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# SkilledUp Life

A global volunteer talent marketplace connecting skilled volunteers with tech startups.

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## Posts

- [blog](https://www.skilledup.life/blog/)
- [GitHub Discussions uniting sub-teams](https://www.skilledup.life/github-discussions-uniting-sub-teams/) - When repo access is ring-fenced, GitHub Discussions is the bridge.Discussions democratise product conversations, giving front-end and back-end teams a shared, permission-free space to align, without opening up respective codebases. GitHub Discussions: - Democratises visibility: Anyone can read and follow decisions. No push access needed.- Aligns without merging: Front-end and back-end debate trade-offs before a single
- [SkilledUp Life: How this all started](https://www.skilledup.life/background-to-skilledup-life/) - The journey of SkilledUp Life started on 1st of April when a conversation between Manoj Ranaweera (me) of Techcelerate and Anthony Chisnall of Driver Net gave me an idea. I invited a number of Techcelerate Tech Founders and Partners to a virtual meeting on 2nd to discuss the concept which led to launching Furloughed Life
- [How Volunteering at SkilledUp Life Helped Ye Wang Secure an Opportunity at Lenovo](https://www.skilledup.life/how-volunteering-at-skilledup-life-helped-ye-wang-secure-an-opportunity-at-lenovo/) - Ye Wang, a talented UI/UX Designer, recently leveraged her volunteer experience at SkilledUp Life to land a job as a Web Designer at Lenovo in Beijing, China. Ye joined SkilledUp Life as a UI/UX Designer volunteer in August 2024. She did two volunteer terms with our product team, refining her skills and gaining real-world experience
- [A little appreciation goes a long way](https://www.skilledup.life/a-little-appreciation-goes-a-long-way/) - One of the other projects I am working on is Deal Lite, where we capture investment data, refine and enrich them, and share with Techcelerate community and subscribers (you can subscribe for £5.32/month). I have been doing this with my wife since May 2018 and we kept it going without interruption for well over a
- [Day 1 of a long road ahead](https://www.skilledup.life/day-1-of-a-long-road-ahead/) - Today is Day 1 of SkilledUp Life. We are live and kicking without any fanfare. As explained in our inaugural blog post, the concept is now exactly 4 months old. What we achieved during this time was covered in the above blog post, so I will not take time to repeat the same here. On
- [A must use Volunteer Agreement](https://www.skilledup.life/volunteer-agreement/) - THIS IS A LEGACY ARTICLE. PLEASE LOG INTO CUSTOMER HUB TO ACCESS THE LATEST VOLUNTEER AGREEMENT TEMPLATE. Before you start working with a Volunteer, we suggest both parties, the Volunteer and the Company take time to understand each other's expectations including timelines. We suggest you create a project brief to avoid misunderstandings and cap the
- [£411.40 Donation to NHS Charities](https://www.skilledup.life/411-40-donation-to-nhs-charities/) - Last week, I donated £411.40 to NHS Charities. This was all the proceeds we received after payment fees for operating predecessor of SkilledUp Life from April to July 2020. I would like to thank Chris McCarthyRam RaghavanThomas PorteusYogeeta ChirekaniBethan WestonKeith MerrimanMichael DonaldsonNicolas Clarke for coming onboard helping me to setup and operate the service. "Thank
- [The new world of WORK-LIFE MIX](https://www.skilledup.life/the-new-world-of-work-life-mix/) - When I conceived the predecessor of SkilledUp Life in April 2020, I came up with two concepts. Some said I was crazy. Some were very angry with me. But now I have social proof of them actually working out. Am I a genius? Hell no! It was just stating the bloody obvious! Strangely, quite a few people
- [When would Universities treat students like customers?](https://www.skilledup.life/universities-treating-students-like-customers/) - This blog is inspired by a recent Guardian post. The image on this post is taken from Guardian, all associated image credits go to them.. Do you know any University which treats its students as customers? You pay £9250 to gain a qualification in the U.K. which does not guarantee a job afterward. I paid
- [How to return redundant back to employment](https://www.skilledup.life/how-to-return-redundant-back-to-employment/) - People who have been made redundant or have taken voluntary redundancy have skyrocketed to 14.2 to 1000 employees, according to the Office for National Statistics data. BBC News reported today that unemployment rose to 5% from 4.9% making 1.79 million jobless (thanks Ram Raghavan for the tip), which is 418,000 more than the same period
- [Opportunities Template for getting great responses](https://www.skilledup.life/opportunities-template-for-getting-great-responses/) - Here is our suggested template for getting the best results, i.e. getting volunteers excited about your opportunity. Opportunity Title: Make it a Volunteer position instead of a single task that they must complete. This has proven to be the best way to pique the interest of Volunteers and is easiest to promote on Social Media.
- [Building a tech startup (Step 1) - getting the idea](https://www.skilledup.life/building-a-tech-startup-step-1-getting-the-idea/) - All tech startups or any business for that matter starts with an idea in someone's head. Where do you get ideas from? Ideas come to our heads day and night relentlessly. 99.99% of them do not last the next 5 mins. They will be replaced by another idea. But those that stick around or keep
- [SkilledUp Life partners with Women AI Academy of Germany](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-partners-with-women-ai-academy-of-germany/) - I am thrilled to announce that we have signed our first partnership with Women AI Academy from Germany, who provides AI bootcamps dedicated to women. Founded by Naz, Azadeh and Katrina, Women AI Academy is working with women from all over Europe who want to better themselves and their families by re-skilling and re-entering the
- [Skilledup Life signs up 250th volunteer](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-signs-up-250th-volunteer/) - Big thank you to our team for working hard over the last few months to accelerate the growth of our global free talent base. I built and soft launched SkilledUp Life on 1st Aug 2020. Mithun joined us in early November to help accelerate growth. With help from Mithun, we finally signed up the 100th
- [Get Startup Experience before you start your own startup Journey](https://www.skilledup.life/get-startup-experience-before-you-start-your-own-startup-journey/) - Quite a number of you out there are hacking away with your side hustle which you think might become successful. And there are others who are dreaming of setting up a tech startup hoping for an overnight success. Setting up and growing a tech startup is extremely hard. The stories you reading of successful outcomes
- [300 Volunteers ready to help bootstrapped tech startups](https://www.skilledup.life/300-volunteers-ready-to-help-bootstrapped-tech-startups/) - Yesterday we reached the pivotal point when the 300th Volunteer signed up to gain new experiences and skills through us. We started our service on 1st August 2020 and since then achieved the following milestones: 19th Jan 2021 - It took 176 days to sign up the 100th volunteer23rd Feb 2021 - It took 35
- [Tech Career Discussion on Clubhouse](https://www.skilledup.life/tech-career-discussion-on-clubhouse/) - We are hosting our first ever discussion on Clubhouse tomorrow noon with three of our partners. Partners taking part are: Ismail Sadurdeen, CEO of Univiser (A peer to peer network connecting current university students to prospective students)Naz Cilo-van Norel, CEO of Women AI Academy (AI Bootcamp exclusively for women)Chris McCarthy, CEO of Focus 5 Recruitment
- [400+ Volunteers are ready to help you](https://www.skilledup.life/400-volunteers-are-ready-to-help-you/) - 404 Volunteers from all walks of life and discipline are now ready to help early-stage tech startups. In terms of where they come from (32 countries): UK 42India 24Sri Lanka 19USA 18Nigeria 15 In terms of specialty (21 categories): Technology 52Data and Insights 51Consultancy 33Project Management 30Business Development and Sales 27 Tags (265 tags): Python 23Developer 14Javascript 13PHP 12CSS 12 We are on track to reach 1000 by 27th July
- [Nailed the Bootcamp but can't land the dream job?](https://www.skilledup.life/nailed-the-bootcamp-but-cant-land-the-dream-job/) - Just wonder whether you fit the above situation? If so, any ideas what might be causing this? Could it be due to a lack of relevant experience and skills? If that's the case, we might be able to help you at SkilledUp Life. We provide experiences and skills through volunteering at early stage tech startups.
- [Changing of priorities once we reach 1000 Volunteers](https://www.skilledup.life/changing-of-priorities-once-we-reach-1000-volunteers/) - We are on target to reach 1000 volunteers by 26th July 2021 if we could maintain the current rate of growth. We reached 500 volunteer signups a few days ago. We now have to sign up another 500 volunteers within less than 2.5 months, which looks like a daunting task to say the least, given
- [Your professionalism matter](https://www.skilledup.life/your-professionalism-matter/) - Many companies are reluctant to work with volunteers due to a lack of commitment and professionalism. This is an ongoing concern for us, and we want to work out a plan to ensure a higher degree of success. This starts with your motivation behind why would you want to volunteer? People volunteer on SkilledUp Life
- [Importance of Company Vision](https://www.skilledup.life/importance-of-company-vision/) - We have three types of Volunteers: Those who need experience and skills to land their first or dream job.Those who are testing a new industry, sector or discipline before a carrier change or pivot.Those who are well experienced and looking for interesting projects to get involved. For the last two groups of Volunteers, the companies
- [World around us matters](https://www.skilledup.life/world-around-us-matters/) - Our role within SkilledUp Life is two fold: Find Volunteers to fill skill gaps in bootstrapped tech companies, so that they can survive and compete with well funded (usually venture-backed) competitors.Find Opportunities for Volunteers so that they can gain real experience and skills to land paid Opportunities elsewhere, either as a freelancer, contractor or employee.
- [Press Release: Partnering with XpressJ0bs](https://www.skilledup.life/press-release-partnering-with-xpressj0bs/) - Sri Lanka’s premier Job Board, XpressJ0bs teams up with UK’s SkilledUp Life to improve the experiences and skills of Candidates applying for Jobs Colombo (Sri Lanka) & Manchester (UK) 29/06/2021 (immediate release): Since founding of XpressJ0bs 5 years ago, the company has led the charge in introducing Recruitment Technology (Rec Tech) to the Sri Lankan
- [3 Questions to Ask from Volunteers](https://www.skilledup.life/3-questions-to-ask-from-volunteers/) - Based on our experience to date, these are the three most important questions to ask from each of your volunteers and get the answers in writing via email before sending the Volunteer Agreement for signing: Can you commit to 3 months? How much time (hrs) can you commit per week? How would you complete this
- [Building our HR team](https://www.skilledup.life/building-our-hr-team/) - At SkilledUp Life, we are starting to build teams for tech startups, starting first for Techcelerate Member Companies. But before we can show others how to, we need to practice this on ourselves. Our overall team (Techcelerate Group of businesses) has now grown to 25 (5 full-timers and 20 volunteers). We are starting with building HR, Marketing and
- [Drawing inspiration from Arnie](https://www.skilledup.life/drawing-inspiration-from-arnie/)
- [Building our own HR Team](https://www.skilledup.life/building-our-own-hr-team/) - We have now completed building our HR team which includes the following three members: Elise - Head of HR and the first to join. No previous education or experience in HR, but this is not her first rodio.Collins - Degree in HR. Additional Diploma in HR in progress. Working in HR in addition to joining
- [A chat with Neusa Rosa](https://www.skilledup.life/a-chat-with-neusa-rosa/) - When we knew that Mithun and I along could not hit our first-year target of onboarding 1,000 volunteers, we went looking for Volunteers on SkilledUp Life who could help us achieve this vital milestone. Neusa responded to our calling and joined us from Brazil and helped us to achieve our target with 24 hours to
- [Why most tech startups fail](https://www.skilledup.life/why-most-tech-startups-fail/) - There are many reasons for tech startup failures. Among them is the lack of human resources to turn their ideas into successful businesses. After all, people build businesses, until of course, robots take over the world, hopefully not in the near future and not in our lifetime. SkilledUp Life fixes this by providing unlimited free talent,
- [Partnering with StudiHub Digital Academy from Nigeria](https://www.skilledup.life/partnering-with-studihub-digital-academy-from-nigeria/) - Every tech startup needs to: Design their product.Develop their product.Market their product and service. In addition, as the company grows, the need for data analytics and data science emerges. These are essential courses provided by our new partner StudiHUB. By teaming up with SkilledUp Life, their graduates now have a chance to practice what they
- [SkilledUp Life HR Volunteer Introductory Training](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-hr-volunteer-introductory-training/) - Today, Deimante Semcisinas and I supported by Collins Were Ong’eta held the first-ever SkilledUp Life training session for aspiring HR professionals. Whilst the audience was limited to 3, we feel this was a good start. It was good to see the HR Volunteers who are helping Kaya and Compaira interacting with us. You can also
- [I am Elise - I'm building the HR function and team from scratch](https://www.skilledup.life/i-am-elise/) - My name is Elise Singleton. I am English/French and currently living in Germany. I studied a foreign languages degree with a major in International Business. I worked as a Customer Service Employee in Ikea and also had 1 year of experience working as a Customer Service and Logistics Operator in a Spanish Start-up. I have
- [SkilledUp Life Weekly Report 63](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-weekly-report-63/) - I've been mucking about tonight and used the information from the Weekly Report I submitted to Pioneer to create a progress update. We went live on 1st Aug 2020. We are now 63 weeks old. This is our first public report. I'm hoping to continue to share the building of SkilledUp Life publicly as much
- [SkilledUp Life helping you to go from £0 to £10k MRR](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-helping-you-to-go-from-0-to-10k-mrr/) - Setting up a tech startup is easy, but building a scalable tech company is harder. It's especially harder if you have to bootstrap the business. Some founders are good at building products but suck at selling. Others are good at commercialisation, but lack the know-how to build products. Even if you have the know how
- [Company Presentation #1 to Volunteers](https://www.skilledup.life/company-presentation-1-to-volunteers/) - Many apologies for messing up with multiple event links which caused confusion. But it was a good exercise to go ahead with it. We desperately need an Event Co-ordination Volunteer to bring you more events. Simplifai Systems: WebsiteCompany ProfileOpportunities SkilledUp Life: Company ProfileCurrent Opportunities
- [I'm Wishma](https://www.skilledup.life/im-wishma/) - Hello, my name is Wishma. I am keen to share my experience of SkilledUp Life with you! Let me begin by introducing myself. I'm currently a business administration undergraduate student at SLIIT, Sri Lanka, in my second year. I also see myself as a future digital marketer. I also have no prior work experience. My
- [I'm Yumnah!](https://www.skilledup.life/im-yumnah/) - Hello, my name is Yumnah. I’m a 23-year-old Sri Lankan, whose passion is working in Human Resource since my schooling. And that’s why I choose to be part of the Chartered HRM program, which would help me to gain knowledge to be a better HR professional. I'm currently in my second year of the program.
- [2,000+ talent ready to help you free of charge](https://www.skilledup.life/2000-talent-ready-to-help-you-free-of-charge/) - We achieved another milestone today when the 2000th person signed up to SkilledUp Life to gain Experience and Skills to improve their lives through career progression. If you recall, it took us 176 days to convince the first 100 people to join us. It was hard work then. Since then we improved our Volunteer acquisition
- [Elise builds HR function and team in 3 months](https://www.skilledup.life/elise-ends-her-3-months-with-us/) - Hey Everyone, it’s Elise here! I’m writing this little post to let you know that my adventure with SkilledUp Life has come to an end. It’s already been 3 months and I must say that the last 3 months have been like an emotional roller coaster for me. In 3 months, I have been through
- [I'm Deimante](https://www.skilledup.life/im-deimante/) - I am Deimante, an expat Lithuanian living in Denmark. I have graduated with a master’s studies in Strategy, Organisation and Leadership this year with the main focus on Human Resources and three months ago I was approached by SkilledUp Life to volunteer for their HR team as an HR strategist. If you would take a
- [I'm Ayonike](https://www.skilledup.life/im-ayonike/) - The desire to provide legal services to small companies shaped my career early on and informed my interest in Corporate and Commercial practice. Things took a new turn when I stumbled on a webinar on data protection and privacy. I became fascinated and the rest is history. However, I recognised the need to skill up,
- [I'm Isaac - I helped acquire 1,000 Volunteers in 3 months](https://www.skilledup.life/im-isaac/) - Hi everyone. It’s Isaac Lekgothoane from Johannesburg South Africa here, originally from Limpopo province Ga-Mothapo. I write this blog post to let you know I have completed my journey with SkilledUp Life as a Social Media Manager. I studied Media and Communications in my academic years at the University of Limpopo. I have vast knowledge
- [The Volunteer Process](https://www.skilledup.life/the-volunteer-process/) - We recommend that all our Customers onboard an HR Volunteer first, who could effectively reduce the Tech CEO's time spent on building a strong Volunteer team. Let's take a look at the stages of sourcing a Volunteer from SkilledUp Life: Understanding the number of Volunteers needed and their roles [Document 1].Publish the Opportunities on SkilledUp
- [Procrastinating with setting up your first tech startup](https://www.skilledup.life/procrastinating-with-setting-up-your-first-tech-startup/) - Over the last 6 months or so, at family gatherings, I kept meeting a guy who has been dreaming of setting up a tech startup but has not taken the brave step of moving forward with it. He has a family and a well-paid technical job. Whilst the job may be demanding, he has the
- [Wishing you all a happy 2022](https://www.skilledup.life/wishing-you-all-a-happy-2022/) - Wishing all of our community a great 2022. Our community now includes: 2,849 Volunteers from 71 countries.52 companies.8 partners.10 subcribers. Our plans for 2022 revolves around three targets: Have a community of 11,000 Volunteers by 31st July 2022.Have 100 paying customers (tech companies) by 31st July 2022.Reach £10k MRR by 30th Oct 2022. Our Nigerian
- [Transformative or just another meh!](https://www.skilledup.life/transformative-or-just-another-meh/) - Would you consider the following as transformative or just another meh? You bring an idea/concept for a tech startup to us at SkilledUp Life. Our growing volunteer pool (we are adding 100 every 3 to 6 days) of global talent Validates itHelp build the idea into a productAcquires users on your behalfConvert them to customersProvides
- [We want more Nigerian partners](https://www.skilledup.life/we-want-more-nigerian-partners/) - The first time I jokingly mentioned Nigeria was on 5th Nov 2020. On this day, SkilledUp Life team was just me and had a total Volunteer base of 64. The emergence of Nigeria as a key market By April 2021, we had a total of 15 Volunteers from Nigeria. We may had more, but that
- [Congratulations Isaac! Secures job after Volunteering](https://www.skilledup.life/congratulations-isaac/) - Congratulations Isaac Lekgothoane Isaac who volunteered for us started a new job with Compaira today. Isaac was fundamental in increasing total Volunteers from 1,000 to 2,000 over his 3-month volunteer term with us. This achievement impressed the CEO of Compaira, Dr. Ram Raghavan who offered him employment. Compaira is a Techcelerate Member Company and also a heavy user of SkilledUp Life. We hope
- [Breaking records](https://www.skilledup.life/breaking-records/) - We were working extremely hard to break a record yesterday and we failed by 1 volunteer sign-up. Our previous record of welcoming 100 Volunteers in the shortest time was 3 days. We wanted to reduce this to 2 days. In the process, we came so close but were beaten by 1, i.e. we acquired 99
- [Time to acquire 1,000 Volunteers](https://www.skilledup.life/time-to-acquire-1000-volunteers/) - We managed to half the time to acquire 1,000 Volunteers from 109 days to 52 days, all thanks to my awesome team. We almost beat the time to acquire 100 Volunteers yesterday, but lost by 1 Volunteer sign up. Month on month Volunteer growth was flat in December due to the festive season. Lastly, the
- [I'm Chinte - Volunteered for Deal Lite](https://www.skilledup.life/im-chinte-volunteering-for-deal-lite/) - I'm Chinthake Mallawaarachchi. I had a tremendous volunteering experience over 6 months. The company I volunteered for gave extra attention to training and monitoring to make sure I was competent. It was wonderful to collaborate daily across the world with my colleagues. And the experience was thoroughly enjoyable. In the meanwhile learning about the business
- [Josué secures employment after volunteering](https://www.skilledup.life/josue-secures-employment-after-volunteering/) - I am Josué PIERRE LOUIS, a young Haitian student/professional full of dreams and projects for my country. I was born in a very poor country, ranked among the poorest in the world and the poorest in the Americas. I have a degree in economics and this training has given me a lot of knowledge such
- [Why is SkilledUp Life so popular in Nigeria?](https://www.skilledup.life/why-is-skilledup-life-so-popular-in-nigeria/) - Image Credits: Utiva - a SkilledUp Life Education Partner from Nigeria. Over the last three months, Nigeria has emerged as the number one market for Volunteers. As a result, most of our own team now comes from Nigeria. This was not by any design. I was curious to find out why this is the case.
- [Want to build a tech startup but no cash to hire developers?](https://www.skilledup.life/want-to-build-a-tech-startup-but-no-cash-to-hire-developers/) - Are you an early-stage tech startup struggling to build your product and no cash to pay for developers? We have 62 Javascript developers. They are looking for experience and skills. Some are still completing computer science degrees. Others have excellent experiences. All free. In addition, we have: 21 React developers25 PHP developers5 Angular developers12 Docker4 Kubernetes22 No Coding apps40 Python3 Flutter
- [Volunteer Stories #1](https://www.skilledup.life/volunteer-stories-1/) - How do you land your dream job, if you don't have relevant experience? We had a 40 mins discussion today at 7 pm GMT. Speakers: Ayonike and Godwin shared why they are volunteering, supported by Manoj and organised by Mpumi. Mpumi - Events Coordinator and Chief Fun Officer Ayonike - Head of HR Godwin - Head of Nigeria and
- [Shortcast Volunteer Stories](https://www.skilledup.life/shortcast-volunteer-stories/) - Some of our team have been sharing their experience through Shortcasts. Here they are: Sakhile - https://ui.short-cast.club/post-details/96Godwin - https://ui.short-cast.club/post-details/98
- [4,000 Volunteers to build the next wave of tech startups](https://www.skilledup.life/4000-volunteers-to-build-the-next-wave-of-tech-startups/) - After Mithun spoke to Homero Gheorghe on Linkedin, he signed up to gain further Experience and Skills by volunteering through SkilledUp Life. In the process, he became our 4,000th Volunteer. Thank you. I want to thank everyone who has supported us since we went live on 1st August 2020 and take a moment to reflect
- [I'm Benjamin - this is my Volunteer Experience](https://www.skilledup.life/im-benjamin-this-is-my-volunteer-experience/) - My name is Benjamin Precious and I'm based in Nigeria. I recently concluded my undergraduate studies in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management, and a few months ago I signed up on SkilledUp Life through the LinkedIn platform as an HR Volunteer. I had knowledge in HR but I didn't have any industry experience to
- [Solving South Africa's high unemployment rate through stimulating the labour market](https://www.skilledup.life/solving-south-africas-high-unemployment-rate-through-stimulating-the-labour-market/) - Original discussion As we grow SkilledUp Life, I am discovering problems around the world. One of them is the 34.9% high unemployment rate in South Africa. Some people say this is in fact higher than 50%. Since Npumi Mngqibisa (our Chief Fun Officer) joined us three weeks ago, we have started to look at how we might
- [SkilledUp Life is a Human Platform](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-is-a-human-platform/) - SkilledUp Life is all about people. People do not behave like a product. Products do not have feelings. People do! This suddenly dawned on me. Dah! Did you not know that on day 1 Manoj? Whilst at a fundamental level, SkilledUp Life is a two-sided marketplace (a software product). As long as the two sides
- [Forbidden 403 - we are deeply sorry - India & Russia](https://www.skilledup.life/forbidden-403-we-are-deeply-sorry-india-russia/) - During the last Friday's Clubhouse Weekly event, through two attendees, to my horror, I discovered that SkilledUp Life has been banned for traffic from India by our hosting provider. Not every Volunteer registered on SkilledUp Life recognises where they live. But from those who do, it shows that 123 Volunteers live in India. That's a
- [I'm Collins - Being promoted to Head of HR](https://www.skilledup.life/im-collins-being-promoted-to-head-of-hr/) - My name is Collins Were Ong'eta. I reside in Nairobi, Kenya. I am a graduate from The University of Nairobi where I studied Bachelor of Commerce-Human Resource (HR) Management Option. So far I have 4 years of experience in the HR field as an HR Assistant. My aspiration is to one day be the Head of the
- [You can't job hunt 24/7 without going mad](https://www.skilledup.life/you-cant-job-hunt-24-7-without-going-mad/) - This is based on a response I provided to a person on Indie Hackers. The strange thing with the job market is that on one end, companies complain about the lack of good candidates and on the other end, good candidates cannot find best-fit jobs for whatever reason. Whilst we do not provide jobs at
- [The modes of Support for our Customers](https://www.skilledup.life/the-modes-of-support-for-our-customers/) - Some of our customers do not want any support from us as they treat SkilledUp Life as a Product. Others are requesting significant support including hand-holding as we are a Human Platform and not just a Product. When designing the support we provide, we need to consider its scalability. 1. Types of Support Types of
- [Active Support for Volunteers](https://www.skilledup.life/active-support-for-volunteers/) - We are constantly looking at ways to improve how we support Volunteers through Tawk Chat leveraging the Knowledge Base. The role of our support team starts with: Sign Up: Helping visitors to sign up to SkilledUp Life so that they can gain real Experience and Skills to improve their career prospects.Complete Profile: Helping those who
- [Rebuilding SkilledUp Life Human Resources (HR) Team](https://www.skilledup.life/rebuilding-skilledup-life-human-resources-hr-team/) - The Human Resources (HR) team sits at the heart of SkilledUp Life. I'm currently in the process of rebuilding the HR Team from scratch with the support of the current Head of HR, Collins Ong'eta. The Volunteer roles open for grabs include: HR Volunteer – RecruitmentHR Volunteer – Onboarding and TrainingHR Volunteer – Performance and
- [Esin joins SkilledUp Life to steer the team forward and bring professionalism](https://www.skilledup.life/esin-joins-skilledup-life-to-steer-the-team/) - I'm delighted to welcome Esin Eyüpoğlu Akşener to the role of Head of HR at SkilledUp Life. She brings significant HR experience from PepsiCo and Colgate-Palmolive. She will Volunteer for us over the next 3 months and help us build a stronger team with succession planning at the heart of it. Our leaders, Mithun Lance and Godwin Mayaki™ will operate closely with Esin
- [What I want for Christmas... Now, please!](https://www.skilledup.life/what-i-want-for-christmas-now-please/) - I am always strategising about how to improve my function within SkilledUp Life. Xmind Mindmap captures my current thinking, which might also help you prioritise your in building your own tech startup. Due to a lack of succession planning, my team shrank from 25 to 8 over the last 3 months and Esin is in
- [Why we won't offer free trials](https://www.skilledup.life/why-we-wont-offer-free-trials/) - Many tech startups ask for free trials and we will continue to refuse. I would like to explain why we have taken such a stance. Tech Startups in the UK, USA and the so-called Developed World If your tech startup is from a rich country such as the UK, USA, Europe, China, Russia and the
- [When was the last time you acquired 100 users in a day?](https://www.skilledup.life/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. Check out our team Our volunteer user acquisition team is now
- [Case Study - Michael Hoeft and Learnhall](https://www.skilledup.life/case-study-michael-hoeft-and-learnhall/) - I had the privilege to catch up with Michael Hoeft recently, whose tech startup has been transformed since joining SkilledUp Life. Prior to joining SkilledUp Life, Michael focused on building an EdTech company to target the US market. Since joining SkilledUp Life, his focus has shifted to reducing high unemployment in Nigeria through his new
- [The long road to the magical £10k MRR by end of Oct 2022](https://www.skilledup.life/the-long-road-to-the-magical-10k-mrr-by-end-of-oct-2022/) - We have two targets to hit on our way to £10k MRR by 31st Oct 2022. The first is to get to 100 paying customers by end of July 2022. https://skilledup.life - giving a leg up to Indiehackers and bootstrapped tech startups with free talent to build and grow their tech startups. Just signed up the
- [The unfair advantage gained by Michael Hoeft and Learnhall](https://www.skilledup.life/the-unfair-advantage-gained-by-michael-hoeft-and-learnhall/) - I'm watching with fascination when our Tech Startup Customers leverage SkilledUp Life to the maximum. Such is the case of Michael Hoeft and his Learnhall. The story before I met Michael at Pioneer. He was one of the first tech founders to see the potential of SkilledUp Life. I try to help everyone who subscribes
- [Introducing Open Makers, Bingewell, Bluu Kazi and Texkoop](https://www.skilledup.life/introducing-open-makers-bingewell-bluu-kazi-and-texkoop/) - We are ending the week by adding 4 more tech startups to SkilledUp Life taking the total to 22 tech startup Founder Customers. Let me quickly introduce them. Open Makers (USA) by Micah Iverson Open Makers helps to organize and share your side projects, important milestones, product launches, tasks and more with the indie maker
- [SkilledUp Life Progress Update at end of Week 98](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-progress-update-at-end-of-week-98/) - Here's a quick progress update of SkilledUp Life at the end of Week 98, i.e. end of 19th June 2022: Volunteers: 6,861 (behind by 239 - need 775 this week to stay on target to get to 11,000 by end of Jul)Customers: 22 (behind by 3 - need 10 this week to get to 100
- [SkilledUp Life supports the underdog](https://www.skilledup.life/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 investors.those
- [Reducing the risk rate of bootstrapped SaaS](https://www.skilledup.life/reducing-the-risk-rate-of-bootstrapped-saas/) - My response to a post that appeared on Hacker News and was promoted on Indie Hackers. For your typical solo founder in their 30s, their odds of dying at any point over the next 10 years is something like 0.2%. And short of them dying, their business isn't going anywhere because keeping a SaaS startup
- [I'm 54 today](https://www.skilledup.life/im-54-today/) - I've turned 54 today. A hell of a lot to achieve by 55! Before that, we need to onboard 3,283 Volunteers and 75 tech startups before the end of July. SkilledUp Life - free talent for tech startups + gain experience to land the next job Please do spread the word! thanks
- [8,000 Volunteers ready to help build your tech startup](https://www.skilledup.life/8000-volunteers-ready-to-help-build-your-tech-startup/) - Life is becoming tense as each day in July goes by as we march towards achieving the end of year target of 11,000 total Volunteers by end of this month (July 2022) We just went past the 8,000th Volunteer mark a few hours ago and are now at 8,029. Remember, it took us 176 days
- [Founder Institute and SkilledUp Life for tech startup success](https://www.skilledup.life/founder-institute-and-skilledup-life-for-tech-startup-success/) - We are proud to announce our first Accelerator Partnership with none other than the globally renowned Founder Institute, starting with their South African chapter. Founded in 2009 by Adeo Ressi and Jonathan Greechan, to date, Founder Institute has helped launch over 6,000 companies across over 200 cities and 6 continents. Founder Institute Alumni has raised
- [Having to do the impossible](https://www.skilledup.life/having-to-do-the-impossible/) - At the start of the 2nd year (1st Aug 2021), we set a target of achieving 10x growth on the supply side of SkilledUp Life. In the first 12 months, we achieved our target of signing up 1,000 Volunteers with 24 hours to go. To 10x in the next 12 months, we had to continually up
- [SkilledUp Life Customer Workshop #5 - Introductory session for new customers](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-customer-workshop-5-introductory-session-for-new-customers/) - Attended by Tech Founders & CEOs of Kitchen Cottage Academy Valorise StudentTeachStudent
- [12,008 Volunteers ready to help bootstrapped tech startups](https://www.skilledup.life/12008-volunteers-ready-to-help-bootstrapped-tech-startups/) - I'm happy to announce that we went past the 12,000 total Volunteers mini milestone early this morning. August has turned out to be a slow month for SkilledUp Life, mainly due to: It's the month after year-end and the team including me seems to let the guard down. Most people are on holiday or in
- [Growth via country-specific strategies](https://www.skilledup.life/growth-via-country-specific-strategies/) - Hypothesis Country-specific teams will speed up the growth of SkilledUp Life. Country Chosen I am selecting the Philippines to test this hypothesis. However, there is no scientific reason for selecting the Philippines. Team Structure The team has to be small and agile, yet be able to achieve results. The decision was taken to build a team
- [The new breed of Experience Seekers](https://www.skilledup.life/the-new-breed-of-experience-seekers/) - There is a new breed of experience seekers on SkilledUp Life. A Volunteer Term is typically 3 months long with a 1 to 3-hour commitment per day. This was designed to be nonintrusive to help the world's adult population to gain experience to improve their career prospects so that they improve their chance of landing
- [October 1st CEO Rant - Plan for this month](https://www.skilledup.life/october-1st-ceo-rant-plan-for-this-month/) - Whilst we have an amazing team at SkilledUp Life and I appreciate everything they do (except Mithun and me, all others are Volunteers), I am really annoyed at myself for the slow progress we have achieved. If SkilledUp Life is a venture-backed tech startup, I would most likely be fired by now as the CEO, as I have not
- [Re-designing SkilledUp Life Organisation](https://www.skilledup.life/re-designing-skilledup-life-organisation/) - When you have 14,000+ free talent at your disposal, it's not hard to go crazy with redesigning your organisation. That's exactly what I did yesterday. In the past, we had a very simple structure. This time I departed from simplicity to complexity adopting a matrix organisational structure. At the outset, this seems not an effective
- [What could this mean?](https://www.skilledup.life/what-could-this-mean/) - Stay tuned!
- [Two Volunteers become Employees today](https://www.skilledup.life/two-volunteers-become-employees-today/) - SkilledUp Life started by trying to solve a fundamental problem - how do you build a successful tech startup, if you do not have the capital to pay for talent? Of course, one answer is to raise capital, but not all businesses are investible. Debt finance is not the route for many tech startups in
- [How do you build a successful Tech Startup if you do not have The Capital to pay for Talent](https://www.skilledup.life/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
- [Build your tech startup with SkilledUp Life Volunteers](https://www.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
- [Four ways Volunteer talent is changing how tech startups scale](https://www.skilledup.life/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
- [My changing role within SkilledUp Life](https://www.skilledup.life/my-changing-role-within-skilledup-life/) - I went live with SkilledUp Life on 1st Aug 2020. There was only me at the beginning until Mithun joined me as first employee in November 2022. By end of December 2022 (or sooner if possible), my role will change to: Set vision and lead Sales Product Operational support to team leaders I need to
- [How SkilledUp Life plans to enroll 100,000 Volunteers by the end of the third year](https://www.skilledup.life/how-skilledup-life-plans-to-enroll-100000-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
- [Our numbers are down and I am gutted about it](https://www.skilledup.life/our-numbers-are-down-and-i-am-gutted-about-it/) - Irrespective of the good work our team has done, we have performed very poorly over the last several months. Let's take a look at reality vs spin. Volunteer Acquisition We achieved our 1st-year target of adding 1,000 volunteers with 24 hours to spare. We achieved our 2nd-year target of adding 10,000 Volunteers 7 days after
- [Building a tech startup with free talent by ChatGPT](https://www.skilledup.life/building-a-tech-startup-with-free-talent-by-chatgpt/) - The only change injected by me is adding SkilledUp Life into the essay and crossing out certain words. The rest is 100% written by ChatGPT Building a tech startup is no easy feat. It requires a combination of hard work, perseverance, and a willingness to take risks. One way to increase the chances of success
- [SkilledUp Life bridging the global talent and skills gap](https://www.skilledup.life/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
- [New Partnership with Hatch Works to accelerate Sri Lankan tech startups](https://www.skilledup.life/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
- [18,000 SkilledUp Lifers and counting](https://www.skilledup.life/18000-skilledup-lifers-and-counting/)
- [SkilledUp Life Customer Hub is live now](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-customer-hub-is-live-now/)
- [2022 Year End Results](https://www.skilledup.life/2022-year-end-results/)
- [No code made it faster to build products](https://www.skilledup.life/no-code-made-it-faster-to-build-products/) - No code made it faster to build products. SkilledUp Life makes it faster to build startup teams for those who do not have the cash to hire talent. We know the first is already revolutionary. But I believe what we are doing at SkilledUp Life will also be a game changer. However, No code + SkilledUp
- [Is SkilledUp Life right for your TECH FOUNDER JOURNEY?](https://www.skilledup.life/is-skilledup-life-right-for-your-tech-founder-journey/) - Are you building or want to build a tech company? If you like to join SkilledUp Life, consider the following: Can you afford £30/month for 12 months? Or £300/year upfront? If you just join for 1 month, most likely, SkilledUp Life is not right for you. Are you ready to learn from us and follow
- [Customer groups](https://www.skilledup.life/customer-groups/) - Based on our interactions with our tech startup customers, we now have enough evidence to group them into three categories: None committed (Impatient and short-termism): These tech startup customers subscribe to us to find SkilledUp Lifers quickly without setting up systems, processes and tools. They hardly engage with our team to learn and adopt best
- [Want to gain Sales Experience?](https://www.skilledup.life/want-to-gain-sales-experience/) - If you want to gain more Sales Experience, do consider joining our team. Apply Now If you have social selling skills, then this would be an advantage.
- [Want to gain HR Experience?](https://www.skilledup.life/want-to-gain-hr-experience/) - Since Elise created our HR Team back in August to Oct 2021, we have continued to thrive and increase our knowledge on the subject of recruitment and performance. We are currently discussing a way to offer an even broader level of HR experience. Current thoughts are: Term 1 - Recruitment via external channels, mainly social.
- [SkilledUp Life website upgrade](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-website-upgrade/) - Due to various reasons, SkilledUp Life ended up building significant technical debt, which resulted in the introduction of a number of bugs. I'm glad to report, I just completed a successful upgrade. The upgrade cleared the following bugs: Users can delete their accounts. Users can change their email addresses. Company registration works from both the
- [6 ways to leverage SkilledUp Life](https://www.skilledup.life/6-ways-to-leverage-skilledup-life/) - Here are 6 ways tech startups can leverage SkilledUp Life: Start by recruiting an HR Volunteer to find the best-fit talent. Recruit an Executive Assistant Volunteer to increase your own productivity. Start building functional teams, e.g. product, marketing, sales, support and more. Join the Customer Hub. Attend Workshops to meet your peers and learn best
- [SkilledUp Life becomes the strategic career accelerator](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-volunteering-has-become-a-strategic-career-accelerator-see-how-this-applies-to-you/) - The rules of work have changed. Degrees still matter. Certificates still help. But they no longer decide who gets hired.What employers now look for is proof. Proof that you can work in real conditions. Proof that you can deliver outcomes, not just complete tasks. Proof that you understand how work actually happens and what it
- [Testimonial with a smile – Dora Blasberg](https://www.skilledup.life/testimonial-with-a-smile-dora-blasberg/) - At SkilledUp Life, we are privileged to work with remarkable global talents who bring fresh energy, new perspectives, and a relentless drive for excellence. Among them Dora Blasberg has truly stood out. Based in the UK and originally from France, Dora has contributed immensely in her role as Deputy Head of HR (Productivity). With a natural flair
- [Re-establishing our Priorities](https://www.skilledup.life/re-establishing-our-priorities/) - Our business model is simple, yet we have not made it easy for ourselves due to succession planning failures. So what’s important to us? Team: Recruitment: Continuously recruit and ensure no vacancy exists. Performance: Ensure everyone is given targets and provided the help needed to exceed them. Sales: Ensure Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) sales targets
- [Volunteer Profile Completion](https://www.skilledup.life/volunteer-profile-completion/) - Your profile must be fully completed to apply for Volunteer Opportunities. This includes completing optional fields. The word "optional" is confusing and we plan to rectify this in the future. Optional means you do not need to complete it to land on the Volunteer Dashboard. We want to get you through the Volunteer account registration
- [SkilledUp Life Recruitment Process](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-recruitment-process/) - SkilledUp Life's recruitment process, until the release of Version 2 of our product included the following steps: Step 1 - List Volunteer Opportunities - each Opportunity had to be manually created. Step 2 - Review applications. Reject or proceed to Step 4. Step 3 - Filter the Volunteer List and invite the best-fit talent to
- [Vanity Metrics - Jan 2024](https://www.skilledup.life/vanity-metrics-jan-2024/) - No one gets excited about vanity metrics in the tech startup world. Nonetheless, when you are building a community-driven tech startup, traffic does matter. We are still miles away from achieving our full potential. We onboarded 10 new customers in Jan 2024, saw a return of 2 customers and upgraded an existing customer to Advanced
- [Structuring your tech startup team](https://www.skilledup.life/structuring-your-tech-startup-team/) - Some of us start our journey as a solo tech entrepreneur. Others start with several co-founders. Here is one way to start and grow your team in the initial stages of your tech entrepreneur journey. Ideal Initial Team Structure At the very beginning, there are only two focused areas, these being: Build Sell What above
- [The mob, the scapegoat and refocus on the UK](https://www.skilledup.life/the-mob-the-scapegoat-and-refocus-on-the-uk/) - The beginning During the first year of furloughed life in the UK (2020), people needed ways to vent out their frustrations. When we launched Furloughed Life on 7th April 2020 after the idea came to my head on 1st April 2020, several people in Manchester including who I considered as friends took to social media
- [Cost of making the wrong call](https://www.skilledup.life/cost-of-making-the-wrong-call/) - We have many issues at SkilledUp Life (similar to all bootstrapped tech startups). One of those is that our product has not evolved since Jul 2020. This has become a critical issue now. I wasted the last 12 months not making the right decision on the product. The cost of poor decision-making had a significant
- [Event: Strategies for Tech Startup Growth](https://www.skilledup.life/event-strategies-for-tech-startup-growth/) - Today, we discussed about potential strategies for Tech Startup growth on LinkedIn with two Tech Founders from Nigeria. The event was hosted by our Country Leader - Nigeria, Abidemi Olaitan-Hambolu with support from Festus Ihensekhien, Chindinma Mba and me (Manoj Ranaweera). Speaker and Panelist Profiles: Victor ‘Gbenga Afolabi - runs multiple businesses including Eko Innovation
- [How SkilledUp Life has impacted my growth as a professional: a case study on Ms. Saloni Arora](https://www.skilledup.life/how-skilledup-life-has-impacted-my-growth-as-a-professional-a-case-study-on-ms-saloni-arora/) - When one considers growth, one may imagine it to be something that must come from the outside to change the inside. Something they must wait for to impact their lives dramatically. Some force of nature to elevate them. This is not how growth begins. Growth first comes from the inside. It begins with your decision
- [SkilledUp Life past customer secures £1.6 million investment](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-past-customer-secures-1-6-million-investment/) - Manchester-based past SkilledUp Life tech startup customer Cytix raises £1.6 million Seed investment from Manchester-based Praetura Ventures founded by David Foreman and investment managed by Michael Rees.In this case, the Limited Partner (LP) is Northern Powerhouse Fund II operated by British Business Bank with investment managed by Simon Cunnington.SkilledUp Life helped Thomas Ballin and the
- [Press Release: Past SkilledUp Life Customer Raises £1.6M Investment](https://www.skilledup.life/press-release-past-skilledup-life-customer-raises-1-6m-investment/) - 1st October 2024 Manchester, UK — Cytix, a tech startup from Manchester and a past customer of SkilledUp Life has secured £1.6 million in seed funding. The backing came in a round co-led by NPIF II – Praetura Equity Finance managed by Praetura Ventures and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II. After
- [Career Transition through SkilledUp Life](https://www.skilledup.life/career-transition-through-skilledup-life/) - Want to transition your career? Have you been in the same industry for over 10 years? Fancy a transition? No idea how to go about it? If so, be inspired by the success achieved by Festus Ihensekhien. Just before his second Volunteer term ended, he landed a Head of Sales job with an EdTech company.
- [WasteDump innovates recycling in South Africa with SkilledUp Life's Volunteer Talent](https://www.skilledup.life/wastedump-innovates-recycling-in-south-africa-with-skilledup-lifes-volunteer-talent/) - WasteDump, a South African tech startup founded in 2022 is on a mission to transform recycling through an innovative e-hailing mobile application. The app enables households to separate recyclable waste at the source and connects them with verified waste pickers for efficient collection. By incentivising users with a share of resale proceeds (up to 40%), WasteDump
- [LinkedIn Event Coverage 25th Oct 2024](https://www.skilledup.life/linkedin-event-coverage-25th-oct-2024/) - Recording of ⁠SkilledUp Life⁠ weekly discussion on Linkedin which took place on the 25th October 2024. Attended by Tech Founders: WasteDump - ⁠Zakhele⁠ ⁠Alfred⁠ ⁠Godwin⁠ ⁠David⁠ Hosts: ⁠Manoj⁠ - Founder & CEO ⁠Abidemi⁠ - Head of African Operations & Global Sales ⁠Chidinma⁠ - Head of Support ⁠Grace⁠ & ⁠Brenda⁠ - Events
- [Digital Witch partners with SkilledUp Life](https://www.skilledup.life/digital-witch-partners-with-skilledup-life/) - The Digital Witch Support Community, led by Ekwutosi Cynthia Okeh, equips individuals with the essential digital skills to thrive in remote work environments. With a background in customer success and IT support training, Cynthia’s passion lies in empowering others to succeed in the digital world. Since its inception, the Digital Witch Support Community has trained over
- [New Partnership Announcement: Eko Institute of Technology](https://www.skilledup.life/new-partnership-announcement-eko-institute-of-technology/) - I'm glad to announce the new partnership with Eko Institute of Technology of Nigeria, which educates individuals in gaining knowledge on: Product design. Product management. Data analysis. Website design. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and copywriting. Soft skills. Customer service. Marketing analytics. Enterprise development. In addition to the above, Eko runs an incubator programme. Founded in
- [Beautiful Products](https://www.skilledup.life/beautiful-products/) - Since I started my tech entrepreneur journey back in 2004, I never had brilliant designers to bring justice to my ideas. I envied products designed by amazing teams. I dreamt about the day I could create a product I could honestly be proud of. We are not there yet. But we have amazing skilled volunteer
- [Building impactful communities and products Post-Exit](https://www.skilledup.life/building-impactful-communities-and-products-post-exit/) - For the third time, I will join Max Pog and the crew to make his conference series successful. As expected, our SkilledUp Life community will also be invited to attend the latest Conference, Post Exit Founders Virtual Conference on the 6th of November. In 2013, Hugh Campbell and GP Bullhound, an unknown boutique investment bank
- [Weekly LinkedIn knowledge share 1st Nov 2024](https://www.skilledup.life/weekly-linkedin-knowledge-share-1st-nov-2024/) - Discussion on 1st November 2024 focused on building tech startups with 51,000 skilled volunteers from SkilledUp Life. We were joined by: David⁠ - Zeeh Africa ⁠Dominic⁠ ⁠Zakhele⁠ - WasteDump ⁠Benson⁠ The event was hosted by me (Manoj) with: ⁠Abidemi⁠ - Head of African Operations and Global Sales Chidinma - Head of Support Brenda and Grace
- [Supporting AcceleratorCON, New York](https://www.skilledup.life/supporting-acceleratorcon-new-york/) - SkilledUp Life is teaming up with AcceleratorCON to support their conference on 8th November 2024 at Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City, USA. Win a Free Ticket 5 tech startups have the chance to win free tickets, each worth $199. If you are already a subscriber, do let us know your details to claim
- [Post Exit Founders Virtual Conference](https://www.skilledup.life/post-exit-founders-virtual-conference/) - I used the mindmap below to present my talk during today's Post Exit Founders Virtual Conference organised by Max Pog and the team. If you attended my talk, I hope it was useful. Feel free to watch the video.
- [From 136 applications to rapid results, the Grow For Me story with SkilledUp Life](https://www.skilledup.life/from-136-applications-to-rapid-results-the-grow-for-me-story-with-skilledup-life/) - Grow For Me is an AgriTech startup from Accra, Ghana. It uses an online crowdfunding platform to support local farming efforts. This allows anyone, no matter where they are in the world, to donate for as little as $20. The donations go to providing farmers with tools to sell commodities, receive instant payments, request loans,
- [SkilledUp Life weekly knowledge share 8th Nov 2024](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-weekly-knowledge-share-8th-nov-2024/) - Today, we were joined by two customers: Michael Liviningston of Dustid Akhlaq Choudhury of GGM360 They joined during the last 15 mins.
- [SkilledUp Life Weekly Knowledgeshare](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-weekly-knowledgeshare/) - Today, we had a lively discussion with several tech startup customers and prospects during our weekly LinkedIn session. Customers who took part included: Shanayla Sweat of ⁠AFWM ⁠Zakhele Shongwe⁠ of WasteDump ⁠Christine Dziedzic⁠ of Miss U Much Prospects took part included: Jenny Zhan⁠ of Team Up
- [Testimonial from Angie Huang from China](https://www.skilledup.life/testimonial-from-angie-huang-from-china/) - Hello everyone, my name is Angie. I am a student from China and I am currently studying for a master's degree at UCL in the UK. During my Volunteer Term at SkilledUp Life, I was responsible for running the official account of SkilledUp Life Xiaohongshu (a Chinese social media platform) to expand SkilledUp Life’s influence
- [Case Study: E-Spaces to LocaeRise by Yvonne Buluma-Samba](https://www.skilledup.life/case-study-e-spaces-to-locaerise-by-yvonne-buluma-samba/) - Background to the story Yvonne Buluma-Samba, Tech Founder of E-Spaces Marketplace running LocaeRise and BuildLocalGrowGlobal, first engaged with SkilledUp Life in August 2022. Her engagement with SkilledUp Life has been dynamic and adaptive, reflecting the ever-changing nature of her entrepreneurial journey. In August 2022, E-Spaces subscribed to SkilledUp Life for a month. After a six-month break, the company returned for
- [SkilledUp Life and Eko Institute: A Partnership forged to empower Tech Talent and Startups](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-and-eko-institute-a-partnership-forged-to-empower-tech-talent-and-startups/) - At SkilledUp Life, our mission is clear: to provide individuals with hands-on experience in the tech ecosystem while helping startups access talented individuals who can drive their visions forward. We're thrilled to announce that Eko Institute has officially joined us as a partner by signing our none commercial Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This exciting partnership
- [How WasteDump is set to Achieve its Recycling Goals with SkilledUp Life’s Support](https://www.skilledup.life/how-wastedump-is-set-to-achieve-its-recycling-goals-with-skilledup-lifes-support/) - Running a Tech Startup is already hard enough, the least you can do is to find ways to reduce your company's expenses and maximize the skilled support team you have. In a Continent where waste disposition can be challenging for many, not to talk of sorting waste before disposition, the CEO of WasteDump Zakhele Shongwe
- [How the CEO of LocaeRise Juggles Through Entrepreneurship with SkilledUp Life Volunteers](https://www.skilledup.life/how-the-ceo-of-locaerise-juggles-through-entrepreneurship-with-skilledup-life-volunteers/) - The life of a serial entrepreneur juggling so many businesses can feel like juggling fireballs; it feels exciting, yet risky as hell. Yvonne Buluma-Samba, the founder and CEO of LocaeRise is a serial Entrepreneur, who has a very interesting educational background. As a former Educator and Head of Department who has witnessed the challenges faced
- [How to Use SkilledUp Life Volunteering to Build Your Personal Brand](https://www.skilledup.life/how-to-use-skilledup-life-volunteering-to-build-your-personal-brand/) - Everyone talks about how building a personal brand can help you to not just stand out alone, but also get jobs as a beginner, but they don’t really show us how. Even when they do, they try to sell us their courses in the process. I know how hard it is to build trust and
- [Recap: Build Your Tech Startups with 55,000 Skilled Volunteers (February 28, 2025)](https://www.skilledup.life/recap-build-your-tech-startups-with-55000-skilled-volunteers-february-28-2025/) - The SkilledUp Life X Space event takes place every Friday at 12 PM GMT, providing a platform for tech founders to learn how to build and scale their startups with the help of SkilledUp Life’s volunteer network. This session focused on leveraging SkilledUp Life’s 55,000 skilled volunteers to support early-stage tech startups in creating scalable
- [From Volunteer to Global SEO Expert: Emmanuel Akyeam’s Journey with SkilledUp Life](https://www.skilledup.life/from-volunteer-to-global-seo-expert-emmanuel-akyeams-journey-with-skilledup-life/) - In today’s competitive digital world, breaking into remote work or even securing long-term employment without prior experience can seem like an uphill battle. After the pandemic, when businesses began to adopt the culture of working remotely, it gradually got saturated– I mean who wouldn’t want to work from the comfort of their homes? Emmanuel Akyeam’s
- [SkilledUp Life partners with Accelerate ME, University of Manchester's Accelerator](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-partners-with-accelerate-me-university-of-manchesters-accelerator/) - I'm thrilled to announce our latest partnership, this time with a Manchester-based Accelerator, Accelerate ME. Before 2025, if my memory serves me right, I have spoken at two previous cohorts, once in Salford Quays Media City and the other time at Manchester Science Park. But these were well before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- [Build your product team with SkilledUp Life](https://www.skilledup.life/build-your-product-team-with-skilledup-life/) - SkilledUp Life is a gold mine for bootstrapped tech founders who want to build scalable digital products and achieve traction without needing to raise equity finance. In this article, I will try my best to help you structure and build a product team using some of our 57,000 SkilledUp Lifers (SkilledUp Life Volunteers). Pre-requisites Before
- [Manchester based Logistics Tech Startup, Afrilish joins SkilledUp Life](https://www.skilledup.life/manchester-based-logistics-tech-startup-afrilish-joins-skilledup-life/) - Manchester-based Logistics Tech Startup, Afrilish joins SkilledUp Life in May 2025 to grow their tech startup.Founded by Daniel Eze, Afrilish is the go-to app for African food lovers, making African cuisine accessible by connecting people to their favourite local restaurants.From their company page on SkilledUp Life Afrilish is a mobile-first food delivery platform focused exclusively
- [Deputy Head of Marketing](https://www.skilledup.life/deputy-head-of-marketing/) - We are rebuilding the marketing team to help us: Create a global brand. Demand generation that drives volunteer and tech startup signups. There are two approaches: Join the marketing team, demonstrate your capability and rise to Deputy Head of Marketing in the second or third Volunteer Term. Join directly if you have a demonstrable track
- [Wrapping SkilledUp Life as a Service](https://www.skilledup.life/wrapping-skilledup-life-as-a-service/) - SkilledUp Life helps anyone with an idea for a tech startup to build a team to validate the idea systematically. Once it's validated, tech founders can proceed to build a product team to design, build and operate their digital product. Once the product is stable, Go To Market (GTM) team comprising marketing, sales and customer
- [Be like Michael](https://www.skilledup.life/be-like-michael/) - For years, Michael struggled to get his tech startup off the ground due to a lack of capital. Since he started leveraging https://www.skilledup.life/, https://www.dustid.com/ has started to thrive. Except for one person, the whole of his team now comes from us. It takes time to learn how to leverage our 60,000 skilled volunteer pool. You
- [Case Study: SleepHabits - Helping the world sleep better](https://www.skilledup.life/case-study-sleephabits-helping-the-world-sleep-better/) - The first step is always the hardest. It is especially true for tech startups. You may have a clear blueprint for the development of your company and a strong ambition to achieve something meaningful for people’s wellbeing.However, turning that vision into reality requires the right people to support you every step of the way. That’s
- [eLearningLK and SkilledUp Life helping Sri Lankans to elevate](https://www.skilledup.life/elearninglk-and-skilledup-life-partnership/) - Part 1: Empowering Growth: A Collaborative Case Study of SkilledUp Life and eLearningLK Partnership The purpose of this case study is to provide insights into the partnership between SkilledUp Life and eLearningLK. Partners: eLearningLK For individuals seeking to improve their skills and knowledge, eLearningLK is an innovative online learning platform based in Sri Lanka that
- [SkilledUp Life partners with Founderflow to accelerate Sri Lankan tech startups](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-partners-with-founderflow-to-accelerate-sri-lankan-tech-startups/) - Uniting Sri Lankan Tech Founders and Tech StartupsSkilledUp Life is partnering with Founderflow to accelerate the growth of Sri Lankan tech startups. This includes tech startups founders by Sri Lankans from across the world.An initiative by Dumidu Thabrew, this is the perfect time to launch such an initiative. Way back in 2011, I started a
- [ContentLift Hackathon – October 2025](https://www.skilledup.life/contentlift-hackathon-october-2025/) - Exciting news. SkilledUp Life has partnered with our tech startup customer, Yai Digital, to support the ContentLift Hackathon - a global initiative where SkilledUp Life's Volunteers and AI come together to create content that’s not just good enough, but exceptional. Key dates to note are: Applicants Registration deadline: 30 September 2025 Hackathon live: 1–31 October
- [Testimonial with a smile - Dora Blasberg](https://www.skilledup.life/testimonial-with-a-smile-dora-blasberg-2/) - At SkilledUp Life, we are privileged to work with remarkable global talents who bring fresh energy, new perspectives, and a relentless drive for excellence. Among them Dora Blasberg has truly stood out.Based in the UK and originally from France, Dora has contributed immensely in her role as Deputy Head of HR (Productivity). With a natural
- [SkilledUp Life as a Career Accelerator - Our Volunteer Opportunities](https://www.skilledup.life/skilledup-life-as-a-career-accelerator-our-volunteer-opportunities/) - SkilledUp Life is a career accelerator that helps people gain real-world experience and skills from global tech startups, build credible and referenceable proof of experience, and fast-track transition into paid roles, freelancing or entrepreneurship including career transition. Unlike traditional courses or internships, SkilledUp Life places people inside live tech startups from across the world where
- [Job Boards. Courses. Internships. Freelancing. You have tried them All. So why are you still Stuck? Here is the One Move that closes All](https://www.skilledup.life/job-boards-courses-internships-freelancing-you-have-tried-them-all-so-why-are-you-still-stuck-here-is-the-one-move-that-closes-all/) - Let us start with something that most career advice refuses to say out loud. You have not been lazy. You have not been passive. You have applied, studied, networked, freelanced and hustled your way through every strategy the career development industry recommends. And you are still not where you want to be. That is not
- [Coachee is live thanks to SkilledUp Lifers](https://www.skilledup.life/coachee-is-live-thanks-to-skilledup-lifers/) - Coach Tribe, founded by Chiraz Bensemanne, has been a tech startup customer of SkilledUp Life for several years. It was a pleasure to hear that Version 2 of Coach Tribe is now live, built by SkilledUp Lifers. Here's what Chiraz posted on LinkedIn today (sharing with her permission) Without them, there would be nothing. Behind
- [A candid chat between Manoj Ranaweera and Michael Livingstone of DustID](https://www.skilledup.life/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
- [Without the right foundation, progress eventually comes to a halt](https://www.skilledup.life/without-the-right-foundation-progress-eventually-comes-to-a-halt/) - Looking back at the last 6 operational years, we never had the right foundation. A foundation for me includes: A product that can continuously innovate A marketing engine that can evolve A team that fits with the stage the business is in. A revenue engine. Capital to support the business. Of the five, we now

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- [Why SkilledUp Life Matters?](https://www.skilledup.life/why-skilledup-life-matters/) - Why SkilledUp Life matters · For you Knowledge has lifelong learning. Experience deserves the same. All through adult life, people sign up for courses to keep learning. Almost no one does the same to keep gaining real experience and skills. SkilledUp Life brings that missing habit to the world. Volunteer your skills to real tech
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- [Volunteers](https://www.skilledup.life/volunteers/) - Career acceleration for humans Gain real experience. Accelerate your career. Build referenceable operational, management and leadership experience, and the skills to match, by helping an early-stage tech startup solve real problems. Remote, time-boxed, and a genuine win-win. Create Volunteer Account → How it works Voluntary only, no payment or taxable reward during or after your
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- [Career Pathways - Software Development](https://www.skilledup.life/career-pathways-software-development/) - Volunteers › Career pathways › Software Development Career pathway · Live now Write real code. Ship it. Reference it. Build production features for real tech startups across front-end, back-end and full-stack. Work in modern stacks like Vue.js and PHP Laravel, grow into AI/ML, and walk away with a codebase and a reference recruiters can verify. Join
- [vue.js](https://www.skilledup.life/vue-js/) - Volunteers › Software Development › Vue.js Front-end track · Vue.js Become a Vue.js developer recruiters seek out. Volunteer with a real tech startup and build production Vue.js features alongside an international team. Gain the experience and demonstrable skills that move you from "learning Vue" to "shipping Vue". 3 hrs/day Mon–Fri 60 volunteer days Over 3
- [Career Pathway HR](https://www.skilledup.life/career-pathway-hr/) - Volunteers › Career pathways › Human Resources Career pathway · Live now Build a career in HR, from recruitment to people operations. Gain hands-on experience across the full HR lifecycle at real tech startups: sourcing and hiring talent, onboarding new starters, running performance and parting ways gracefully. Two clear tracks, one referenceable portfolio. Join as
- [Tech Startup Testimonials](https://www.skilledup.life/tech-startup-testimonials/) - Tech Startups › Success Stories Bootstrapped · Fundraising · Venture Backed What our tech startup customers say. When funding is scarce, building your team becomes one of the hardest parts of startup growth. For a small subscription, founders build capable teams, execute faster, reduce burn and stay focused on revenue growth. Build your team →
- [Volunteers - Semi-Retired](https://www.skilledup.life/volunteers-semi-retired/) - Volunteers › Semi-retired For semi-retired · experienced and still curious Share a lifetime of experience. Stay sharp doing it. You've built the career, led the teams and solved the hard problems. Retirement doesn't mean switching off. Mentor and shape an ambitious tech startup on your terms, a few focused hours a day, and keep your
- [Volunteers - Youngsters](https://www.skilledup.life/volunteers-youngsters/) - Volunteers › Youngsters For youngsters · 18+, studying or recently graduated Your first real job starts with real experience. You've done the studying, maybe a part-time job, an internship or an apprenticeship. Now you need the one thing employers actually trust: demonstrable experience with a real company. We help you build it, if you're committed
- [Volunteers - Career Transition](https://www.skilledup.life/volunteers-career-transition/) - Volunteers › Career transition For career changers · switching, returning or restarting Switching careers? Prove it with real experience. You know what you want to do next, but everyone wants experience you don't yet have in the new field. SkilledUp Life lets you earn it for real: take on senior, hands-on opportunities at a tech
- [Volunteers - How it Works](https://www.skilledup.life/volunteers-how-it-works/) - Volunteers › How it works The Volunteer journey From signing up to completing a Volunteer Term, in nine clear steps. Follow the steps in order and you'll get the most from your term: deliver real results for an early-stage tech startup and gain the experience and skills to leapfrog your career. Create Volunteer Account →
- [Intelligence Tech Startup Organisation](https://www.skilledup.life/intelligence-tech-startup-organisation/) - Thought Leadership Inspired by Sequoia and Jack Dorsey — “From Hierarchy to Intelligence”. Build your tech startup as an intelligence, not a hierarchy. Jack Dorsey and Sequoia argue that AI replaces middle management, and that companies should organise around just three roles. Here is how you can build that team today, with 66,000+ SkilledUp Lifers
- [100x Tech Founder Economy](https://www.skilledup.life/100x-tech-founder-economy/) - Thought Leadership Inspired by Ash Maurya's writing on The Founder Economy. Are you ready for the Founder Economy? On 2nd April 2026, Ash Maurya wrote about the Founder Economy: the shift from audiences to business models, from content to companies. One idea keeps coming up. The 100X Founder. Not someone who works 100x harder, or
- [Last resort for humanity](https://www.skilledup.life/last-resort-for-humanity/) - Thought Leadership The biggest challenge humanity faces. The last resort for humanity. AI is threatening jobs across every industry, in every country. In the worst case, no one will have a traditional job, and no one knows how humans will earn an income for food, water, shelter and life's essentials. SkilledUp Life has a role
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- [Volunteer Opportunity and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire Templates for Tech Startups](https://www.skilledup.life/volunteer-opportunity-and-pre-qualification-questionnaire-templates-for-tech-startups/) - Tech Startups › Pricing › Templates Opportunity & PQQ Templates Get your roles listed fast. Every plan unlocks a library of ready-made Opportunity Templates and Pre-Qualification Questionnaires, so you can post strong Volunteer Opportunities and build a qualified talent pipeline in minutes. Opportunity Templates Pre-Qualification Questionnaires Opportunity Templates Pre-written Volunteer Opportunity listings across every team,
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- [Sales Volunteer Team for tech startups](https://www.skilledup.life/sales-volunteer-team-for-tech-startups/) - ← All GTM teams GTM · Team 2 of 3 · Sales Build your Sales team using SkilledUp Lifers. Your Sales team drives revenue and builds customer relationships, converting prospects into paying customers, expanding accounts and keeping the pipeline strong. Assemble the whole function from our pool of 66,000+ skilled Volunteers. Build your team →
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