Manoj Ranaweera
Rashmi launches Jaunt
Rashmi Sinha launches Jaunt with Jon Boutelle and Amit Ranjan.– 2006 Rashmi, Jon & Amit launched SlideShare.– 2007 Inspired by her, YouTube and Flickr, I launched edocr.com. Trip Adler launched Scribd, Jason Nazar launched Docstoc all in the same year. – 2012 LinkedIn acquired SlideShare for $118 m– 2013 Intuit acquired Docstoc and killed it […]
My biggest error with SkilledUp Life
This is more of a historical note to myself. Early Success I hacked WordPress (Version 1) and went live in 3 days. This was an awesome result as I did everything myself from the end of July 2020 to November 2020. I wanted to reach £10k MRR before we ditched the WordPress hack. We never […]
How I can help tech startups
I can only help your tech startup in 3 ways: Techcelerate: help you with the shared wisdom of our tech founders and specialists. We do not do BS. Deal Lite: help you find investors and competitors Deal Lite – I don’t do investor introductions. SkilledUp Life: help you grow with the help of 51,000 skilled […]
G7 vs multipolar world – Is UK screwed?
Once a global super power, UK’s prominence in the world continue to decline. Then we had the audacity to pull out from the EU further alienating us from our closest neighbours – the EU countries. We are the best friend of the USA. We rely on them for defence. This means we have no independence […]
Switching to war mode from sailing mode
No idea what the industry acronyms are, but I decided we need to drastically change our focus at SkilledUp Life if we are to survive until Version 2 is ready sometime in the future. Sailing mode Since our inception, our key focus has been to focus on the supply side of the two-sided marketplace, i.e. […]
I’m 56
I turned 56 today. All my efforts to stop the Yankees (United States of America) from hijacking my birthday to celebrate their so-called independence from the Brits have failed. On top of this, our premier, Rishi Sunak is ending his political career by holding UK elections today. You can see what I am up against, […]
Xero and Tide Banking feeds nightmares
Over the last few months, Tide Bank changed bank accounting details. If you had Xero integrated with this, your feeds may have stopped working. When you have re-activated synchronisation at Tide end, it may have created duplicate accounts. This creates a nightmare scenario. To get out of this problem: Remove Xero connectivity at Tide end […]
Me according to Dr. Angel Salazar
Manchester is a thriving hub for innovative tech companies, driven by visionary leaders like Manoj Ranaweera. With over 20 years of experience and two successful exits, Manoj simplifies his expertise through three core ventures. Techcelerate aids tech founders from inception to exit with community wisdom and membership support. Deal Lite offers valuable intelligence, connecting businesses […]
Who I can help
Yes, I have immense knowledge and experiencein building tech companies acquired over 20 years with 2 Exits. I will be 56 shortly.However, I have simplified my offer to the worldTechcelerate (https://techcelerate.ventures) – help tech founders in their long journey from start to exit. Operate as a Membership organisation with Partners and Specialists. Offer: how to […]
Methodology for starting up on Xiaohongshu
I published my first post on 16th Feb just over 2 months ago and have acquired 1 team member, 104 followers and over 10 sign ups for SkilledUp Life. The Rules As I cannot read Chinese, I breached their rules in the early days. Make sure you do not include website addresses in your posts […]