every student dreams of.

Many of my super-juniors told me they could relate to my stories of failures and success, and felt inspired to aim high and persevere. The teachers who taught me sat in the front row and listened every word I spoke with pride in their eyes. There is nothing more I can ask for! Thank you RV! Thank you universe!”

GoodWorkLabs was the title sponsor of the Startup Expo event at the summit, which was a huge success!

GoodWorkLabs is proud to be the title sponsor of the StartUp Expo 2016 at RV College of Engineering, the most prestigious college of Bangalore! Visit exciting new startups and attend engaging sessions on entrepreneurship on 22-23rd Jan 2016.

GoodWorkLabs congratulates the E-Cell at RVCE, Bangalore, and is proud to be a supporter and a sponsor of the event. Check the website for schedule and events. CEO & Co-founder of GoodWorkLabs Vishwas Mudagal, a well-known entrepreneur and best-selling author, inaugurated the event as the chief guest. Mudagal is an alumnus of RVCE.

Vishwas Mudagal, CEO and Co-founder of GoodWorkLabs, wrote an article on CNN IBNLive.com about what it takes to emerge a winner in 2016! Here are excerpts of the article.

If you ask me what is the secret ingredient to achieving anything of importance in life, my answer would be action. It’s above everything else because you can talk about ways to deal with things, come up with plans, feel bad or good, complain or laugh, dance or limp your way around things but if you don’t act nothing can ever happen. Without exception everybody fails in their lives, but the ones who act are the ones who change the world.

There are broadly two kinds of people in this world—the talkers and the doers. The talkers talk all the way but get nothing done. They always want to do things but never do. They either live in the past or in the future, but never in the present. They have one reason or the other to not do something or postpone things. Action seems to be missing in their lives.

The doers, on the other hand, are the ones who get things done. They don’t like to talk too much but would like their action to speak for them. They go about their life doing one task at a time, and they do it better than anyone else. They don’t care what others are doing or saying. And in the process, they help others around them and become a team player and a go-to person of the group. These are the kind of people you would like to associate yourself with wherever you go, and you must consider yourself lucky to be in the company of doers, because these are the people who run your team, your family, your company and even the world. Talking doesn’t run this world, doing does.

Ofcourse, we have a category who does both, talking and doing. In fact, it’s also important to have effective communication to succeed in a task but the point we are driving home here is action. Whether you can talk or not, doesn’t matter. What matters is, whether you can act or not. The ability or the inability to act, differentiates these two categories.

Here comes the good news! While it’s true that a doer can degrade to become a talker (if he/she loses motivation), a talker can also become a doer if he/she truly desires. How then can one emerge as a winner by becoming a doer rather than ending up a talker? Can 2016 be different for you? Yes, it can. Let’s try to follow few simple and basic steps…

Read the rest of the story here on CNN IBNLive.com

Vishwas Mudagal, CEO of GoodWorkLabs and Best-selling Author, was on air on Radio Indigo 91.9 FM, Bangalore’s popular English music station. He spoke about GoodWorkLabs, his journey of becoming a successful entrepreneur and a best-selling author and his favourite songs with popular RJ Shagufta Ahmed.

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, CEO of GoodWorkLabs, was covered in CII Communique – October edition.

Here are the excerpts.

“Yi Guwahati organised an interactive session with Mr Vishwas Mudagal, CEO & Co-founder, GoodWorkLabs on youth entrepreneurship, on 5 September.

Mr. Mudagal also spoke about his book ‘Losing My Religion’ for young enthusiastic individuals who wish to become entrepreneurs.

Ms. Dipannita Jaiswal, MD, Bahmaputra Teleproductions siad that entrepreneurship has a key role in the growth of the country as it creates job opportunities and encourages innovation”

Read the entire communique here.

The leading outsourced product development company GoodWorkLabs was featured in the anchor story in The Telegraph, the largest newspaper of the Eastern India. Here are excerpts from the story –

Start young, take risks and break out of the rut! Vishwas Mudagal did just that to have his share of ups and downs before tasting sweet success. Now, the 32-year-old entrepreneur-writer-motivation speaker wants the younger generation in the Northeast to dream big and follow its passion from college itself.

“The idea behind GoodWorkLabs was to provide high-end technology solutions to other companies. Today, we have 20 clients, including Flipkart and Samsung. About 80 per cent of our clients are based outside the country,” he said.

On what makes his firm acceptable in the global market, Mudagal said, “It’s about aesthetic sense, scalability, innovation and the ability to build a product incrementally. We believe we have acquired these traits and our clients have responded well. Not many IT service companies have in-depth knowledge of building a product, as doing that requires going through a gamut of services over a period of time.

The Northeast, he said, has a huge potential for entrepreneurship but needs to have the right momentum. “The impetus on entrepreneurship as of now is not there. There is the need for developing infrastructure and building a marketing campaign. Having said that, the region has abundant human resources. A lot of young people from the Northeast have done well in cities outside the region,” he said.

Read the complete story “Breaking Out Of The Rut Mantra For Success” Story here.