Every startup founder or technology leader I talk to needs help with various problems that are common across companies but are unique in the context of India or have unique solutions in India. Startup founders and technology leaders constantly seek help for these common problems over and over again in forums, communities and personal networks. I thought it might be a good idea to put together an index of helpful resources for Indian tech startups and make these resources available to a larger audience.
| Name | Areas of Expertise | References | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obvious | Design, Product Engineering, Mobile | Myntra | $$$ |
| Nilenso | Product Engineering, Systems Engineering, Functional Programming | Blinkit, Gojek | $$$ |
| Xnsio (formerly AgileFAQ) | Agile, Design Thinking, DevOps Transformation, Data, Organization Development | Blinkit | $$$ |
| Able | Design, Product Engineering, Mobile, Web | $$$ | |
| Agiliq | Product Engineering (Python, Django) | Blinkit | $$ |
| Name | Areas of Expertise | Vouched References | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| InfraCloud | DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Cloud-native, Kubernetes | Blinkit | $$ |
| DevOps Nexus | Cloud Engingeering, Cloud-native, Kubernetes, Ansible | Blinkit | $$ |
| Name | Areas of Expertise | Vouched References | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obvious | Design, Product Engineering, Mobile | Myntra | $$$ |
| Able | Design, Product Engineering, Mobile, Web | $$$ |
TBD
Buidling a stellar team is challenging, especially in the early days and even more so when you don't have a co-founder with the background of building technology products and teams. Here are some of the ways you can get help in building your team:
- On-demand interviewers: use on-demand interviewers to hire for roles for which you don't not have the expertise to interview.
| Name | Roles | Vouched References | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bar Raiser | Mobile, Web, Backend, DevOps | - | $$ |
While I have initiated this project, I am looking for experts to contribute to this guide to make it more useful for a larger audience. Having said that, I don't want it to become a place where every vendor just comes and puts their name for advertising. So I do intend to do gatekeeping and perhaps eventually have a system for gatekeeping that is not blocked on me.
If you want to contribute please don't hesitate but also don't try to use this as a medium to advertise. Just send a pull request following the guidelines in the pull request template. I promise I will review and discuss to make sure contribution gets the due attention.
It is alright if you need help with something that is not covered in this guide. Just create an issue on what you need help with. If it is in the common interest of the community and if I have information available readily, I will add it to the index. But even if I don't have any way to help, may be someone can help and curate resources in the future.