Manoj Ranaweera
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 […]
LinkedIn Sagas: Connecting for Network effect
Sorry, not for me. Life is too short. I don’t do introductions nor do I ask for introductions. I am only interested in those who connect with me and not their network. Instead of just connecting, give me a quick introduction including your websites, so that I could understand who you are and what you […]
LinkedIn Sagas: ‘I got too many contacts already’ – what do you mean by this?
Asked a young chap who just connected with me on LinkedIn and quickly thought I was weird as I wanted to know why he connected with me in the first place. I have a large network. Anyone new added to this network needs to be meaningful. When someone requests to join just because they have […]
Tide Bank multiple accounts
I have been a customer since the start of Tide Bank many years ago. Just noticed extra banking charges on additional accounts, which until recently were free. It seems the rule change was brought in recently, which I was unaware of until now.If you have been banking with Tide for a long time and were […]
Deepseek – the media sensation
Everyone is talking about Deepseek. I’m particularly interested in how they became a media (marketing) sensation overnight. I’ll try to share what I can find here. 10th Jan – launch on iOS and Android 13th Jan – Pandaily reported the story first. 27th Jan – Surpassed ChatGPT to become the most downloaded free app on […]