Global Talent, Local Hustle: The Pre-Seed/Seed Team Strategy for Sri Lankan Startups.

​Building a startup is hard. Building the right team for one, especially at the earliest stages, can make or break everything.

​Join us for an exclusive live session with Manoj Ranaweera, serial entrepreneur and founder of Techcelerate, Deal Lite, and SkilledUp Life, with 2 successful exits under his belt. In this candid, experience-driven talk, Manoj unpacks one of the most critical and often overlooked challenges facing Sri Lankan founders: how to assemble a world-class team on a pre-seed or seed budget.

​From navigating the tension between local affordability and global talent standards, to knowing which roles to hire for first and which to defer, this session offers a strategic playbook grounded in real-world startup experience.

​You'll walk away with insights on:

• ​How to structure your founding team at the pre-seed and seed stages.

• ​When to hire locally vs. tap into global talent pools.

• ​Lessons from someone who has built, scaled, and exited twice.

• ​Practical strategies to stretch limited capital without compromising on talent quality.

​Whether you're a first-time founder, an aspiring entrepreneur, or a startup ecosystem builder in Sri Lanka, this is the conversation you didn't know you needed.

​🎙 Speaker: Manoj Ranaweera, Founder of Techcelerate, Deal Lite and SkilledUp Life | 2X Exits 📅 Date: 9th April 2026 🕖 Time: 7:00 PM 📡 Format: Live Online Session

​Event made possible by SkilledUp Life.