Award-Winning Entrepreneurship, Technology & Digital Skills Training.
Get started the SMART way, make rapid progress & gain the knowledge, skills & insights to achieve your goals with Purposeful Group.
*Bestselling books *Professional business mentoring *Popular workshops *Specialist masterclasses & programmes *Startup community
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More than 8,000 founders, tech & digital startups & SMEs supported worldwide
1500+ community of entrepreneurs, investors & technologists
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Award nods - 4 wins, 3 finals reached, recognition from the Financial Times
10+ years in the tech industry, guiding clients from "idea to launch"
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Countries where we've supported customers, across 6 continents
35+ workshops & 70+ hours of quality content for founders & digital learners
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Books for SMEs & entrepreneurs, 4 Amazon bestsellers
90-Day "fast-track" entrepreneurship & digital skills programmes available
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WHAT COULD YOU ACHIEVE WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT?
SERVICES FOR "non-technical" ENTREPRENEURS & DIGITAL LEARNERS
- Start and launch your tech startup business from scratch the smart way
- Build your confidence and upgrade your digital skills so you can get hired and start your career
- Build your confidence and upgrade your digital skills so you can get hired and start your career
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Tech & Digital Entrepreneurs
Learn how to start a business & get your tech startup venture off the ground in just 90 days 
Transform your idea into a tech startup business the SMART way! Develop your business and app building skills and make rapid progress with your prototype or MVP with our support, a clear process, and step-by-step plan.
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Employability & Digital Skills
Learn how to build new digital skills, maximise potential, create a winning CV & excel at interviews 
Develop your digital skills and get workplace-ready! Boost your employment prospects, and secure a career in the tech, or digital industries as an employee. You'll also gain the skills to work flexibly as a self-employed person or start a side-hustle!
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SERVICES FOR LARGER BUSINESSES
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Services for Incubators, Accelerators
& Enterprise Hubs 
Find out more about our high-quality tech & entrepreneurship focused content for your cohort or community. Whether you're an incubator, accelerator, enterprise, or social enterprise hub, talk to us. We provide professional business mentoring services & have more than 35 popular workshops & masterclasses available, including specialist tech startup programmes.
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Employability & Digital Skills Support Services
Find out how we help people to secure quality employment. We provide mentoring & coaching, workshops, longer programmes and content to increase employability and workplace readiness. With over 70 hours of quality content available, we can help your community to develop sought-after digital skills, business skills and entrepreneurial skills, and increase their chances of securing employment.
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We'RE AN AWARD-WINNING COMPANY & offer our education and training services to a wide range of organisations
Our founder has been recognised by the Financial Times for her influence in the tech industry, and has won a Lifetime Award for her contribution to the technology sector. Purposeful Group and our founder have also been shortlisted as finalists for a number of other awards including: Best Small Business Owner, Best Service Based Business, Digital Entrepreneur of the Year, Digital Woman of the Year and Role Model of the Year.
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In a recent poll by our partners at the British Library,
98% of attendees rated our series of workshops either 4/5 or 5/5.
78% of all attendees rated us 5/5.
FROM EMPLOYEE TO ENTREPRENEUR...
EXPERIENCE BETTER results when you work directly with TECH & ENTREPRENEURSHIP SPECIALISTS
We understand the common misadventures, mistakes and issues that can affect your progress as an entrepreneur.
We're qualified tech specialists, and we've been building businesses and creating professional, commercial-grade software from scratch for more than a decade. We've also led and worked in tech teams launching multi-million pound web and mobile apps used by hundreds and thousands of users world-wide.
Learn the best strategies, software, tools and resources to build your startup as a non-technical person starting a tech-driven business.
Work with specialists, and avoid pitfalls, ups and downs, and making "newbie mistakes" and unnecessary errors when starting your business. We speak at conferences and events, judge at local and national startup competitions, lecture in technology and entrepreneurship, and work with startup accelerators and other organisations where we mentor, and deliver our specialist content.
We're qualified tech specialists, and we've been building businesses and creating professional, commercial-grade software from scratch for more than a decade. We've also led and worked in tech teams launching multi-million pound web and mobile apps used by hundreds and thousands of users world-wide.
Learn the best strategies, software, tools and resources to build your startup as a non-technical person starting a tech-driven business.
Work with specialists, and avoid pitfalls, ups and downs, and making "newbie mistakes" and unnecessary errors when starting your business. We speak at conferences and events, judge at local and national startup competitions, lecture in technology and entrepreneurship, and work with startup accelerators and other organisations where we mentor, and deliver our specialist content.
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We have an extremely diverse community, and we're proud of it. Whoever you are, you are welcome.
Join our startup communities in the UK, or the US.
Join our startup communities in the UK, or the US.
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LEARN FROM QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS
Receive high-quality education and training with us. Our CEO & Founder, author and software delivery specialist Kay Kukoyi has been named on the Financial Times #IB100 list of Most influential BAME Leaders in the UK Technology Sector.
Work with experienced entrepreneurs and qualified tech professionals, and build your skills & knowledge. Engage in practical learning and make rapid strides forward.
Purposeful Group and Tech Startup Academy™ are recognised as providers of adult education and training on the Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP), the UK government's official register. Provider Reference Number - 10081768.
We are registered members of the Institute of Training & Occupational Learning.
Purposeful Group and Tech Startup Academy™ are recognised as providers of adult education and training on the Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP), the UK government's official register. Provider Reference Number - 10081768.
We are registered members of the Institute of Training & Occupational Learning.
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Our professional certified programmes provide a "fast track" way to progress in just 90 days, and an excellent alternative to an MBA or Masters in Entrepreneurship. They are designed to help you to develop entrepreneurial and technical knowledge rapidly, so you can get your business off the ground quickly and efficiently.
Want to make your learning "official"?
Join one of our accredited Diploma programmes, and receive an internationally recognised certificate.
Take the next step!
Find out more about our services, and how to work with us.
Join one of our workshops.
Book us to run a workshop, or to design your ideal learning programme, or hire our CEO to speak at your next tech event.
Want to make your learning "official"?
Join one of our accredited Diploma programmes, and receive an internationally recognised certificate.
Take the next step!
Find out more about our services, and how to work with us.
Join one of our workshops.
Book us to run a workshop, or to design your ideal learning programme, or hire our CEO to speak at your next tech event.
WHAT DO ENTREPRENEURS & DIGITAL LEARNERS SAY
ABOUT US?
Say NO to wasteful activities, guesswork, reinventing the wheel, and learning through trial-and-error, and instead gain insights and make breakthroughs that will increase your chances of success and reduce your risk.
We know what it takes to build high quality products because we've been taking clients from a basic idea, to professional software application for over a decade.
We know what it takes to build high quality products because we've been taking clients from a basic idea, to professional software application for over a decade.
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"Outstanding Service. I was given a lot of quality advice that is certainly going to make building my startup a lot easier. Will definitely recommend to anyone that's serious about building a tech startup."
Anthon, UK "Your session last week was by far one of the best we
have had... thank you." Female founder in tech on We in Social Tech accelerator programme, UK "This was a fantastic course and will help me immensely in growing my business and the speaker was extremely helpful in her advice."
Attendee, British Library workshop designed & delivered by Purposeful Group, UK "I was lucky enough to meet Kay while Pionr was part of the NatWest Fintech Accelerator, and she has been hugely generous with her expertise and time, offering support and insight on several issues around management of remote software teams, testing procedures and web app monitoring tools, as well as generally providing an exceptionally positive outlook and a patient sounding board for thoughts and ideas, which is always a huge boon in the pressurised world of early-stage businesses! Since we completed our time at the accelerator Kay has continued to provide support, and we are looking forward to maintaining an ongoing connection."
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"The tech side of entrepreneurship always frightens me because I never know if I am going to be taken advantage of because of lack of knowledge about the industry. Thanks for helping me sleep at night!"
Brandon Fong, USA "Really good, concrete advice. Good presentation, pros and cons of different programs explained, plenty of free software introduced. Very knowledgeable presenter."
Attendee, British Library workshop designed & delivered by Purposeful Group, UK "I've moved from possible idea... to finding my market.. to finding my specific 'need' to fill - to collaborating with my market and gaining invaluable feedback as well as research. I'm currently in the 'Prototyping' phase of my project and it's moving quickly. I feel confident in the results gained... and the future. Can't say enough."
Aaron, USA "I made a mistake to hire a developer without knowing too much about how to manage the app development process. After the developer made a bad job and I lost few hundred dollars, I really wanted to start the process again, this time I wanted to be more involved. The scariest and hardest part in managing people in a technical project when you're not a technical guy is that you don't know what you don't know. THANK YOU. It was exactly what I needed."
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WHO WE WORK WITH, and where we've been featured
lOur clients include award-winning accelerators and enterprise hubs, the European Institute of Innovation & Technology, the British Library, and a number of UK universities, and we're proud to have collaborated on a range of high-profile initiatives and programmes funded by the Mayor of London to support young tech entrepreneurs aged 18-24 years old. We have also worked on projects for local councils, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, and the European Union to support entrepreneurship, and to encourage diversity within the startup ecosystem.
We also work on projects to support and upskill young people advancing in their careers, helping them to develop skills for the modern workplace, and to increase their employability and readiness to secure jobs in the tech and digital industries.
We also work on projects to support and upskill young people advancing in their careers, helping them to develop skills for the modern workplace, and to increase their employability and readiness to secure jobs in the tech and digital industries.
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our books
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Our books have been read by thousands of entrepreneurs, small business owners, and tech startup founders across the globe. These publications have been Amazon business bestsellers in multiple countries, including the UK, France, Germany, the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, India and Brazil. You can find our books and audiobooks at Amazon, on iTunes, and at Barnes & Noble, and read reviews on our Books page. |
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