PRESS RELEASE: PURPOSEFUL PRODUCTS LAUNCHES TECH STARTUP ACADEMY™: THE WORLD’S FIRST "OPEN INCUBATOR" OFFERING QUALIFICATIONS TO TECH STARTUPS
JUNE 2019
Purposeful Products’ Tech Startup Academy™ Programme (TSA) is now available to the public.
Purposeful Products offers business and consulting services to small business owners and software entrepreneurs in 12 countries.
Having delivered its workshops as an external service provider for startup accelerators and other organisations that support entrepreneurship, Tech Startup Academy’s workshops will be accessible to the general public from June 12th in London, and internationally (Europe, the US, and Canada) from August 2019.
Purposeful Products’ Tech Startup Academy™ Programme (TSA) is now available to the public.
Purposeful Products offers business and consulting services to small business owners and software entrepreneurs in 12 countries.
Having delivered its workshops as an external service provider for startup accelerators and other organisations that support entrepreneurship, Tech Startup Academy’s workshops will be accessible to the general public from June 12th in London, and internationally (Europe, the US, and Canada) from August 2019.
The Tech Startup Academy™ is the educational arm of Purposeful Products, providing a new breed of flexible incubator for the founders of tech startups.
It is modular, will run both on and offline, and prepares entrepreneurs for the practicalities of running a tech focused business, offering access to its specialist content to all entrepreneurs, whether or not they apply, or succeed in “making it” onto a traditional incubator or accelerator programme.
The Academy not only offers entrepreneurs clarity, and a stronger sense of direction, it offers the security of professionalism too.
It is recognised as a centre for adult learning by the UK Register of Learning Providers and has received approval to offer an internationally recognised qualification to individuals that complete the Tech Startup Academy™ Programme successfully.
Startups joining the Academy have access to workshops, 1-1s and group mentoring, and benefit from introductions to its network of experts and specialists.
Tech Startup Academy run workshops for accelerators and entrepreneurs
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We run offline workshops from our Camden workspace at Collective.
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Kay Kukoyi, author, software delivery specialist, and the founder of Purposeful Products says: “Our offering is focused on the education of tech startup founders, and it is both inclusive and accessible. Our clients represent a wide range of ethnicities, and their ages range from early 20s to early 50s. We want this trend to continue, with people from all walks of life attending our workshops, joining the programme and gaining qualifications, and accessing our mentoring and consulting services.”
The company is on a mission to help new tech founders get from “idea to product launch” the SMART way, ensuring that ambitious entrepreneurs are clued up about what they need to know, and do at each stage of the process as they bring their ideas to life. The emphasis is on increasing entrepreneurs’ chances of success, and helping them to avoid pitfalls, delays, and wasted time, money and energy – common pain points experienced by newcomers to the tech industry.
The business is led by Kay Kukoyi, a software delivery specialist with more than a decade of experience in tech, and taking multiple multi-million-pound software projects from concept to launch for corporates.
Kukoyi is the author of 5 books for SMEs and entrepreneurs, including the international Amazon bestseller, “Don't Hire a Software Developer Until You Read this Book.”
Kukoyi spent more than 3 years talking to early stage tech entrepreneurs from around the world about the challenges they faced in starting up. From this research, she developed the 10 Step App Map™ model, and the 7 core modules offered by Tech Startup Academy – all designed to educate, shorten learning curves, and propel savvy entrepreneurs forward along a clear and structured pathway.
Kay Kukoyi running a workshop on how to launch a tech product
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K.N. Kukoyi running a workshop on how to hire and manage developers
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Kay speaker and panellist at the Unlocking Women & Technology event sponsored by Afford, iSpace and Comic Relief
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K.N. Kukoyi, Unlocking Women and Technology event
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Entrepreneurs at a Marketing for Tech Startups workshop led by K.N. Kukoyi
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Kay speaking at an Afro Hair & Technology event
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Mentoring at the OneTech Founders Weekend
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3rd party services: Kay mentors newly formed businesses at OneTech Founders Weekend, June 2019
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The OneTech Founders Weekend for 18-24 year olds with a business idea, or interested in starting a business
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“When you're trying to achieve a challenging task with blind spots and gaps in your knowledge it's going to be a bumpy road, with pitfalls along the way, which is exactly what I observed, and still see.” Says Kukoyi.
She adds: “The information that we provide is difficult to find elsewhere - even via traditional tech startup accelerators. Unless you’ve created different types of commercial software, been formally trained, and worked on tech projects day-in and day-out for many years, you just can’t replicate the deep insights that we offer.
We provide an efficient and strategic approach to starting a tech driven business, which means that progress is rapid, risks are reduced, and entrepreneurs can wave goodbye to the slow, confusing, and often painful journey that comes with learning through trial-and-error.”
Find out more about public and private events led and managed by Tech Startup Academy / Purposeful Products here:
Past public and private events.
Current / forthcoming events.
about the founder
K.N. Kukoyi is a bestselling author and software delivery specialist. Kay has written 5 books for SMEs and entrepreneurs, including the international Amazon bestseller, Don't Hire a Software Developer Until You Read this Book and has spent more than a decade leading, and working in technical teams on high-profile, multi-million-pound web and mobile projects for companies including Sky News, Barclays Bank, and the SThree Group.
She is a Certified ScrumMaster®, qualified coach, and a Fellow of The Institute of Training and Occupational Learning.
Kay works with tech entrepreneurs around the world, and is an Enterprise Nation small business advisor, and a tech startup mentor for WeWork Labs, the NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator, and the We in Social Tech Accelerator. She has also mentored young founders aged from 18-24 for the OneTech Founders Weekend event, and student entrepreneurs from Launch Lab, City University's startup incubator.
Kay has a diploma (DiP IM) in Internet Marketing, is a Certified ScrumMaster®, qualified coach, and a Fellow of The Institute of Training and Occupational Learning.
Kay also spent a number of years working as an IT recruiter, reviewing the CVs of 1000s of developers, and has a social research background, which involved interviewing members of the public, prisoners, journalists, business leaders, and MPs.
She has brought together this diverse, yet complementary set of skills in order to create the Tech Startup Academy™ Programme.
Book Kay to speak at an event here.
Email: hi[@]purposefulgroup.com
Information gateway: http://bitly.com/TechStartupAcademy
LinkedIn / Photos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kn-kukoyi-csm-fitol/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PocketProf_KNK
Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/kay-kukoyi
She is a Certified ScrumMaster®, qualified coach, and a Fellow of The Institute of Training and Occupational Learning.
Kay works with tech entrepreneurs around the world, and is an Enterprise Nation small business advisor, and a tech startup mentor for WeWork Labs, the NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator, and the We in Social Tech Accelerator. She has also mentored young founders aged from 18-24 for the OneTech Founders Weekend event, and student entrepreneurs from Launch Lab, City University's startup incubator.
Kay has a diploma (DiP IM) in Internet Marketing, is a Certified ScrumMaster®, qualified coach, and a Fellow of The Institute of Training and Occupational Learning.
Kay also spent a number of years working as an IT recruiter, reviewing the CVs of 1000s of developers, and has a social research background, which involved interviewing members of the public, prisoners, journalists, business leaders, and MPs.
She has brought together this diverse, yet complementary set of skills in order to create the Tech Startup Academy™ Programme.
Book Kay to speak at an event here.
Email: hi[@]purposefulgroup.com
Information gateway: http://bitly.com/TechStartupAcademy
LinkedIn / Photos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kn-kukoyi-csm-fitol/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PocketProf_KNK
Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/kay-kukoyi
BUSINESS REPORT - QuaLITATIVE RESEARCH WITH UK SMEs
2017
In 2016 Purposeful Products sponsored and ran a qualitative research study with CEOs, Directors and senior-level executives working for SMEs located around the UK. The report was published in March 2017 and is called In their own Words: SME Challenges & Trends Survey, 2017.
This unique study looks at the people behind the statistics that are usually the core focus for business research.
Data was collected via 1-hour interviews held over the telephone, or face-to-face, rather than via multiple choice fixed questions.
The study examines the trends affecting small and medium sized businesses, and business frustrations, challenges, and successes are candidly discussed by the respondents.
You can access a free copy of the report here.
Our third book, "Don't Buy Software for Your Small Business Until you Read this Book" is a "software survival guide" for entrepreneurs, business owners and business leaders that wish to successfully select new software applications for their businesses.
It is available in Amazon marketplaces worldwide, and was written to address a number of issues with purchasing software that were experienced by the SMEs that took part in the study.
You can pick up a copy via your local Amazon marketplace here:
In 2016 Purposeful Products sponsored and ran a qualitative research study with CEOs, Directors and senior-level executives working for SMEs located around the UK. The report was published in March 2017 and is called In their own Words: SME Challenges & Trends Survey, 2017.
This unique study looks at the people behind the statistics that are usually the core focus for business research.
Data was collected via 1-hour interviews held over the telephone, or face-to-face, rather than via multiple choice fixed questions.
The study examines the trends affecting small and medium sized businesses, and business frustrations, challenges, and successes are candidly discussed by the respondents.
You can access a free copy of the report here.
Our third book, "Don't Buy Software for Your Small Business Until you Read this Book" is a "software survival guide" for entrepreneurs, business owners and business leaders that wish to successfully select new software applications for their businesses.
It is available in Amazon marketplaces worldwide, and was written to address a number of issues with purchasing software that were experienced by the SMEs that took part in the study.
You can pick up a copy via your local Amazon marketplace here:
