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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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/96 Godwin – https://ui.short-cast.club/post-details/98
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 […]
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 […]
2,000+ 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 […]