July 23, 2026
A realistic week-by-week breakdown of the 3 to 4 month Nano GCC launch timeline, what runs in parallel, what causes delays, and what operational actually means.
A Nano GCC is a small, dedicated team of 10 to 40 people that a US company builds in India to own one specific mandate, launching in three to four months rather than the nine to eighteen a traditional captive center requires. This category covers how the model works in practice: how it compares to traditional GCCs, captive centers and staffing agencies, what it genuinely costs on an all-in basis, how long a launch really takes, and how to tell whether a Nano GCC or a larger Micro GCC fits the capability you need owned.
July 8, 2026
Staffing agencies and Nano GCCs both put engineers on your project, but they differ on retention, IP, institutional knowledge and true cost. Here is the comparison in full.
June 29, 2026
A Nano GCC is a 10-40 person team built around one specific mandate and live in 3-4 months; a traditional GCC or captive center is a 500+ person operation built over 9-12 months around broad...
June 19, 2026
The structural reasons the 500-person captive center is giving way to 10 to 40 person mandate-specific Nano GCCs, and what it means for companies evaluating the decision now.
April 23, 2026
How the cost structure of a small capability centre actually works: fixed costs, the seniority premium, the break even point, and why cost per head is the wrong measure.
April 10, 2026
Nano GCCs run 10 to 40 people around one mandate; Micro GCCs run 40 to 150 across several. How to tell which stage you are at and when to move between them.