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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 to make unilateral decisions. They also screw us on trade from time to time.  The world is fast changing and becoming G7 vs the multipolar world champion by the original BRICS nations.  13 new countries joined BRICS this week. Sri Lanka where I am from…

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. volunteer end. Whilst I am not satisfied with our performance, we have nevertheless managed to build a volunteer pool of 50,000 from 140 countries. We generated revenue from day 1 but never really hit our targets. We have significant churn due to many reasons. War…

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 with potential investors and acquisition targets, boasting a database of over 4,000 venture-backed tech firms. SkilledUp Life matches 44,500 skilled volunteers with tech startups, fostering team building and experience growth. Together, these initiatives underscore Manchester’s dynamic and collaborative tech ecosystem. The above is written by…

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 build tech startups. Wisdom of the community.Deal Lite (https://deallite.uk) – intelligence – find companies to sell to, find investors, find investments. Subscription based offer. 4,212 venture backed tech companies. 3,752 VCs and CVCs. 1,783 business angels. 6,270 funding rounds. We are open to companies outside…

Getting 10,000 views on Xiaohongshu

When I saw my last post on Xiaohongshu getting more views than the previous posts, I wondered whether I could drive it to get 10,000 views. Sadly, I missed achieving the target by midnight today. After 16 mins past midnight, I managed to get to 10,000 views. Previously, the highest number of views I attracted for any post on Xiaohongshu was 418 over a few weeks. I’m not new to social media. My none repeatable greatest achievements with a lot of luck are: Getting over 70,000 views on a Cheat Sheet on edocr.com during the early days. Traffic came from…

My community strengthSkilledUp Life: https://skilledup.life (42,500+ skilled volunteers for tech startups)– Volunteers: 42,750+– Tech Companies: 200+– Linkedin Company Page Followers: 52,000+– Unique visitors: 47,000+Deal Lite: https://deallite.uk + https://lnkd.in/efmz5xBP + https://uktechnews.info + https://uktechexits.news (intelligence for Tech startups, investors and suppliers)– Deal Lite Weekly Deal News: 1,200+– Deal Lite Company Page Followers: 10,000+– Unique visitors: 78,000+ and 27,000+Techcelerate: https://lnkd.in/eKeefU7 (know how of building tech startups)– Community: 30+– Newsletter: 1,800+– Unique visitors: 10,000+Next event on the 20th in Manchester https://lnkd.in/edycNsDqhashtag#traffic hashtag#intelligence hashtag#community hashtag#skilleduplife hashtag#deallite hashtag#techcelerate hashtag#techstartups hashtag#investment hashtag#funding hashtag#manchestertech hashtag#techmcr

What do I do?

I do three things – https://techcelerate.ventures – community of tech founders. We are about building companies for customers and not investors – https://deallite.uk – intelligence on UK’s venture backed tech companies and investors who back them – https://skilledup.life – 41,000+ skilled volunteers to build tech companies, especially supporting bootstrapped tech companies.

Evolving of Daily Reporting Culture

A few years back, we introduced daily reporting culture at SkilledUp Life. This is how it works: Everyone submits an update of what they worked on every day on a dedicated Slack Channel including full-timers and me in addition to our volunteers. Our HR Performance Sub Team copies the updates to a Spreadsheet manually, which then totals the number of dates volunteered. From this, they reach out to none performing team members. Rules are: No updates for 3 consecutive days – warning sent No updates for 5 consecutive days – terminated. Latest addition (from today onwards): Each of the team…

Learning AI through #100DaysOfAI Challenge – Day 1 & 2

I discovered a course thanks to Chamara and decided to take it in given that the ask is for 30 minutes per day. Day 2 which I completed today instead of on the 2nd Jan is all about using ChatGPT to improve your existing work, in this case, an email was used as an example. Prompts: Rewrite the following email in a casual tone of voice: Rewrite the following email using less than 300 words: I’m writing an email. Add a new section to it with concise next steps: Once your sample email is added, it will execute your request.…