Case Study – Michael Hoeft and Learnhall
I had the privilege to catch up with Michael Hoeft recently, whose tech startup has been transformed since joining SkilledUp Life. Prior to joining SkilledUp Life, Michael focused on building an EdTech company to target the US market. Since joining SkilledUp Life, his focus has shifted to reducing high unemployment in Nigeria through his new […]
Forbidden 403 – we are deeply sorry – India & Russia
During the last Friday’s Clubhouse Weekly event, through two attendees, to my horror, I discovered that SkilledUp Life has been banned for traffic from India by our hosting provider. Not every Volunteer registered on SkilledUp Life recognises where they live. But from those who do, it shows that 123 Volunteers live in India. That’s a […]
SkilledUp Life is a Human Platform
SkilledUp Life is all about people. People do not behave like a product. Products do not have feelings. People do! This suddenly dawned on me. Dah! Did you not know that on day 1 Manoj? Whilst at a fundamental level, SkilledUp Life is a two-sided marketplace (a software product). As long as the two sides […]
Shortcast Volunteer Stories
Some of our team have been sharing their experience through Shortcasts. Here they are: Sakhile – https://ui.short-cast.club/post-details/96 Godwin – https://ui.short-cast.club/post-details/98
We want more Nigerian partners
The first time I jokingly mentioned Nigeria was on 5th Nov 2020. On this day, SkilledUp Life team was just me and had a total Volunteer base of 64. The emergence of Nigeria as a key market By April 2021, we had a total of 15 Volunteers from Nigeria. We may had more, but that […]
Wishing you all a happy 2022
Wishing all of our community a great 2022. Our community now includes: 2,849 Volunteers from 71 countries. 52 companies. 8 partners. 10 subcribers. Our plans for 2022 revolves around three targets: Have a community of 11,000 Volunteers by 31st July 2022. Have 100 paying customers (tech companies) by 31st July 2022. Reach £10k MRR by […]
2,000+ talent ready to help you free of charge
We achieved another milestone today when the 2000th person signed up to SkilledUp Life to gain Experience and Skills to improve their lives through career progression. If you recall, it took us 176 days to convince the first 100 people to join us. It was hard work then. Since then we improved our Volunteer acquisition […]
Company Presentation #1 to Volunteers
Many apologies for messing up with multiple event links which caused confusion. But it was a good exercise to go ahead with it. We desperately need an Event Co-ordination Volunteer to bring you more events. Simplifai Systems: Website Company Profile Opportunities SkilledUp Life: Company Profile Current Opportunities
SkilledUp Life HR Volunteer Introductory Training
Today, Deimante Semcisinas and I supported by Collins Were Ong’eta held the first-ever SkilledUp Life training session for aspiring HR professionals. Whilst the audience was limited to 3, we feel this was a good start. It was good to see the HR Volunteers who are helping Kaya and Compaira interacting with us. You can also […]
Partnering with StudiHub Digital Academy from Nigeria
I am thrilled to announce another partnership, this time with a private education provider from Nigeria. StudiHUB Digital Academy provides a number of training courses, notably in: Product design (UI/UX) Data analytics Data science Graphic design Web development Digital marketing Every tech startup needs to: Design their product. Develop their product. Market their product and […]