Why "OpenJar"?

People often ask where the name OpenJar came from.

It started in 2010, during a year long volunteer trip I took to India. I was working with an underserved rural community, helping however I could. It was humbling, frustrating, eye-opening—all the things these kinds of trips tend to be.

But what stuck with me most wasn’t the work. It was something a mentor told me:

“Don’t just do this once and put it in a jar like it’s some kind of memory. Don’t pickle it and put it on a shelf. Keep the jar open. Let it shape how you live your life.”

That hit hard.

It was a reminder that doing good shouldn’t be an isolated experience. It should leak into how you live, how you work, and how you lead. That lesson stayed with me, even as I moved back into the business world. It influenced many of the decisions I made in my first startup, CalcuQuote. And now I'm intent on integrating this concept even more into my new venture.

So when it came time to name this company, OpenJar felt right.

We're not here to build some shiny consulting brand full of jargon and fluff. We’re here to serve— our clients by solving real problems, designing systems that actually work, and showing up with the same clarity and purpose every time, and the rest of the world through a commitment to charitable causes from our time and profits.

OpenJar isn’t just a name. It’s a mindset.

One that stays open.

— Chintan Sutaria
Founder, OpenJar Tech