Changing of priorities once we reach 1000 Volunteers
We are on target to reach 1000 volunteers by 26th July 2021 if we could maintain the current rate of growth. We reached 500 volunteer signups a few days ago. We now have to sign up another 500 volunteers within less than 2.5 months, which looks like a daunting task to say the least, given […]
Want to build a tech startup but no cash to hire developers?
Are you an early-stage tech startup struggling to build your product and no cash to pay for developers? We have 62 Javascript developers. They are looking for experience and skills. Some are still completing computer science degrees. Others have excellent experiences. All free. In addition, we have: 21 React developers 25 PHP developers 5 Angular developers 12 Docker 4 Kubernetes […]
Nailed the Bootcamp but can’t land the dream job?
Just wonder whether you fit the above situation? If so, any ideas what might be causing this? Could it be due to a lack of relevant experience and skills? If that’s the case, we might be able to help you at SkilledUp Life. We provide experiences and skills through volunteering at early stage tech startups. […]
Tech Career Discussion on Clubhouse
We are hosting our first ever discussion on Clubhouse tomorrow noon with three of our partners. Partners taking part are: Ismail Sadurdeen, CEO of Univiser (A peer to peer network connecting current university students to prospective students) Naz Cilo-van Norel, CEO of Women AI Academy (AI Bootcamp exclusively for women) Chris McCarthy, CEO of Focus […]
Get Startup Experience before you start your own startup Journey
Quite a number of you out there are hacking away with your side hustle which you think might become successful. And there are others who are dreaming of setting up a tech startup hoping for an overnight success. Setting up and growing a tech startup is extremely hard. The stories you reading of successful outcomes […]
Skilledup Life signs up 250th volunteer
Big thank you to our team for working hard over the last few months to accelerate the growth of our global free talent base. I built and soft launched SkilledUp Life on 1st Aug 2020. Mithun joined us in early November to help accelerate growth. With help from Mithun, we finally signed up the 100th […]
SkilledUp Life partners with Women AI Academy of Germany
I am thrilled to announce that we have signed our first partnership with Women AI Academy from Germany, who provides AI bootcamps dedicated to women. Founded by Naz, Azadeh and Katrina, Women AI Academy is working with women from all over Europe who want to better themselves and their families by re-skilling and re-entering the […]
Building a tech startup (Step 1) – getting the idea
All tech startups or any business for that matter starts with an idea in someone’s head. Where do you get ideas from? Ideas come to our heads day and night relentlessly. 99.99% of them do not last the next 5 mins. They will be replaced by another idea. But those that stick around or keep […]
£411.40 Donation to NHS Charities
Last week, I donated £411.40 to NHS Charities. This was all the proceeds we received after payment fees for operating predecessor of SkilledUp Life from April to July 2020. I would like to thank Chris McCarthy Ram Raghavan Thomas Porteus Yogeeta Chirekani Bethan Weston Keith Merriman Michael Donaldson Nicolas Clarke for coming onboard helping me […]
Day 1 of a long road ahead
Today is Day 1 of SkilledUp Life. We are live and kicking without any fanfare. As explained in our inaugural blog post, the concept is now exactly 4 months old. What we achieved during this time was covered in the above blog post, so I will not take time to repeat the same here. On […]