SkilledUp Life celebrates 6 years in operation

Celebrating six years in business. Grab 50% discount on the Advanced Plan.

For six working days, to mark our sixth anniversary, we are giving away 50% off the Advanced Plan for new tech startup customers. Bootstrapped, fundraising or venture-backed, build a team of 100 SkilledUp Lifers over the next 12 months for as little as £125/month when subscribed on the annual plan with the discount code.

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Runs Monday 3 August to Monday 10 August 2026, inclusive. Six working days celebrating six years in operation.
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Six years of building a global community powering tech startup execution.
67,700+
Volunteers
148
Countries
220+
Tech startups helped
6+ yrs
In operation
Manoj Ranaweera, Founder and CEO of SkilledUp Life
Building tech
startups since 2004
Why we founded SkilledUp Life

Over my sixteen years from 2004 to 2020 building tech startups, I never had the capital to attract enough people to realise my tech startup visions. Thanks to SkilledUp Life, no tech founder needs to go through the same challenge I went through.

SkilledUp Life began during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, first as Furloughed Life, a way to connect people suddenly without a role to tech founders who badly needed extra hands. After closing it at the end of July 2020, our founder, Manoj Ranaweera launched SkilledUp Life in August 2020 to help tech founders struggling to build their tech companies due to lack of capital through SkilledUp Lifers (skilled volunteers).

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SkilledUp Life launched in August 2020, built around a simple, cluster-based approach: bring skilled Volunteers and capital-constrained tech founders together, under strict rules that protect both sides. Six years on, thousands of SkilledUp Lifers from around the world have volunteered with hundreds of tech startups, at every stage from idea validation through to go-to-market and beyond.

This anniversary offer exists for the same reason SkilledUp Life exists: so the next tech founder with an idea and no capital can build the team their vision deserves.

Manoj RanaweeraFounder and CEO, SkilledUp Life
One plan, every stage

The Advanced Plan does not care what stage you are at.

Idea validation, product development, go to market or a tech startup already generating substantial monthly recurring revenue. The same Advanced Plan applies equally, so you can assemble the team to meet your specific needs.

Click a team to see what comes with it
100

Build a team of 100 Volunteers over your first 12 months.

Start with the combination most founders reach for first: a Human Resources (HR) Volunteer to run recruitment and onboarding, paired with an Executive Assistant (EA) Volunteer to keep your own time focused on the decisions only you can make. Grow the rest of the team stage by stage from there.

HR + EA to start
Idea validation

A full market research team.

Validate before you commit a single line of code. Systematic customer development and competitor analysis replace guesswork, at any stage from a first sketch to a pivot.

Customer development: structured interviews and surveys that test demand directly with real prospects.
Competitor analysis: a clear map of who else is solving this, and where the gap sits.
Market sizing: a defensible view of the opportunity, ready for your deck or your own decision making.
Positioning: an early value proposition, refined against what customers actually say.
Product development

A full product team.

From wireframe to shipped release, with the roles a funded team would hire for, without the payroll.

Product management: a roadmap, prioritisation and a backlog that reflects real customer input.
UI/UX design: research led design, from flows to a polished interface.
Development: front end, back end and full stack developers building your product.
DevOps and QA: infrastructure and testing, so releases stay stable as you scale.
Go to market

A full marketing team.

Build demand before launch day, or keep it flowing well after. The same team supports a pre-launch waitlist and a mature growth engine alike.

Content and brand: a voice and a library of assets that earn attention on their own.
SEO and organic growth: compounding demand that does not depend on ad spend.
Paid acquisition: campaigns planned and run against a real budget and real targets.
Social and community: channels run consistently, building an audience ahead of and beyond launch.
Go to market

A full sales team.

Turn customer development conversations into pre paid revenue before you launch, or accelerate growth once you have.

Outbound and pipeline: prospecting and qualification that keeps a pipeline full.
Sales operations: a CRM, process and reporting built for how you actually sell.
Pre launch revenue: converting early customer development into deposits and pre paid contracts.
Closing and negotiation: support through the deals that matter most.
Growth and retention

A full customer success team.

Once revenue starts, protect it. A team dedicated to onboarding, retention and expansion as your monthly recurring revenue grows.

Onboarding: a smooth first experience that sets the tone for the relationship.
Support: responsive, structured customer support as your user base grows.
Retention: proactive outreach that keeps churn low as you scale.
Expansion: identifying upsell and expansion revenue within your existing base.
The offer

A no brainer, either way you subscribe.

Apply code 6YEARS at checkout on the Advanced Plan. It applies to both Monthly and Annual billing.

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Offer valid on new Advanced Plan subscriptions from 3 to 10 August 2026, inclusive. Code applies at checkout.

Six years for us. Half price for you.

Whether you are bootstrapped, fundraising or venture backed, the Advanced Plan gives you the full team your stage needs. Offer expires on 10th August 2026.