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Voicetap now heads to Barcelona-Mobile Premier Awards

Vivek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:22:28 +0000

People,

We have another piece of news this week for you – Voicetap is now amongst the 20 finalists for Mobile Premier Awards in Innovation - The largest open and global startup competition by an international jury of the most recognized mobile industry experts. The final presentation will be on 25th Feb in Barcelona in front of investors, operators, media companies, peer entrepreneurs, and press and influential bloggers.

Here is the final list of finanlists.

Also the Voicetap team will be attending Proto which is being held at IIT Bombay on 30th Jan. Do drop by if you are around.

See you there.

Voicetap nominated for Mobile Premier Awards

Vivek — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:50:28 +0000

Just when the celebrations of winning The Red Herring Global 100 award (more on this later)were about to end, Mrigank shared the big news. Voicetap is a part of a select group of 50 winners chosen out of over 250 candidates from all over the world.

About Mobile Premier Awards-

The Mobile Premier Awards are the largest open and global startup competition in the mobile industry. Participation to these awards is free and open to any startup with a mobile angle. It will all lead to the Mobile Premier Awards event to take place in Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress.

We all are super excited about this news and are looking forward for the final showdown that would happen at Barcelona on Feb 15th. Wish us Luck !!

Best of 09

Vivek — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:28:31 +0000

This is one post that I have been itching to write. This year has been anything but dull. We have had our shares of lows and highs but overall the year has been purelyt fantastic. On a lighter note, Mrigank finally started blogging. He has even started Tweeting !! (Trust me this is a biggie). Even Dev got himself a twitter account – Sandip though has created one but is yet to accept the power of twitter. Arpit and Siddharth finally got hold of an apartment. I have been fairly irregular with my blog. Mukul has ..err … well chuck it . Lets not even mention Sudhir out here.

On a serious note , 2009 has been full of action . The year for us at Voicetap started in Feb when Mrigank came down, got me and Dev hooked to the idea. A lot has happened since then – The Conference Calls, Career and Education Series – The Summer in 2 cubicles (more on this soon), raising funds, new office , new team, Getafixx, awesome feedback from users, Red Herring Asia 100, and now finally the flagship product which is ready to be rolled out. Each of these events have their own exciting stories attached with them. Not to mention the dozen of parties, the latest one being the Avatar show (btw you just cannot afford to miss it in 3D).

What next-

The coming next months will be jam packed. The year will start off with Mrigank presenting at COMSNET startup showcase on 8th in Banglore, post which we would be competing for Red Herring Global 100 at LA.

Before I push off, Happy new year to all you

All the very best for the new year -Voicetap Team

Signing off

What are we doing ?

Vivek — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:05:50 +0000

The past one month has been super exciting at the Voicetap Office – and is just not because of the Red Herring Asia 100 that we won last month but also because after many all nighter’s and pizza parties, our flagship product is up and ready. And as I speak, at this very moment a gang of secret beta testers are trying out the product and giving it a spin. A lot has been done but let me say – quite a lot needs to be done. Nevertheless the Team has been partying like never before. Thanks to Dada and Sudhir and of course Dev – the feedback definitely looks promising and in times to come we shall open the product to more and more people.

Voicetap as a Red Herring Asia 100 Winner

Btw just in case you are curious and excited about the phone product, let me share a brief teaser about the product –

A phone based product that allows you to connect to experts across 4 verticals – Career, Education, Health and Money by simply dialing into a number and searching for the experts.

Excited ? – Well we all are, and in case you are unable to hold your horses and want to give this a spin – drop me a mail or drop your email id in the comments section below and I will add you in the second set of users who will be invited next week. Btw to get more dope on what the Voicetap team is doing – do follow @voicetap on twitter and the CEO’s Blog .

Also here is some good news - We are heading towards Red Herring Global 100 on Jan 13^th.

P.S – The CEO is still new to the blogging world.

Why the name Getafixx

Vivek — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:18:29 +0000

While we have received an amazing feedback and inputs from our users regarding Getafixx, we have also been asked, a lot of time now – Why the name Getafixx.

Let me share a little secret out here – Most of us here are BIG, I mean really big Cartoon/Comic/Animation followers. Siddharth loves reading comics (Chacha Chaudhary being his personal favorite), Mrigank is a die hard Harry Potter fan, I personally am a big Pixar Fan and yes not to mention Dev who has been a big Asterix & Obelix follower .

But then the question is WHY GETAFIXX -

So Getafixx the name is derived from the comic character in Asterix and Obelix. He is the druid who conjures up various magical potions which can cure all ailments. We thought it would be apt to name the engine as Getafixx – because its core area of expertise is to help cure knowledge related ailments – quickly and effectively.

Btw did i tell you about the Red Herring Asia 100.

We were there at Barcamp Delhi

Vivek — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:28:59 +0000

Barcamps are always fun and so was Barcamp Delhi 7. Here is a what Siddharth and Arpit had presented in their session on GetaFixx.

Btw Did we tell you that the response regarding Getafixx has been nothing but overwhelming !! *Takes a bow*

P.S – Got something equally exciting coming in next week -stay tuned !!

Lets Get-a-fix

Vivek — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:05:01 +0000

Hello People,

Its been time we had a update on what’s happening . So what after a series of surveys, couple of interesting twitpolls ?

We at Voicetap have been working on something very very basic from the past few months – How to connect knowledge seekers to expert knowledge ?

Well, we are almost ready with our second

Next Series on Careers and Placements

Vivek — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:43:46 +0000

Its that time of the year when most of us are busy figuring out our career specialization, while others are trying to understand which career is best for them, and the very first step – Resume Writing is ofter the rate determining step.

And given the fact the placement season is about to begin, we at Voicetap are now launching the Careers and Placement series on the 29th of Aug

We are back

Vivek — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:19:19 +0000

First things first

Marketing Call Postponed

Vivek — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:25:58 +0000

There has been a slight change in the dates of a couple of career calls. In the career series , Aviation and Marketing career call’s have been postponed to 29th May and 30th May respetively.

P.S The response on the