Sup Seva Callers? Seva Call has just launched in Lexington, Kentucky and we – being in the Horse Capital of the World after all – have a question… a musing… a simple pondering from sheer curiosity…

What is up with horse naming?  Arrrrrrr, Nosupeforyou, Comply or Die….seriously, are the weird names really all that necessary?

Apparently, yes.

It just so happens that naming a horse is a ridiculously long, arduous and complicated process. The Jockey Club, which is based in Lexington, Kentucky, the famous “Horse Capital of the World,” has a list of rules and procedures for horse naming that can only be described as… intense.

The real kicker is that no name can be used if it’s been registered in the past 10 years. With over 750,000 horses currently registered, that’s a whole lotta names to sift through. Owners usually submit half a dozen names when registering their horse because The Jockey Club rejects ⅓ of all names submitted. I guess you could say horse naming is not a race I would bet on with those kinds of odds.

Regardless, we applaud The Jockey Club. At Seva Call, the online concierge service which connects consumers directly with local pros, we understand the importance of a good name. Finding the best roofer, heating and cooling technician, or plumber can be a nail-biting race to the finish. Jockeying around online and on the phone to get in contact with a company is as difficult as….as…well…naming a horse!

Seva Call Gallops Into Lexington!

With Seva call, when you submit your service needs online, we guarantee that our innovative algorithm which analyzes a number of quality stats will find a thoroughbred champion. We’ll put you on the phone with the best company faster than Orb winning the Kentucky Derby. You wouldn’t risk money on a poor race horse; so why risk money (and time) on shoddy service quality? The companies we refer will be well-known names and will be able to do the job you want, on your time. No more searching through thousands of names, we’ll do it for you.

So, if you’re ever looking for the fastest, highest quality service provider in town, remember the name Seva Call, and save a call.

Written by Dallea Caldwell

Nothing says ‘I love you” like an iridescent rock chipped away from some African cave and fastened to some other hunk of metal formed with equal attention to detail and maximal iridescent effect. Of course, one could just say “I love you”, but words are thrown around thoughtlessly given their low cost, wide availability, and short-term shelf-life. The engagement ring is designed to put your money where your heart is and then mark your romantic territory in a manner classier than just spraying your significant other. The question is, how much should you spend telling the world that you want to spend the rest of our life with — and all your hard-earned cash on — that very special someone? (more…)

Unbelievable! It’s been a year since Seva Call first launched in DC. In fact, it’s so unbelievable that team members nearly forgot their own company anniversary — just more proof that time flies when you’re having fun… or working like crazy to build a business.

“I’m so proud of what the team has accomplished together so far, but my eyes are on the year ahead,” explained co-founder Gurpreet Singh, “We want to build more and deeper relationships to help even more people.”

Happy First Birthday Seva Call!

Gurpreet, the older of the two founding brothers and the brain behind the Seva Call software, was once just the small business owner of a computer repair company. Then, frustration over the costliness and inadequacies of searching and marketing online inspired him to create Seva Call. Now, he barely has time to marvel at just how far the start-up company has come.

“We’re still a scrappy, young start-up, but it feels like only yesterday that we operated out of a basement bedroom with spare computer hardware scaling the walls,” he said. “I can only imagine where we’ll be a year from now.”

Actually, 365 days and 518,185 placed calls later, the Seva Call team has been doing much more than imagining: they’ve been working! From new launches every week to press coverage, the team has left imagining to Mr. Roger’s neighborhood and is determined to make it happen in communities across the country. Seva Call’s anniversary is just another day when we work toward our goals.

“We’re like any one-year-old,” explained Employee #1 Rajesh Karyampudi. “If you’ve attended a kid’s first birthday party, you know that recognizing 365 days of postpartum life never  garners much interest. Kids will accept any excuse to crawl and stumble about smacking balloons and smashing fists full of cake all over their cheeks. They just want to keep doing what they love!”

Sure, Seva Call may have grown faster than most one-year-olds (unless you’re talking about an alien spawn which impregnated its DC-based human host and then burst full-grown from the womb to immediately infest dozens of major cities with time-saving search help). I mean, it’s pretty hard to connect consumers to top-rated local businesses in seconds if you’ve barely grasped object permanence; and, before comparing businesses based on consumer reviews and other quality assurance indicators, you have to learn to read. In any case, the Seva Call team feels just like a toddler at his or her birthday party – getting to do what they love, helping more people, and building more connections is celebration enough for the Seva Call team.

“Speak for yourself,” said Seva Man. “I’m having the team code a new service category called, ‘Where Da Party At?’”

Sssshhh! Don’t remind Seva Man about the Party Planner category.