Category: edocr.com

Sad day but it was going to eventually happen “We are reaching out to inform you that edocr.com will be shutting down permanently on October 29, 2025” Acquirer of my acquirer killing it. As I am getting lazier, I asked ChatGPT edocr.com is a notable case because: – Bootstrapped, UK-based origin (unique compared to heavily funded US peers). – Community + embedding focus — edocr carved out a niche by allowing professionals to upload, share, and generate leads through documents, which was a distinct angle compared to Scribd’s consumer reading focus or SlideShare’s conference slides. – Acquisition (Accusoft, 2015) —…

I can’t remember the last time I attended a product launch in Manchester. I was glad to receive an invitation from Stephen Senior, Founder & CEO of Dote, a few months back. I’m glad I accepted it, as it was a fabulous event to be at the launch event, meet the team and witness the amazing product Stephen and the team have built. Stephen is a relatively new connection of mine. Shows that we first connected on LinkedIn in April 2024. The story behind the company is impressive – one word to describe “resilience”. It has taken 10 years to…

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 experience with 56,000 volunteers, network effect needs to be constantly reviewed.Let me explain. When I started, I thought we would get more from the U.K. my home country. I didn’t know a single Nigerian. Today 42% are identified as from Nigeria. And this number would…

According to ChatGPT

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 unaware of this, it’s worth checking your account to decide whether to retain them or not, and if retained pay extra charges. I reckon Tide is driving everyone to move to paid accounts from free. If you have many transactions, you might be better off…

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 the U.S. iOS App Store. 28th Jan – Major news outlets started reporting, especially the drop in Nvidia’s market share. I’m interested in exploring whether mere mortals like me and Techcelerate Tech Founders can extract anything that could be repeated to achieve overnight success for…

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 volunteers SkilledUp Life if you really must, I am available to the highest bidder – 2 x 1/2 days a month (context applies ? ) Which one resonates the best with your current development?