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

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

If you are aspiring to start a “startup” or if you have already started, by now you should know that the other side is not filled with rainbows and butterflies. Starting something on your own is a daunting task and being successful requires lot of hard work. The biggest mistake many young founders do is...Read More

This post was written by Erica Swallow and originally appeared on Rocket Space. Even if you’ve raised your first or second round as an entrepreneur, venture capital can seem like a foreign world. Where entrepreneurs spend their days executing upon their own ideas, venture capitalists spend their days evaluating the ideas of others. With less than...Read More

This post was written by Brittany Hodak and originally appeared on Rocket Space. As the adage goes, when everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. Founders and CEOs face a daily barrage of situations that must quickly be assessed, prioritized and dealt with. Although adding anything new to a maxed-out to-do list can seem...Read More

It is now evident that corporates cannot go forward without innovating. The processes that once worked do not help to capture future customers anymore. Startups all over the world have figured out better solutions that can outrun traditional corporate giants. To survive the waves of industry disruption, the only solution for corporates is to think...Read More

This post was written by Kelli Newman and originally appeared on Medium.  No matter the product or service, all successful startups are essentially collections of talented people working together toward a shared mission. Your idea could be “the next Facebook,” but if you can’t attract people to help build, sell, and operate the idea, it can...Read More