WasteDump innovates recycling in South Africa with SkilledUp Life\’s 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 […]
WasteDump innovates recycling in South Africa with SkilledUp Life\’s 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: Resources:
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 […]
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 […]
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: What above means is […]