WHAT DO entrepreneurs SAY ABOUT OUR BOOKS, WORKSHOPS & SERVICES?
We offer a global service, and work with tech startup founders from the USA to Australia.
Here are just some of the reviews we've received from around the world via LinkedIn, email, WhatsApp, our website, in person, and from Amazon reviews on our books!
Here are just some of the reviews we've received from around the world via LinkedIn, email, WhatsApp, our website, in person, and from Amazon reviews on our books!
WORKSHOP SATISFACTION
(PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR WRITTEN TESTIMONIALS ON OUR WORKSHOPS!)
How does it work?
We give every attendee at our workshops a questionnaire to fill in where they can rank their experience against 4 emojis and leave us other feedback and suggestions.
Questionnaires are anonymous so people feel comfortable in telling us EXACTLY what they think!
These are folded for confidentiality and handed back to us.
We give every attendee at our workshops a questionnaire to fill in where they can rank their experience against 4 emojis and leave us other feedback and suggestions.
Questionnaires are anonymous so people feel comfortable in telling us EXACTLY what they think!
These are folded for confidentiality and handed back to us.
FEEDBACK ON OUR BOOKS, MENTORING & CONSULTING SERVICES
(PLEASE keep SCROLLing FOR TESTIMONIALS ON OUR WORKSHOPS!)
"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
"Kay has been an incredible mentor to both myself and my tech Co-Founder. She helped us to refine our product both from a business and a tech stand-point. She listened to our ideas, answered our questions and pushed us to the steps forward. Mentorite truly benefited from Kay's support! I recommend her to everyone."
Giulio Capodimonti, Co-Founder & CEO Mentorite LTD
"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."
Jonathan W, CEO of Pionr, UK
"This session has been therapeutic, as my ideas have all been in my head up until now... You will be good for my business because you're knowledgeable, and someone who can guide me, guide the conversation, and guide my thinking."
Mentoring client, London
"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
"So helpful! Very generous in sharing wisdom."
Pearl, Argentina
"OMG! I've been using your strategy, and guess what? Two replies from two hot contacts so far and just had 2 excellent meetings today from LinkedIn! It's an awesome strategy. I'm glad I met you!"
Female entrepreneur, UK
"Really interesting. As a new tech entrepreneur, this book has helped me understand how software development works and what kind of developers and techniques are available. Recommended!!"
Alejandro García, Spain
“I must say after speaking with you, my 4 years of unproductivity have taken shape... I have found a direction for my thoughts and I am very grateful… I sincerely appreciate your guidance and focus driven approach with my idea. I look forward to moving to the next stage of my work with you. I am super exited to be working with you this way and to get my idea into reality. Thank you.”
Harry, Australia
"Kay has immense expertise and knowledge in the tech sector. Kay taught me several tricks which have really helped me boost my business in its early stages. I highly recommend Kay and Purposeful Products."
Nick C, founder of The Zeus App, UK
"Just sending more love for your Don't Hire a Software Developer book. I'd be so lost without it. I’m finalizing the testing requirements and I would never have found most of this stuff without your book. Plus, in re-reading the book the other day, I ran across a link in there for a free trial of AWS. That’ll save me some cash getting started! It’s like having a mini-Kay hovering over my shoulder… LOL. Thanks again, :-) Dan."
Dan, USA
You can find more reviews on our books here.
Image and testimonial sent in by email from one of our clients Dan, from the US
"Great and professional. I highly recommend!"
Tali, Germany
"Excellent book for young future entrepreneurs and startup owners."
Asim Kumar Jana, India
"I was lucky enough to hear you speak at the event the other week and am definitely looking forward to learning from you."
Social entrepreneur, tech startup accelerator, London
"Great feedback and actionable insights. Knowledgeable and creative when evaluating problems and offering potential solutions."
Carly, USA
"Thank you. I will be contacting you with more work."
Elsa, UK
"Took the time to learn what I was looking to accomplish, and offered valuable advice. Thanks again."
Anthony, USA
''First of all I wanted to thank you for our coaching session, it has had a remarkably positive effect in the way I am planning my various business commitments.''
Verusca, Business Owner, UK
"Awesome job! Even better than expected! Thanks a lot for your great support!"
Alex, Japan
"Thank you. We really learnt a lot today and are looking forward to having our 2nd and 3rd sessions. The format we had today really worked well... and thanks for the homework, we will definitely do it!"
J & A - tech professionals receiving group mentoring on Agile techniques, UK
"My experience with Kay has been absolutely wonderful. Right from before we started she took time to explain and break things down. She was very professional throughout and addressed all my needs and worries. I have gained so much understanding and will definitely recommend her. Thanks so much Kay!"
JB, UK
"Just discovered your book and also audio book. Why is the audio reader a male? Very impressed regardless, and welcome your future output. I think it’s terrific so far and exactly what a newbie like me needs! All the best!"
JJ, USA
"Thanks for a great session today. I am grateful for your continued support."
AD, UK
"A good read. Useful insight into agile development of project. Nice to get understanding of trello. Will use it in next project."
Amazon book reviewer, India
"Very often, my group ask each other: 'Where shall we go for dinner?' How can it be easier to find a date by swiping on Tinder, than to decide where to catch up with friends to eat?! After considering this, I came up with the idea of KtchUp, a mobile application for Android and iOS where friends can chat, swipe to express their restaurant preferences and click to book a table.
I started by drawing wireframes on a blank page, found a freelance designer, hired a freelance developer (that I unfortunately had to quickly terminate) then contracted with a small agency to develop the app. Having seen my ups and downs, a friend who also works on a startup project introduced me to Purposeful Products. After reading Don't Hire a Software Developer Until You Read this Book, and consulting with Purposeful Products, I just wished I had a time machine...
The detours I had gone through are all listed in the book with prominent warning signs!
Purposeful Products has boosted my confidence to get the most out of both KtchUp’s Beta launch and our developers."
I-Ding Wu, Co founder of mobile app KtchUp
I-Ding Wu, co-founder of KtchUp app says she wished she had a time machine - she had been through some ups and downs before being introduced to us
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The KtchUp app
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WORKSHOP TESTIMONIALS
We run our tech focused workshops for our Tech Startup Academy™ clients, and for incubators, accelerators, universities, colleges, and other organisations that support startups, entrepreneurship, and innovation. You can find feedback on our workshops below.
"DEVELOPING TECH PRODUCTS FOR NON-TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEURS"
This was a workshop we designed and ran in the Summer and Autumn, 2019 on behalf of OneTech Talent / Capital Enterprise.
The event was sponsored by the Mayor of London to support young entrepreneurs.
"Thanks to K.N. Kukoyi BSc (Hons) CSM FITOL for another awesome OneTech / Capital Enterprise workshop covering 'tech for non-tech founders' - she always finds ways to make building your own app / software product much less daunting! It's amazing to continue to see the richness of ideas that exist amongst uni students / young entrepreneurs."
Genevieve Oller, Capital Enterprise / OneTech Talent, Community Manager (posted on LinkedIn)
"Hi Kay, I really appreciate the advice you offered on Thursday! I've joined your meetup group - I am really looking forward to hearing more and just trying to learn more from you."
Workshop attendee, Developing tech products for non-technical entrepreneurs (feedback sent to us via LinkedIn)
"Hi Kay, Thanks for the event last week, it was very useful. I would like to keep in contact with you as I begin to get my product developed."
Workshop attendee, Developing tech products for non-technical entrepreneurs (feedback sent to us via email)
"DEVELOP YOUR IDEA! WORKSHOP"
"Great information and overview."
Idea stage entrepreneur
"Please create more awareness of this event!"
Entrepreneur, London
"HOW TO HIRE A DEVELOPER & MANAGE THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS"
"I just wanted to say thank you so much for your talk. Honestly got more out of it than I have any other event I've been to."
Tech startup founder, London
"This is the best workshop I have ever attended because these are things which I can actually use for my business. Great job!"
Tech entrepreneur, feedback on our Tech Startup Academy™ workshop on how to hire & manage developers
"Very informative. Detail oriented."
Tech founder
"MARKETING FOR TECH STARTUPS WORKSHOP" &
"NAIL YOUR STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN!" WORKSHOP
"Thank you again for an excellent workshop yesterday!"
Project Manager, NWES / We in Social Tech Accelerator
"Great resources, insights and experience."
Tech startup founder, London
"The best thing was the range of marketing tools and opportunities."
Tech startup founder, London
"Good to hear about a range of tools to help improve marketing."
Tech startup founder, London
"One of the best workshops at We in Social Tech - thank you for sharing lots of resources and useful tips on how to make our startups grow organically."
Tech startup founder, We in Social Tech accelerator
"A deep dive into marketing."
Tech startup founder, London
"Keep up the hard work in helping us!"
Tech startup founder, London
"Thanks so much for last night! It was really useful, lots to think about."
Founder, Health tech startup
"Really enjoyed the session! Loads of useful tools, advice, and methods of working and the slides were well put together."
Tech startup founder, We in Social Tech accelerator
"DEVELOPING TECH PRODUCTS FOR NON-TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEURS"
This was a workshop we designed and ran in the Summer and Autumn, 2019 on behalf of OneTech Talent / Capital Enterprise.
The event was sponsored by the Mayor of London to support young entrepreneurs.
"Thanks to K.N. Kukoyi BSc (Hons) CSM FITOL for another awesome OneTech / Capital Enterprise workshop covering 'tech for non-tech founders' - she always finds ways to make building your own app / software product much less daunting! It's amazing to continue to see the richness of ideas that exist amongst uni students / young entrepreneurs."
Genevieve Oller, Capital Enterprise / OneTech Talent, Community Manager (posted on LinkedIn)
"Hi Kay, I really appreciate the advice you offered on Thursday! I've joined your meetup group - I am really looking forward to hearing more and just trying to learn more from you."
Workshop attendee, Developing tech products for non-technical entrepreneurs (feedback sent to us via LinkedIn)
"Hi Kay, Thanks for the event last week, it was very useful. I would like to keep in contact with you as I begin to get my product developed."
Workshop attendee, Developing tech products for non-technical entrepreneurs (feedback sent to us via email)
"DEVELOP YOUR IDEA! WORKSHOP"
"Great information and overview."
Idea stage entrepreneur
"Please create more awareness of this event!"
Entrepreneur, London
"HOW TO HIRE A DEVELOPER & MANAGE THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS"
"I just wanted to say thank you so much for your talk. Honestly got more out of it than I have any other event I've been to."
Tech startup founder, London
"This is the best workshop I have ever attended because these are things which I can actually use for my business. Great job!"
Tech entrepreneur, feedback on our Tech Startup Academy™ workshop on how to hire & manage developers
"Very informative. Detail oriented."
Tech founder
"MARKETING FOR TECH STARTUPS WORKSHOP" &
"NAIL YOUR STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN!" WORKSHOP
"Thank you again for an excellent workshop yesterday!"
Project Manager, NWES / We in Social Tech Accelerator
"Great resources, insights and experience."
Tech startup founder, London
"The best thing was the range of marketing tools and opportunities."
Tech startup founder, London
"Good to hear about a range of tools to help improve marketing."
Tech startup founder, London
"One of the best workshops at We in Social Tech - thank you for sharing lots of resources and useful tips on how to make our startups grow organically."
Tech startup founder, We in Social Tech accelerator
"A deep dive into marketing."
Tech startup founder, London
"Keep up the hard work in helping us!"
Tech startup founder, London
"Thanks so much for last night! It was really useful, lots to think about."
Founder, Health tech startup
"Really enjoyed the session! Loads of useful tools, advice, and methods of working and the slides were well put together."
Tech startup founder, We in Social Tech accelerator
A tech startup founder posting about the workshop delivered at their accelerator on LinkedIn
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"GETTING FROM IDEA TO PROTOTYPE" WORKSHOP
"I enjoyed the workshop, I found it really inspiring.
I will definitely take the knowledge gained forward."
Student, University entrepreneurship programme
"I liked the tips on sites to try, and the information on what to consider before building software."
Student, University entrepreneurship programme
"The presentation had very good content. Every part was useful, it was just what was needed."
Student, University entrepreneurship programme
"Really insightful. Clear information."
Student, University entrepreneurship programme
"The feedback you gave me about my MVP was really useful."
Student, University entrepreneurship programme
"Thanks so much for sharing so much information and tips with us at IdeaHack @ LSBU. Great to meet you!"
Student entrepreneur, South Bank University (sent to us via LinkedIn)
"HOW TO LAUNCH YOUR SOFTWARE SUCCESSFULLY" WORKSHOP
"Very informative."
Tech startup founder, We in Social Tech accelerator
"The checklists and steps involved in launching were really useful."
Tech startup founder, We in Social Tech accelerator
UHUBS EXPERT SESSION: "HOW TO GET STARTED AS A NON-TECHNICAL FOUNDER"
A workshop created by Purposeful Products for the Uhubs audience.
Attendee ratings:
Session content - 5/5, Expert rating - 5/5
"Congrats Kay! The receptiveness of the audience to the content demonstrated how well the content met their needs. The practical nature of the content was especially well received by the audience. The energy in the room was fantastic."
Uhubs Team
"CREATING INNOVATIVE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS" WORKSHOP
A workshop created by Purposeful Products "to order" for FoundersDoor, a pre-accelerator programme for 18-24 year olds from underrepresented groups.
"Thank you for delivering an awesome workshop!"
Programme Manager, YSYS
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/foundersdoor/issues/foundersdoor-week-2-issue-2-189055
Anonymous feedback from entrepreneurs from Cohort 1 of the FoundersDoor Programme
"I was going over my notes this morning, a lot of things that we hadn't considered as a team. Guess you don't know what you don't know, thanks for helping us know, lol!"
"I really enjoyed the session you presented, I left with so many different avenues to research. Following on from your session we’ve actually slightly changed the direction - a new change I’m very excited to dive into!"
"Great content, keep up the good work."
"The value proposition was very useful, as well as understanding how to attract users, then how to provide a good experience for them once they're in the app."
"Really, really good. Very helpful and clearly presented in an easy to understand and follow manner!"
"Found it all useful, particularly some of the apps and websites we could use for understanding your customer. Thank you!"
"The exercises throughout the talk made me think about how the information presented related to us."
"Understanding nuance to topics such as UX, responsiveness, attracting and retaining customers, understanding early adopters, value propositions, messages and research. Great fun, thank you, looking forward to checking out the websites [provided]."
"Great session, and I also liked the exercises."
Feedback from 18-24 year old aspiring entrepreneurs after a workshop delivered by Purposeful Products on behalf of Capital Enterprise and OneTech Talent. Data gathered by Loughborough University
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A 20% increase in confidence after our 1 hour workshop with 18-24 year olds on behalf of Capital Enterprise. (Event funded by the Mayor of London.)
"SUCCESS STRATEGIES FOR NEW FREELANCERS & CONSULTANTS" (REVAMPED FOR 2019)
Our first ever business course, now revised and updated for 2019!
Feedback from running the workshop with business owners at Barking Enterprise Centre, London:
"Enjoyed the course very much. Well delivered and engaging throughout the session."
"Good evening Kay, as I’m sure you noticed, today’s workshop left me inspired and motivated! I mean business!"
"Very useful info and so grateful. Thank you."
"Thank you so much Kay for sharing your expertise with us. So proud of what you have achieved and truly inspiring! I have mentioned you to my daughter and we will search for your books in Amazon. Have a great rest of the week! Feel free to reach out if I can help you in any way. Big hug." ❤️🙏
"Learnt a lot. Thank you."
"The reflective questions we went over really helped me break down my business and personal skills as well as showing my strengths."
"Overall, a great event."
"I just wanted to say a huge thank you for your session last week. There was so much useful content and links and you really engaged and inspired the group."
Anna Braybrooke, Post Secondary Programme Coordinator, The Winch