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Upside Learning Completes Six Years of Innovative and Effective eLearning.
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6 THE YEAR JOURNEY
APR ’04 THE BEGINNING Small team, Big ambitions 6-person team operating out of a shared office with a common vision to provide effective eLearning Solutions.
APR ’04 – MAR ’05 FIRST YEAR 20 People, $50,000 Revenue Not a bad first year for a boot-strapped startup.
APR ’05 – MAR ’06 SECOND YEAR Revenue growth:130% With good repeat business and several new clients, a healthy growth rate is achieved.
MAY ’06 UpsideLMS LAUNCHED Completely indigenously built, robust Java-based LMS launched.
DEC ’06 FIRST RECOGNITION UpsideLMS listed in LMS KnowledgeBase Image Courtesy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudor/953584594/
FEB ’07 UpsideAE LAUNCHED QTI-compliant software for creating online assessments.
MAR ’07 100 OUR TEAM CROSSES
JUN ’07 UpsideLMS ON DEMAND LAUNCHED The hosted (SAAS) version of UpsideLMS launched.
JUL ’07 OUR SPACIOUS NEW OFFICE • 14,000sq.ft. area • Seating capacity–300 • 2x 2Mbps Internet lines • Power generation backup
JUL ’07 APEX GRAND AWARD ’07 WINNER Upside Learning wins an Apex Grand Award in Education & Training sub–category, under the Electronic & Video Publications category.
NOV ’07 UpsideLMS FOR COLLEGES Implemented at MAEER’S MIT (Pune), for its School of Distance Education and its College of Insurance.
DEC ’07 LIGHTHOUSE INTRODUCED A centralized web-based project communication system, that helps Upside Learning’s project managers and clients coordinate effectively.
APR ’08 WHIZIBLE ADDED TO ‘LIGHTHOUSE’ Whizible – A resource & project management system added to lighthouse
JUN ’08 PROTSAHAN INTRODUCED Protsahan (n) (Hindi): encouragement, motivation. Our system records and rewards flashes of excellence as well as consistent good performance. A Performance and Reward Management System for Upside Learning’s staff.
JUL ’08 APEX GRAND AWARD ’08 WINNER Upside Learning wins two Apex Grand Awards, in Education & Training sub–category, under the Electronic & Video Publications category.
AUG ’08 OUR TEAM GROWS TO 150 EMPLOYEES
SEP ’08 UpsideLMS CROSSES 100,000 USER MARK In a little over three years, UpsideLMS has over100,000 users who trust it for their learning needs.
SEP ’08 TEAM FOR INNOVATIONS Innovations and New Projects team set up to focus exclusively on innovations and new developments in technology.
DEC ’08 RED HERRING 100 ASIA AWARD WINNER Red Herring announces Upside Learning a winner of the Red Herring 100 Asia Award, a selection of the 100 most innovative private technology companies based in Asia.
DEC ’08 DELOITTE FAST50 INDIA 2008 PROGRAM WINNER Ranked 16th in the Deloitte Technology Fast50 India-2008 list, Upside Learning is India’s Fastest Growing Learning Solutions Company. It is also ranked 125th in the Deloitte Technology Fast500 Asia Pacific list.
FEB ’09 UPSIDE LEARNING SOLUTIONS BLOG LAUNCHED Upside Learning launches its blog to share knowledge and invite discussion on trends and innovations in the eLearning domain. http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog
APR ’09 LISTED AS ONE OF THE EMERGING LEADERS BY TRAINING INDUSTRY INC. Upside Learning is included in the 4th Annual List of ‘Emerging Leaders in Training Outsourcing ’09 by Training Industry Inc.
APR ’09 FIVE YEAR CAGR : 108% With consistent performance and strong growth, Upside Learning has been profitable for the last 3 years.
JUL ’09 APEX GRAND AWARD ’09 WINNER Upside Learning wins two Apex Grand Awards,third time in a row in Electronic & Video Publications category and Brochures, Manuals and Reports category.
SEP ’09 UpsideLMS VERSION 4.0 RELEASED UpsideLMS Version 4.0 is now available in two editions – Professional (forSMBs and Training Companies) and Enterprise (forlarge enterprises).
OCT ’09 UPSIDE LEARNING GOES SOCIAL Upside Learning creates its presence on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, You Tube and Slide Share.
NOV ’09 TIES UP WITH SKILL-PILL Upside Learning ties up with Skill-Pill to bring world class mobile learning solutions to India.
DEC ’09 RED HERRING GLOBAL 100, 2009 PROGRAM FINALIST Red Herring shortlists Upside Learning for Red Herring Global 100 Program, a selection of the 100 most innovative private technology companies based in Asia.
DEC ’09 DELOITTE FAST500 ASIA PACIFIC 2009 PROGRAM WINNER Upside Learning is a winner of the Deloitte Technology Fast500 Asia Pacific 2009 Program, a ranking of the top 500 fastest growing technology companies in Asia Pacific.
DEC ’09 SPONSORS CLO SUMMIT ‘09 Upside Learning sponsors the inaugural CLO Summit, India which addresses the organizational learning & development scenario in India.
FEB ’10 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCED Upside Learning announces mobile app based learning solutions; experiments with Augmented Reality.
MAR ’10 EXPANSION IN MIDDLE EAST Upside Learning announces a new partnership with Image Systems - a leading provider of knowledge solutions in Saudi Arabia. Image courtesy: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ commons/2/25/Al-Mamlakah_Tower.JPG
MAR ’10 UPSIDE LEARNING BLOG COMPLETES 1 YEAR With 142 posts, over 75,500 page views, and 600+ subscriber base, Upside Learning Blog celebrates its 1st anniversary.
APR ’10 THE GROWTH CONTINUES With Five Year CAGR at a healthy 70%, Upside Learning is poised to attain new heights of success.
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