Upside Learning Completes Six Years

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
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
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.

UPSIDE LEARNING SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.
www.upsidelearning.com
E-mail: info@upsidelearning.com
THE
www.slideshare.net/UpsideLearning
JOURNEY
www.upsidelearning.com/blog
AHEAD
www.facebook.com/UpsideLearning
CONTINUES
twitter.com/UpsideLearning
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andyarmstrong/131154708/
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