| Inc.com staff
May 23, 2011

Akraya

A staffing company that celebrates employee successâ€"with a bell.

Akraya's employees gather together in its Sunnvyvale, Calif. offices.

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Akraya's employees gather together in its Sunnvyvale, Calif. offices.

 

The Data

Akraya

Location: Sunnyvale, California

Founded: 2001

2010 revenue: $32 million

CEO: Amar Panchal

Website: akraya.com

Number of employees: 35

What it does: Places employees at engineering, IT, and marketing companies

Akraya likes to celebrate its wins. And not just in a company-wide e-mail or after-work drinks: they do it in the office, with a big bell. Akraya CEO Amar Panchal explains that any time a sales employee gets a new order, or the marketing department gets a press mention, the company operations halt and the bell is rung. "It brings up the energy level immediately," says Panchal. "When everybody else sees somebody else's achievement, they're motivated to achieve too."