ekipa vs Startup Science

The global marketplace for software teams

ekipa is the global marketplace for software teams.

ekipa helps customers get their software projects done (or IT problems resolved) by matching projects/problems with best-suitable teams.
Importantly, teams are co-located, vetted and have experience (technology, domain, industry) in specific customer problems.

Ekipa addresses:
the outsourcing partner search problem (so far partners are sought with help of Google or own network),
partner quality check problem (teams are vetted) and
delivery risk problem (teams work in agile way where frequent delivery decreses the risk of the final delivery failure)

Giving founders an unfair advantage

To help startups design their success, 1 founder at a time.

Why? Because wealth inequality is directly tied to entrepreneurship. 95% of people who get out of check-to-check living do so by selling a business.

It started with researching why, how, and when startups fail. We did 1,200 interviews and spent months reading the research to understand the 90% failure rate. We learned that founders keep making the same mistakes and these mistakes can be avoided. And the problems that lead to these mistakes center around people, knowledge, and financial resources.

Accelerators are designed to help startups solve these problems. But only 2% of startups who apply, are accepted into accelerators. 60% of rejected founders “failed to complete the application due to lack of knowledge.” And 70% of those startups who are accepted, came through a referral. So if you don’t know the language or are not connected into the ecosystem already your chances are slim.

Location: Santa Cruz, United States