Saturday, July 31, 2010

We did not make you Lazy.


Accept it or not, Its the reality.

We all used to be very lazy at home and event at office, wishing our favorite restaurants delivery. We used to  bet and decide who would go pick up the food.
Just a year Back our new idea to Maldives emerged: And we opened a restaurant delivery business.

And made that hungry concept a satisfying reality by opening Badhige.com in 20th February  2008. Today, customers in Male' Island can have their favorite meals delivered to their door-step, even from restaurants that don't deliver.

At www.badhige.com, customers can browse menus from restaurants like Dine-More & Seahouse, Cup Cafe', Laban, Trip Adviser No.1 Sala Thai and more. Orders can be called in or placed online, where even customers click to choose sides and make special requests. And its more socially connected to the customers via, Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools.

Badhige charges MRF10.00 for delivery and still our customers do tip for the delivery officers. in addition to the price of the meal. Once the order is placed, the call center sends the order and a delivery staff to the restaurant. And they are usually there before the food comes out of the kitchen. They then drive directly to the customer. Another good news that that we will soon be using Heat Control Thermal Bags to Keep the Food Fresh.

Most orders take about 30 to 45 minutes from the time it's placed to the time it arrives at the customer's doorstep. The fastest delivery so far has been 10 minutes.
At first, business was slow. Badhige only managed to  partnerships with just four restaurants, but now we have more 12 and still ts growing.

Our  business is slow and steadily growing and Sales is up 40 percent compare to last year. Most are repeat customers who order several times a week. And there are some who order all there meals every day.

Today we make about 80 deliveries per day with the average order totaling MRF200. There are typically three Delivery Staffs on call at each shift.

At present Badhige.com is probably the only restaurant delivery service in Maldives. In the future, we hope to offer delivery to the Larger islands all over the country changing the traditional delivery system.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Need Few Minutes


I'm busy.  And I know it's going to get busier next weeks ahead.  As we reinvent creative ideas to the market with real difference to the existing brands and projects of  Reinvent Maldives.
 Last few days, Few weeks, months and Years I have been talking about starting my Exercise program to stay fit and healthy, Unfortunately I cant fulfill it due to laziness i get after busy hours at work.
 I need to think sharp, and in order to think Sharper and keep moving, we need some exercise, Let see if I can do it this time, since I am writing it down rather than talking about it.
 Lets see how much concerned, I myself is for health.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Developing a IT industry in Maldives


Last Few weeks was amazing, Met new Start-up IT guys with Great exciting new ideas.

I experiment a lot.  I do all sorts of things to find out what works and what doesn't work.  And due to that I always make different mistakes.At the end I just look at the Final Product and say, I have learned a lesson.

Today Reinvent Maldives is a growing company, I am faced with making tough calls & decisions. Meet New People. Apply New systems, find new way of doing things, standards and policies.  Not really to dictate everyone, But to make sure we follow the right direction.


Everything is not about money, I believe PR is very important for more socialized type of E-commerce business like us.

Here in Maldives,  most businesses consider everyone else to be  there competitors. But I don't think thats how it will works specially in the IT industry.Collaboration and sharing knowledge is very important for us to develop great products.

Since we don't have any way to get finance for a SMB Start-up.We cannot keep everything in our mind and think like Super Stars.

I think Super starts are those who share knowledge and corporate to help those valuable ideas that will come to reality, Rather than demanding for a Higher pay .
@reallynattu says ( Evaluating themself like NETGEO Photographers )

We do understand the Value of our work. But before Demanding we all need to learn and work together, to build a good portfolio and prove we deserve what we demand.

Let us all Work together and develop a Successful IT industry in Maldives. Forget about the Politics, and Stop blaming each other, let competition remain.

But we can still work together and share our ideas.

Cause we all can see it Happening at the end, We are the Future :)

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