Who decides what is a good work-life balance? You, the individual? Your employer? Your family? If you ask me, it should be up to the individual, because you cannot control anything else. For most people, ‘work’ is defined by others, employers or customers, so that leaves ‘life’. What is your idea of ‘life’? Friends, family, […]

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Prioritizing Quality of Life Over Corporate Promises

  • K V Daniel
  • October 15, 2024
  • 3 min read

 The recent tragic death of a young professional has set the industry abuzz—and rightly so. The working conditions some young professionals face can only be described as inhumane. Every pressure must be put on employers to protect the mental health of their employees. That said, we all know this is not an ideal world, and […]

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Let’s talk about AI, one of today’s hottest topics. As an industry veteran, I get asked about it a lot. What’s my opinion on it? How will it impact the world? Is it positive or negative? Any personal concerns or questions? And so on. Every time I’m asked, I find it a bit annoying, to […]

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Building Wrench: A Journey of Resilience and Innovation

  • K V Daniel
  • July 5, 2024
  • 4 min read

Wrench is one of the tiny handful of technology creator companies that is still thriving twenty years later. Here’s how we did it – and why it matters. If you had asked me back then what my dream was, I would have said “building my own company and running it my way.” That’s what ‘sustainable’ […]

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How Pursuing My Degree Out of My Hometown Shaped My Future

  • K V Daniel
  • April 11, 2024
  • 3 min read

I recently did an extended interview with one of our clients and it was quite an experience. Usually I’m outward facing – focussed on product and customers but this time I was forced to look inwards and based on the response I felt I should share some of the story with you as well. So […]

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The path less travelled…or the pathless travel?

  • K V Daniel
  • February 17, 2022
  • 5 min read

From mama’s boy to hardened entrepreneur Over the years people have asked me how I started an IT company without the IT startup path i.e business-plan, angel investors, multi-round funding, etc. My answer is: I didn’t know the path existed. It was many years before I associated the word ‘entrepreneur’ with myself. I did not […]

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Green dreams!

  • K V Daniel
  • February 17, 2022
  • 3 min read

Convincing adults to grow vegetables is a lot harder than convincing kids to eat them, I found. Convincing adults to grow vegetables is a lot harder than convincing kids to eat them, I found. Kerala is nicknamed God’s Own Country. Tourists come from all over the world to bask in her lush tropical beauty. Bustling […]

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The first deal

  • K V Daniel
  • February 17, 2022
  • 3 min read

“Give it to this guy, and its done!” I still remember the first deal I ever got. It was in Bangalore in the 90s. In true Bangalore startup style, where everybody had fire in their bellies and stars in their eyes, we aimed really high, straight out of the gate. Plenty of passion, no planning, […]

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