A candid chat between Manoj Ranaweera and Michael Livingstone of DustID
Extract from the podcast on Spotify – words from Michael Livingstone of DustID. Michael Livingstone speaks with Manoj Ranaweera, founder of Techcelerate, Deal Lite, and SkilledUp Life, about startup failure, bootstrapping, ecosystem building, volunteer talent, and what founders do when investment is unavailable. Episode summary In this episode of Zero.24%, Michael Livingstone sits down with […]
Deputy Head of Marketing
We are rebuilding the marketing team to help us: There are two approaches:
New Partnership with Hatch Works to accelerate Sri Lankan tech startups
I’m more than thrilled to announce our second accelerator partnership, this time with Hatch Works from Sri Lanka. I had the pleasure to run an event at Hatch Works in early November whilst I was in Sri Lanka with Mithun and Wishma. The resulting partnership was signed as a direct result of discussions that took […]
SkilledUp Life bridging the global talent and skills gap
To conceive and readily opt to go on a journey of building a tech startup is no small decision. You should be prepared – resources, talents, grit and all. Without any of these, you are on for a long walk to failure. But what if you had a lifeline on the talent side? I’d say […]
How SkilledUp Life plans to enroll 100,000 Volunteers by the end of the third year
Say you have an idea for a tech startup and need to validate it. Or have gone ahead to create a digital product, or want to achieve successful market entry for your tech startup. The question is, would a pool of 100,000 individuals (Volunteers) ready and willing to help you validate the idea, product or […]
Four ways Volunteer talent is changing how tech startups scale
Over the past 28 months, SkilledUp Life has been able to grow its volunteer base from 0 to 16,477 (at the time of writing this post). Our passion-driven vision is to set up, grow and improve early-stage tech startups by providing unlimited free talent. As our Founder and CEO, Manoj Ranaweera says fondly, “SkilledUp Life […]
Build your tech startup with SkilledUp Life Volunteers
Got an idea for a tech startup? Chances are you likely do not have the funds to get things going. This is a very familiar road and many have gone this way before. For some, dreams were shattered due to lack of finances; for others largely due to lack of technical know-how. But what if […]
How do you build a successful Tech Startup if you do not have The Capital to pay for Talent
A great idea is just a third of the battle when you are starting a tech startup. You also need to fund it, and you may need to build a team to get things done. However, a great tech startup idea is not just enough these days. These days you can build your dream tech […]
SkilledUp Life supports the underdog
The world is organised to support winners. Everyone loves a winner. Every investor is looking for the next unicorn. Less than 1% of tech startups get funded. Who is looking after the rest? We are! SkilledUp Life is looking for the underdogs those who get rejected by Venture capitalists. those who get rejected by angel […]
When was the last time you acquired 100 users in a day?
I have forgotten what it feels like to score a century. I acquired 200,000 users for edocr.com single-handedly but it took many years, from 2007 to 2015. But this time, all our user acquisition is by Mithun and the Volunteer team, with our superstar Volunteer Godwin. Our volunteer user acquisition team is now 5 strong and we […]