Why You Should Work at a Start-Up

May 3rd, 2010

Wondering whether to apply for a startup or go the corporate way? Consider this list Arun has provided:
1. Scope for creativity
Startups give you complete freedom to think creatively.

2. Sense of Belonging
You feel a strong sense of togetherness and purpose that larger companies often lack.

3. Exciting Challenges
The biggest thrills of working in a startup is overcoming frequent challenges.

4. Skill building Opportunities
Develop host of new skills that help you through-out your professional career.

5. Big risks, bigger rewards
Make bank in form of equity or incentives. Even if the startup fails, you still walk away with wealth of professional experience and varied skills.

6. Sense of Pride
You can still take pride in having had the guts to take the chance and walk on less travelled path !

7.  Everything matters
Everything you do is directly affecting everyone else and you are a valued partner of the company.

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hiring: web software developer

April 16th, 2010

We are now looking for people who want to work with exciting new technology involving Apple, Blackberry, Facebook & Amazon to name a few.

Technical Skills, Required:

  • Strong background in OOP and mySQL
  • PHP development experience
  • Good knowledge of HTML and XML

Technical Skills, Desired:

  • Degree / diploma in Computer Science / Software Engineering (or equivalent experience)
  • JavaScript, CSS

Sample Development Tasks:

  • Write DB optimization scripts
  • Work with 3rd party API
  • Build AJAX-based application modules

We’re looking for someone who wants experience, and wants to join a start-up (part time or full time) our offices are located in Markham, near hwy 7 and woodbine. Please forward all resumes to ak -at- altek.ca. Salary is negotiable and varies according to experience.

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capturing the start

April 15th, 2010

This would be the first post, but I would like to get straight to the details.

We are going to be launching a new ‘portal’ in the entertainment field and I figure we try it out the boot-strapped way. So I decided to once again launch this blog and start building a buzz, don’t know if it will help but it will certainly be a way for those who are interested to keep up.

The launch date is set to July 2010. Not to throw buzz words around but we will be working with Social Media, Vertical Integration with existing properties and Mobile.

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