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Microsoft ScaleUp | Sri Lankan

Microsoft wants to take Sri Lankan startups global with Microsoft ScaleUp

October 18, 2018

“In my experience, startups today are not after more free credits – instead, they need our help to take their products to international markets. With the ScaleUp program, we intend to do just that and more,” said Hasitha Abeywardena – Country Manager for Microsoft Sri Lanka and the Maldives. He said this announcing that Microsoft […]

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Hackathons in Sri Lanka

Is there a point to hackathons anymore? Does Sri Lanka need them?

October 16, 2018

All of us are walking toward the stage. Everyone’s nervous. Who isn’t at these hackathons? Nobody likes presentations and immediately things go wrong. The projector isn’t working for some reason. After a minute of shoving the cable in and out, it wakes up and decides to do its job. Finally, Roshan can begin his presentation […]

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The basics of React Native: Lessons from an Open Brackets Meetup

October 12, 2018

They wanted to help students. The topics at most tech meetups were too advanced. This was the purpose of the Open Brackets meetups said Devon Wijesinghe – President of the Mozilla Campus Club of IIT. The first such meetup touched on the topic of serverless technology. The second meetup, which took place recently touched on […]

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A recap of TEDxColombo 2017

TEDxColombo 2018: You really should grab your tickets now

October 11, 2018

Its tickets sell like hot cakes. Soon enough, they’ll be all sold out. Afterward, the unlucky few would send messages to everyone they know, desperately hoping to get a ticket. Needless to say, this one of the most popular events on our calendar. It reaches over 2000 people in the flesh and many more through […]

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The Dialog you know is now a bank as well

October 9, 2018

Last September, Dialog made a fin-tech acquisition. It acquired an 80.34% stake in Colombo Trust Finance PLC for Rs. 1.072 billion. At the time, Dialog had stated that it was planning on offering financial services in Sri Lanka. Now one year later, we’re seeing that take form with Dialog Finance. What is Dialog Finance? Colombo […]

CIMA Launch Pad 2018: The Preliminary Rounds

October 8, 2018

Happening for the 5th consecutive year, the CIMA Launch Pad 2018, which is organized by the CIMA Students Society, aims to be a platform that nurtures upcoming entrepreneurs. In the past, we’ve seen startups like Bear Appeal, Omentra, and Greasemonkey come out of it. So what can we expect this year? That’s what we went […]

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Talk The Walks | Employees | Leadership

A leader’s guide to influencing employee performance from Talk the Walks

October 4, 2018

Whether it’s a startup or the largest corporate, businesses strive to create strong teams. But how exactly can companies and their leaders build such teams and encourage employees to go above and beyond? To find the answer to that question is why we attended the seventh Talk the Walks session. Hosted by Anura De Alwis […]

Interview

Colombo Cooperative Featured Image

Building a coworking space: The Colombo Cooperative Story

September 12, 2018

Amidst the many skyscrapers of Kollupitiya, there’s clear view of the ocean that stretches endlessly into the horizon. I’m seated at a waiting area with a swing. Next to me are people glued to their screens seated at long wooden desks. As I walk past a green kitchen into the meeting room I see a […]

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Putting tech in the hands of school kids: The Dialog App Challenge

September 5, 2018

Give kids the right building blocks and they’ll build things that will amaze you. This is something we’ve seen time and time again. It’s not just university students building apps and IoT systems at hackathons. School students even in the most rural areas are catching up. And it’s these students the Dialog App Challenge aims […]

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The Huawei P20 Pro: Five Months Later

August 27, 2018

It’s been a while since I first got my hands on the Huawei P20 Pro. Since then, a lot has happened. France won the world cup. We moved into a new office in Bambalapitiya. Huawei introduced the latest phones in their Nova series. So how has the P20 Pro held up after all these adventures? […]

Interview

Arimac

Is Arimac silently building a digital empire?

August 23, 2018

They have offices in Dubai, Australia, Fiji, and the Caribbean Islands. Some of us know them for pursuing grand projects like building robots in Sri Lanka. Others know them for their video games. As you walk along Galle Road it’s hard to miss the towering board that proudly displays their name. Yet, this didn’t happen […]

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Makerspaces, games, art & more: Disrupt Asia 2018 Innovation Festival

August 20, 2018

There was a lot more than panel discussions and workshops at Disrupt Asia 2018. The official conference was held inside the doors of Trace Expert City. But as we made our way to these doors, we found a lot more than tech startups this year. From makerspaces to racing games to stunning art exhibits. This […]

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Investor Forum | Startups | Disrupt Asia 2018

Funding Startups 101: The Disrupt Asia 2018 Investor Forum

August 20, 2018

Amongst the many panel discussions, workshops, and pavilions of Disrupt Asia 2018, there was one area that was exclusive to a select few. This was the investor forum. Inside this space, which was the Orange Electric office on weekdays, a group of investors had gathered inside. Here’s what we learned inside this mysterious world about […]

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STAX sees potential in Jaffna. But can it be realized?

August 14, 2018

The Sri Lankan IT industry has ambitious goals of producing $5 billion, create 200,000 direct jobs and have 1,000 startups. Currently, the deadline to achieve these goals is by 2022. According to a new report by STAX, which was commissioned by Market Development Facility (MDF), one region that’ll play a key role in achieving these goals […]

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Ranidu Lankage introduces blockchain to music: Meet Audius

August 9, 2018

“The biggest problem in the music industry is that streaming is taking off and musicians aren’t necessarily earning a lot of money. And it can take three months, or up to 18 months for unsigned musicians, to get paid for streams,” says Ranidu Lankage. This is a common problem faced by musicians across the world […]

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Lessons from a Titan at Startup Grind: Mano Sekaram

July 26, 2018

Over the weekend we saw the first Startup Grind Colombo unfold. In case you’re lost, Startup Grind is one of the largest independent startup communities in the world. It hosts a regular series of meetups featuring individuals sharing how to build successful startups. And at the first such meetup in Colombo, we saw Mano Sekaram […]

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Facebook should take notes from Sri Lanka as it builds satellites

July 23, 2018

In June 2016, a drone took to the skies. It was a simple test flight with big ambitions. If it worked, then Facebook would’ve been able to use this drone to bring the internet to people from the skies. However, last month the company announced that it was shutting down the Aquila project. But the […]

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What exactly happened at AngelHack Sri Lanka 2018?

July 19, 2018

They call it the world’s largest hackathon. On 14th and 15th of July 2018, it came to Sri Lanka. Held inside the Dialog Auditorium, we saw AngelHack Sri Lanka 2018. Organized with the support of Dialog Ideamart, the local participants spent 48 hours bringing their ideas to life. What exactly were these ideas? Here’s your […]

Interview

Third Lane Ventures | VC

Inside a Sri Lankan VC Firm: The journey of Third Lane Ventures

July 18, 2018

If one were to glance into the world of startups, it wouldn’t be surprising that first impression they got of venture capitalists would be, “People with a lot of money that constantly throw it at startups” That sentence is correct, except the part about them constantly throwing money at startups. That’s what we learned when […]

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Why kids should get into IT: Lessons from Galle IT/BPM Week Part One

July 10, 2018

One of the most important individuals that shape the world we live in our teachers. For they are the ones that shape the minds of the future. As such, it is crucial that they encourage their students to look towards the future and innovate. Yet here in Sri Lanka, for many teachers, this is a […]

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