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Octalogic- A tech company driven by passion for IT and entrepreneurship.
Octalogic is a tech company born from a passion towards IT and entrepreneurship. They are a certified start-up with Start-up Goa and Start-up India and have been felicitated for the same.
The company was founded in 2017 by Carlton Dsouza, Glenn Fernandes, Jude Fernandes and Tanushree Chandavarker. All the four of them were batchmates while doing their MCA (Master of Computer Application) at Goa University. They would form a group for college assignments and projects to complete them. In their final year, they faced the question of whether to sit for college placements and take up a job in a company or work towards their entrepreneurial journey. Two of them chose the former, although momentarily, as they eventually joined the other two to establish Octalogic in 2017.
The Idea Behind Starting Octalogic
The idea that Carlton, Glenn, Jude and Tanushree had in mind while starting Octalogic was to change the relationship between the government and the people. However, things didn’t go the way they hoped it would and they shifted their focus to use their tech knowledge to offer IT services instead. This turned out to be a good decision as they helped many people and companies far and wide by serving all their IT-related needs.
Octalogic was initially located in Panaji, but due to the pandemic, they were forced to switch to a remote working model. They started hiring human resources from across the country and those already with them in Goa. Presently, even though things have improved, they have opted to stick with the remote/ hybrid working model as it helps in increasing employee productivity and gives them a better work-life balance.
All the four founders of Octalogic, being Goans, did their schooling and college in Goa itself. Now their company is also based in Goa. “So, in a way, we are sons and daughters of the soil, giving back to our home state that gave us so much,” they say. All the four of them, being college friends, understood and complemented each other. This factor saved them from looking for co-founders hil starting the company. They are a bootstrapped company and have put the initial investment all by themselves.
Services Provided
Octalogic crafts comprehensive customized solutions to provide seamless mobile-first experiences and fully-featured web apps with a visually pleasing and intuitive user experience that turns their clients’ dreams into reality. In simpler terms, they develop cloud-based solutions for their clients, ranging from Website: www.itsgoa.com I Instagram: @_itsgoa I Facebook: Itsgoa
web apps, custom software, MVPs and mobile apps. They even take UI/UX design projects and provide DevOps and IT consultancy for infrastructure or techrelated requirements.
In terms of the work they take up, it could be any software that clients want to be developed. They are sector agnostic and have created software and mobile apps for clients in various sectors like FinTech, Healthcare, Hospitality, Fantasy Sports, EduTech, Manufacturing and even E-commerce.
During the pandemic, they developed a QR codebased food ordering software and mobile app for a USA-based client, before the concept was adopted across Goa. “We’ve been fortunate enough to have some amazing clients through the years to whom we are grateful for trusting us,” they say.
Since they are a turnkey offshore development company that provides custom software development and remote team services, their clients are internationally based across the globe. They have local clients as well. They developed a news app for local TV channel Prudent Media. The app is used by Goans all across the world to access news from Prudent Media.
Challenges Faced
Carlton says that running your own firm brings certain challenges that only another entrepreneur would understand and others won’t. “Most people think an entrepreneur has a fancy job where they are their own bosses. They think that entrepreneurs can take leave anytime, begin and end their work day anytime they want to, and get to “boss” over their employees”, he adds.
The truth is that, being an entrepreneur is much more difficult than it seems. Being one’s own boss means that they are responsible for the growth of the company. They have to market themselves, find potential business targets and put in the work to convert them. They cannot take leave whenever they want as they have their client meetings, and people reporting to them. They have to stay and cannot take leave as per their wish. Working as an entrepreneur goes beyond the regular 9 to 5 work cycle as they have to put in extra hours than a regular employee while managing their company.
The idea of “bossing” around does not arise as they are responsible for the people working with them and have to own up to their mistakes.
In case they mess up, they have to face the clients. Only then can a company grow. It seems rosy and fancy for people on the outside, but only the ones inside know the difficulties of going through on a dayto-day basis. Along with the bouquets, come the brickbats that no one talks about. “We have worked very hard during the past 6 years to reach where we are today and touchwood, we hope to grow in the future too as we have till now”, says Carlton.
Carlton and his co-partners want to be able to help their clients tech-wise so that they can achieve success and, in turn, they are also satisfied. As for the future, they want the company to be renowned worldwide. They want Octalogic Tech to precede them wherein clients ask for them by name. They want to be the ultimate solution for clients when it comes to IT.
“We are inching towards the goal but it’ll take some time to come to fruition”, says Carlton.
ThMessage
As words of advice to our readers, Carlton and his team say that if you have a genuine passion for something, then go for it!. Take the first step towards achieving your goal, even if it scares you. Don’t do it just because others are doing it or because you see people on social media preaching about how you should quit your job to fulfil your passion. Most people saying it either lucked out or can financially sustain themselves if things don’t work out.
It’s always easy to say the grass is greener on the other side and you should go over to that side, but have you ever wondered that your point of view is skewed? Maybe you are not watering your side well or choose to see the good, green bits without noticing the dry bushes behind the tree that doesn’t bear fruit?
“Each side has its pros and cons and you have to weigh them accordingly before making a choice, YOUR CHOICE”.
