Orvado Web Development

The Smartest Unknown Indian Entrepreneur

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:58:54 +0000

I just got done reading this article about a startup that originated in India, but now has offices in Silicon Valley. This marks the beginning of a trend in Internet startups coming from outside of the United States. The low cost of labor plus an abundance of smart entrepreneurs poses a mounting threat to the long dominance the United States has had in the Internet arena.

For the growing number of startups founded in America, this poses a significant risk. No longer can we count on our technological advantage to keep our status as the dominant player in this field. Thanks to the proliferation of open source software and the continuing drop in the cost to buy server hardware or workstations, smart entrepreneurs have found ways to create competing products and form price points that undercut their American competitors.

In particular, this article discusses the startup Zoho which provides an online version of office productivity software that is usually the domain of Microsoft or SalesForce. This company employs around 600 employees in Chenna, India. Most of the employees are not even college graduates. In order to attract cheap talent, the company recruits intelligent students from high school and then trains them (on-the-job training) for 9 months. After this training period, the employees are comparable to a typical college graduate but don’t require the same level of pay (due to their education, age, and prior experience).

This type of thinking outside of the box is leading to major innovation in the startup arena. It is something we in America will have to watch closely, and make similar adjustments if we are going to stay competitive.

Search Engine Marketing

admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:01:37 +0000

I’ve added a Search Engine Marketing (SEM) page to this blog which contains a number of useful links for startups that are looking to promote their business. This page will grow in the future to include more and more information. I hope this information is useful for others like me who make their living from the Internet.

The page is located on the left under the Pages section and labeled SEM. If you notice any problems with the resources on this page. Please contact us and let us know. Also, if you have any suggestions for resources that we’ve missed, we would love to add them to our page.

Welcome to Our New Blog

admin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:45:54 +0000

Here’s the obligatory “First Post” for the new Orvado Web Development blog. To learn more about me (your humble editor), our company and what we do, please click on the “About Us” link. This blog will cover topics about web development, search engine marketing, entrepreneurship, and running a small business.

This blog was started by Orvado Technologies, a web design and development company located in San Diego, California. Orvado is a company which I founded about 8 years ago with a couple of partners of mine. Since then it has grown and evolved over the years. However, the web development field is a crowded field and the barrier (ie: cost) to entry has been falling all the time. You really have to offer something totally unique and revolutionary to your customers.

Our company is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. Please stay tuned to this blog for some exciting new offerings which should turn the web development world on its ears.