FreshWorks Studio Blog

Written by Sienna Blumstengel | Dec 3

The annual VIATEC Foundation Foodbank Challenge raises money for charitable organizations through food and cash donations. It is put on by the Victoria Innovation, Advanced Technology and Entrepreneurship Council (VIATEC).

Written by Sienna Blumstengel | Jul 4

Fuelled by Subway and coffee, FreshWorks founders Sam and Rohit went from developing the unsuccessful BoatSenze app, to leading the thriving app development company that is FreshWorks. Celebrate 5 years with us through a trip down memory lane.

Written by Sienna Blumstengel | Apr 3

Have you ever used an app that claimed to solve your problems, but came with unhelpful features or didn’t consider what you need or want? User stories help with that. Learn how we use this building block of agile development at FreshWorks.

Written by Sienna Blumstengel | Mar 25

Business and engineering students from the University of Victoria came together for the first ever Design Sprint case competition. The event aims to provide experiential learning, teams were competing for prizes, including a pizza party with our FreshWorks team.

Written by Sienna Blumstengel | Mar 18

How can I make my workday better for my body? Will this expensive chair improve my posture? What does ‘ergonomic’ really mean? Read what we learned from Aaron Unger at the March Lunch & Learn about physical health.

Written by Sienna Blumstengel | Feb 15

This month our lunch and learn topic was leadership so we brought in Vani Jay - HR Professional, recruiter, and educator - to narrow in on a good lesson. She demonstrated a couple exercises around self-reflection to enlighten our aspiring leaders.

Written by Sienna Blumstengel | Jan 30

What is DevOps? What are the benefits, and how can we do it? FreshWorks is always looking to improve our development processes. Dive deeper on this topic with DevOps Engineer at Bambora, Mike Poirier, as he gives us a rundown on the methodology.