April 2025
Attrition rate drops to 58.93%
The attrition rate at the SkilledUp Life team has reduced to 58.93% which is good. However, this is artificially improved due to the very low recruitment velocity experienced at present. So we should not congratulate ourselves. It’s my belief this could be reduced to 40%. This should be the key focus of the Deputy Head […]
Delivering Tech Entrepreneur perspective to AccelerateMe Cohort in Manchester
Enjoyed delivering a session on tech entrepreneurship to Accelerate ME cohort today.Had a chat with Techcelerate Tech Founder member and SkilledUp Life tech startup customer Robertas Kareckas.Good to meet Ian Whilby, John Whalley and Layl Bteich. Thanks Jasper Lee for inviting me.Slides are accessible from:– Jaunt https://lnkd.in/gaw4CMk7– edocr.com https://lnkd.in/gi-dVznmWhilst I continue to fail to win […]
Network effect
Chris Yeh of Blitzscaling recently wrote about the network effect https://www.blitzscalingvc.com/post/blitzscaling-network-effects Below is my response to his recent post on Linkedin. Chris Yeh I feel you have explained this much better than NFX has in the past. At https://skilleup.life I can’t wait to go live with Version 2 to fully leverage the network effect.In my […]
Wasting time on wrong customers or sour grapes – you decide!
Don’t waste time focusing on the wrong type of customers. Some customers will love your product. Some might hate it. And there will be plenty of others between love and hate. I’ve learned over the years that you cannot make every customer love your product. It’s better to let those who hate your product go […]
Pricing dilemma
We have so many tech startup customers who ought to be paying us the Advanced Plan pricing, yet continue to stay on the Starter Plan. I even heard from one customer that their revenues tripled recently. In one case, other than the founder, 100% of the team members are SkilledUp Lifers. Yet they will continue […]