Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
This is that time of the year again. On the first day of winter we celebrate the birthday of Skalfa eCommerce. Today we hit the 5 year milestone.
Let me go a little personal here. When 5 years ago I announced starting a new company I was not nearly confident it’s going to shoot. We needed to start from scratch after the first year so we were a software product company without a product. Hell, that was tough but that was the time we again proved the simple truth – gather talents and build something people want. That worked. Any piece of software can be built if you have capable people on your tank and some passionate customers to start with. Some people were very early to grasp values we were aiming at.
Now SkaDate is one of the most recognizable names in the online dating software world. We never aimed at “growing big” but grew 5 times in staff – by customer need.
Thank you all for supporting us all these years. By using our products and telling us where we need to improve you’ve been pushing us forward. A lot of your ideas are surprising and encouraging. Every time we raise another big project on SkaDate I feel excited about how people use our software. I hope to enjoy it years and years on. The upcoming year is going to be revolutionary for our company with the launch of new open source and SaaS products in our core competence marketplace. Watch our progress, we want to share that with you.
Happy Birthday Skalfa!
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Let me congratulate all Skalfa employees and customers with this important date. We just turned 4 years!
There are a lot of complexities in running a social tech company and we’ve eaten a lot of them during all this time learning to produce the software that solves people’s needs and supporting their businesses. As we move forward our vision clears out, our operations get more streamlined, and our focus gets even sharper as Skalfa capitalizes on its niche and shows steady growth.
I’m glad we made no layoffs since the nuclear winter start and don’t plan any in the nearest future. I can’t remember any moment in our history when we had a better team than now. That’s a fascinating feeling when you see talents working on what they can do best of all.
We plan revolutionary upgrades for 2 of our products and at least 2 new product launches in the upcoming year. And we are starting with that right now. The world is going to see the result of our hard work in exactly 30 days. Well, some select customers are going to see it in just 15. 
Thanks for kicking with us!
Emil Sarnogoev
CEO
Skalfa eCommerce
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
I am thrilled to announce our birthday. Yes, December 1st was the 3rd anniversary of the official Skalfa eCommerce existence. We had a great Saturday night party, on the first winter day.
I want to thank all our employees residing in USA, Europe, and Kyrgyzstan. When you spend one day with these guys, you can see people that put in so much more than a plain 40 hour week. In the democratic environment of free ideas, and free communication you can see testing and technical people discussing marketing, or billing staff suggesting changes to the development plan. A small company greatly depends on everyone’s contribution, because it makes so much impact on the overall process. So far Skalfa has been good at attracting talents and motivating them by especially hard challenges. This is one of the key factors for our success. Skalfers, thanks for making this happen.
I want to thank our customers all over the world providing a lot of feedback and allowing us to do our best for their business. Our customerbase is so diverse, so it makes us even more proud to provide something to change their lives. It keeps us doing great things and it adds extra motivation by the fact that some customers make more revenue using Skalfa products than our company turnover.
We proved we have a successful mix of modern approach to software development and a selection of bright people. We are small thus we are fast-moving. We are 18-28 years young thus we are smart and strong. We are stable because we have mature software and streamlined service. We are brain-sufficient because everyone of us gets a share of the wealth they generate.
Looking back I see that a lot has been done, a lot is being done, and a lot more is yet to be done. During that period we have been forging tools for small businesses, defining our targets, developing our practices, and implementing our vision. Inevitably, ideas produce ideas, and we are working to push the limits up upon the base we have created. I am now more excited about Skalfa than I was back 3 years ago when we decided to officially start a social software company.
3 years past. A lifetime of big challenges ahead. It’s just the beginning.
Emil Sarnogoev
CEO
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