SPIKE, the monthly meetup of Sri Lankan tech startup ecosystem was held at Barefoot on 28th of February. Lahiru, CEO of Takas.lk and Joe Lenora from We Are Designers were present to share their experience. Lahiru Pathmalal Lahiru Pathmalal was one of the first speakers at SPIKE. He joined with SPIKE for the second time...Read More

The “Pitching Workshop”, organized by Bandwagon ended successfully on 15th March 2017. This workshop was aimed at Sri Lankan founders and entrepreneurs who wanted to improve and refine their startup pitches. Chalinda Abeykoon from crowdisland (Sri Lanka’s first equity based crowdfunding platform) was the mentor for the day. We limited the participation for 15 so...Read More

Bandwagon conducted a workshop for 99x Technology on “Observing, identifying and problem solving” on 4th of March 2017. The objective of the workshop was to help participants identify problems using concepts of Design Thinking. Empathizing and Observation tactics. The program consisted of an introduction to design thinking followed by an outdoor observation sprint. Participants were...Read More

What can Sri Lankan FinTech startups do to take us to the next level of ecommerce? Do you want to know what’s going on in the FinTech startup arena in Sri Lanka? This is a recap of what happened in February SPIKE. Barefoot Café was filled on 27th with “Spikers” for another fantastic networking night....Read More

Business Hubs had their first networking night and meet up on 15th of February 2017 at their Nugegoda Business hub. If you have still not heard of Business Hubs, they are a new countrywide network of Entrepreneur Co-Working centres established around Sri Lanka. It’s a co-working space for start up businesses, entrepreneurs, remote workers and small companies...Read More

This post originally appeared on Medium and written by Steve Blank. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is not understanding the relationship they have with their investors. At times they confuse VC’s with their friends. Let’s Go to Lunch At Rocket Science our video game company was struggling. Hubris, bad CEO decisions (mine) and a fundamental...Read More

This post originally appeared on RocketSpace and written by Kati Holland. Let’s cut to the chase: Intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs are very, very different. An entrepreneur is someone who innovates by starting his or her own company (e.g., a startup), whereas an intrapreneur is an employee of a larger organization (e.g., a Fortune 500 company) whose job...Read More

Barefoot was packed on 31st January with folks from Sri Lankan startup ecosystem for another networking night at Spike! Spike is Sri Lanka’s first monthly regular pitching and idea sharing meetup where Sri Lankan startup community get to meet in a casual surrounding for some great conversation. There were two speakers and one of them...Read More

A good business plan does more than just inform readers about what your company does, how you earn money, or what you want to do. It persuades the reader that your company is awesome, gets them excited about the opportunity to get involved, and makes them want to help you succeed. But how do you...Read More

This post originally appeared in NewcoShift and was written by Yan Lhert. Building software for startups is a huge challenge. Not because writing the software itself is that hard, but most startups have managed to create the least optimal places to do work. In my 10+ years of experience as a software engineer at startups, I cannot...Read More