Partner Companies
Aside from hiring the best people you can get, one of the biggest issues you face in building a company like Jiva Technology is the need to find and work with great partner companies. Few things of any importance are built in isolation by a single company or organisation, so if you can’t get by without help from your friends, you want to make sure that they’re GOOD friends. As with people, companies are judged by the company they keep.
We’re lucky. From the start, we wanted to work both with companies that could help us fulfil our product vision and also with organisations that could help us generate interesting new ideas and improve our skills just by working with them. Many companies overlook the fact that just getting out there and working with other top-notch organisations can impact your perspective on a problem. We’re working with great organisations like Futurelab on Greater Expectations, Knowle West Media Centre on the South Bristol Digital Network Project and the Watershed in mentoring. What’s more interesting is that all of these organisations share our passion for breaking down the barriers that inhibit the flow of knowledge. Which, of course, is what our core product, specializein.com, is all about….