ERIC HACKMAN

A speaker and a mentor at the first ever Lean Startup Machine Accra, I spoke on the importance of landing pages in testing customer demand and value for your product. I mentored the participant in understanding and applying the Lean startup methodology in starting a new business or testing an idea

The facilitator for Startup Weekend Accra 2013, bringing young and passionate entrepreneurs together for 54 hour to form teams, pitch ideas and build viable business over the weekend.

We basically monitored the 2012 general elections of the Republic of Ghana through social media and reporting to the appropriate authority to take any necessary action when needed. We worked for the Social Media Tracking Centre (SMTC) which was sponsored by the African Election Project , UKAid and Penplusbytes.

Member of the organizing team of Startup Weekend Accra 2012 that saw the birth of startup company Slicebiz (www.slicebiz.co) . SliceBiz were the winners of Startup Weekend Accra 2012 SliceBiz is a micro-investment crowdfunding platform providing seed funding for startups in Africa.

Member of the organizing team of Startup Weekend Accra 2012 that saw the birth of startup company Dropifi (www.dropifi.com) . Dropifi won Startup Weekend Accra 2011, became the first African startup to win Startup Open by Global Entrepreneurship Week and also the first African startup to be accepted into the 500Startup program in the United States. Dropifi is a web widget that helps to turn your website visitors into customers