Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩

Building @Acendae 🌱
Helping businesses scale with tech & remote teams
NL 🇳🇱 ↔ SL 🇱🇰

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

One of the biggest lessons I've learned about scaling a business is that growth doesn't come from doing more yourself. It comes from building a strong management team. Give people ownership, develop them into great leaders, and your company will grow with them.

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

One wrong hire can damage the entire team.
The culture you spent years building can be ruined faster than you think.

Stay close to your team. Communicate often.

#Leadership

[Acendae 𝕩 @acendae]

Big update!

PRAM IT Solutions is officially moving forward under a new name: Acendae⚡️

Same team. Bigger vision. Let’s go 👇

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

@desktime is down 🤷‍♂️

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

ChatGPT being down feels like showing up to class and realizing the friend i copy off of is absent.. i'm cooked 💀

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

Okay, ChatGPT is down... Time to go to sleep early 😴

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

Me: “We should watch our costs.”
Also me: paying €XXXX/month for PM tools 😭
Google Workspace, Jira, Confluence, DeskTime… calm down pls.

#founderlife #startup

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

Real question 👀

You’ve spent 9 years building a company.
Team, customers, community, all of it.

And then someone says:
“Maybe it’s time to change the name.”

Would you actually do it? Why or why not?

#techfounder #rename #rebranding

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

New year, new intentions…
real talk: I just want to finally keep my CRM up to date 😂 @HubSpot

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

Online Christmas celebration with my team 💙

Our small team keeps growing every year. Scaling isn’t always easy, especially when it comes to keeping the bond strong - but with this group, it feels natural.

Grateful to be building this together. @pramitsolutions

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

Everyone’s chasing eCommerce right now… but mark my words - the real wave is SaaS. 🌊 #SaaS #FutureOfBusiness #TechTrends

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

Love that this initiative came straight from the team. Everyone’s bringing in fresh ideas to grow our empire step by step 🚀

Check out 'pram_ux' on Instagram to see how they’re building the new unit at PRAM IT Solutions.

[Acendae 𝕩 @acendae]

Every great product starts with a great experience. ✨
Read on to discover our mission 👇

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

Today it felt like a breakup.
A teammate is leaving, and although I always say, “We’re not a family - we’re a professional sports team,”
the truth is, somewhere along the way, they became like family.

It’s one of the hardest parts of building something together - letting go.

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

Still crazy to me how I’m not glued to WhatsApp & email anymore, even with so many projects and open tickets. A year ago I was handling all client communications myself. Now my team picks things up so fast. So grateful for them, my coaches & everyone who helped me get here 🙏

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

Great brainstorm yesterday with STEMLink. They built a TechEd startup to help tech students grow.

As you know, I’m on a mission to bring SL tech talent to the NL market.

Now it’s getting real. We're preparing a bigger, well-trained talent pool to support even more NL teams 🚀

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

Last Friday I had the honour to speak with H.E. Rekha Gunasekera, the SL ambassador to the NL. We discussed IT opportunities & collaboration. Great to see how this aligns with what we’ve been doing at @pramitsolutions for years. To be continued.

@slinnetherlands @icta_srilanka

[Acendae 𝕩 @acendae]

Great talk with Her Excellency about how Sri Lankan tech professionals can make an impact in the Dutch market. More to come!

@slinnetherlands @PramukaG

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

@chuti_G

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

It's not easy getting my head around hiring our first HR team member. It’s always been me handling all the HR stuff, and now I’m about to hand it off to someone who’ll actually get a salary from the company. Damn... wasn’t an easy decision, I swear. Haha 😅😂

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

We may be miles apart, but the culture keeps us close

#startupculture

[Pramuka Godakanda 𝕩 @PramukaG]

Fonterra's marketing team reached out on Friday for a simple T&C page for a marketing campaign. The twist? TV & radio paper ads go live Monday. They asked for something simple, but I think my team took it a bit too seriously.

Check it out: https://t.co/lIQj3aYh2u

We nailed it!