Over the past 28 months, SkilledUp Life has been able to grow its volunteer base from 0 to 16,477 (at the time of writing this post). Our passion-driven vision is to set up, grow and improve early-stage tech startups by providing unlimited free talent. As our Founder and CEO, Manoj Ranaweera says fondly,

“SkilledUp Life is here to give a leg up to self-funded cash-starved tech founders realise their dreams – help them survive, grow and become job creators of the future. A win-win for all involved.”

The technology industry experienced an upsurge in innovation over the last decade and a half and we are providing a panacea to the absence of required skills and talent in every field. At SkilledUp Life, subscribed tech startups are matched with free talent, who are willing to provide relevant and on-demand digital skills. 

Having worked with multiple tech startup customers, SkilledUp Life is fast becoming a global movement with several testimonies from all corners of the world.  

According to Nikolay Nikolaev, the Founder of HeyArt Elderly Learning Online,

“SkilledUp Life is a great free talent service that I was impressed to find available on the market.”

Graham Bonwick noted: 

“We are really pleased to be part of SkilledUp Life tech startup community and to be able to provide opportunities to individuals from all over the world. We have been able to recruit volunteers with an impressive range of IT, marketing and HR expertise and build a strong and enthusiastic team. Along with the support from SkilledUp Life, we will be able to realise our concept much more quickly than we ever expected.”  

Largely known for giving individuals a breeding ground to grow their skills on volunteer terms, SkilledUp Life is making revolutionary efforts in setting the pace for Startups. 

Below are four (4) ways Skilledup Life can help your technology startup.

1. A Global Community

SkilledUp Life is gradually growing into a global skills-based community of free talent (Volunteers) that will help improve self-funded tech startups irrespective of where they are located. These volunteers are practically willing to work remotely for free and flexibly. Strictly there is no remuneration whatsoever provided as part of the Volunteering process. So imagine having a globally distributed team of Volunteers, who can literally help with product validation or market entry in their regions.

2. Talent Upskill

People usually grow and become better if there are processes they could follow. The idea is that the more these volunteers help you with your startup’s tasks and projects, the more they become adept at what they do – the more value they can provide throughout the process. So it is basically a win-win; they work, grow and work better. 

The ultimate beneficiaries are both sides.

3. Business Ambassadors

Tech startups are the best place for purpose-driven employees (in this case volunteers), owing to the fact that they strive harder to make impactful contributions to the growth and success of the company. Volunteers recognise that adding the company’s name to their resumes is a critical plus. As such, acting appropriately and giving value to the tech startup on and off work is key.

At SkilledUp Life, we remind our team of volunteers how talent development is important for the creative process while working with matched tech startups.  

4. Fully Piloted Process

Imagine having the possibility to tap into a full array of talent groups; from HR to marketing, to customer support, etc. Our prescription to startups is to build a small team of human resource talent who would go on to coordinate the activities of every other team. This way, as a tech startup founder you have a process-driven piloted team. Now you have to only bother about providing the team with the freedom to do magic.

If you have read this far down, I’m sure you are wondering how to opt-in already. Quite easy, create a company account at www.skilledup.life.

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Edited: Manoj Ranaweera