Turning Ideas Into Thriving Businesses

Turning Ideas Into Thriving Businesses

• 1. Turning ideas into thriving businesses Building Tech Companies since 2004 Helping Tech Founders since 2006 Manoj Ranaweera manoj.ranaweera@techcelerate.ventures +44 07769734491 https://techcelerate.ventures https/deallite.uk https:/skilledup.life

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• 5. Home Service About Us Contact Business Type Product based Service based Other types 3 underlying factors Whose Problem Execution Speed Yours - depth of pain Short term Long term Someone else’s Domain knowledge Growth at all cost Slow start but accelerating Comfortable Domain/Founder Fit wins

• 6. Problem Tech startups fail due to lack of sizeable teams to turn ideas into thriving scalable technology businesses. Can’t get the dream job due to lack of relevant experience and demonstrable skills. Existing Alternatives 5Dhub Internshala WayUp Solution 2 sided market place Key Metrics MRR Customer growth Volunteer growth Volunteering growth Unique Value Proposition SkilledUp Life is a two sided market place where 55,000+ skilled volunteers meet hundreds of early stage tech companies looking for volunteer talent to build their tech companies. High Level Concept Turn ideas into growing tech startups. Develop high performers. Customer Segments Solo tech founders Less than 10 staffed tech startups. Early Adopters Techcelerate Tech Startups. Unfair Advantage Founder has extensive tech startup knowledge. Exclusively for tech startups. Not venturing into education or job markets. Channels Accelerator Partners. Education Partners. Cost Structure Hosting fees Software tools Staff costs Rent Revenue Streams Subscriptions

• 7. Home Service About Us Contact Idea Validation 1 2 3 4 5 Problem Ideal Customer Current Solutions Market Opportunity Your Solution The deeper you understand the problem, the greater the chance of developing a winning solution. Whilst the problem may remain the same over time, the ideal solution keeps changing due to technological advancement. Hence the need for continuous innovation.

• 8. Product Team Recruitment Pipeline Lead Designer UI/UX Designers Head of Product + Product Manager Designers Developers QA User Tester Front-End Developers Back-End Developers Manual Testers Automated Testers

• 9. Zero to Hero

• 10. From one person team to 100+ Think Big, Start Small, Learn Fast and Execute well

• 11. Building a business is hard Building Ready to give up next 5 to 10 years of your life? Be ready to learn through failure. Growing Ideas are not worth a penny. Execution is what matters. Growth require patience. Timing matters Scaling Scaling becomes impossible if you pick the wrong business type. Early decisions matters. Founders need to eat. Protect your personal revenue channels.

• 12. It’s on you! Can you handle it? Are you a starter or a finisher? Everything takes 3x longer than your worst case scenario You will be tested for your commitment and resilience over and over. Are you ready to face failure aftere failure? If you can getthrough, life-changing reward could be waiting for you. Execution is the only thing that matters!