Colin Kinner, Author at Microsoft for Startups Blog

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August 24, 2022
5 min read

How to get your startup valuation right – Andrea Gardiner, CEO of Jelix Ventures

Today’s guest post features an interview between Colin Kinner, founder and CEO of Startup Onramp in Brisbane, Australia, and Andrea Gardiner, Founder and CEO of early-stage VC fund Jelix Ventures.

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August 17, 2022
5 min read

Surviving the founder journey – Megan Avard, CEO of SurePact

Today’s guest post features an interview between Colin Kinner, Founder and CEO of Startup Onramp in Brisbane, Australia, and Megan Avard, Founder and CEO of portfolio and project enterprise risk management software company SurePact.

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July 25, 2022
5 min read

How to build relationships with investors

Today’s guest post features an interview between Colin Kinner, founder and CEO of Startup Onramp in Brisbane, Australia, and Ian Gardiner, an Investment Partner at early-stage venture capital fund Jelix Ventures.

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July 5, 2022
6 min read

Transparency and your team: How much is too much?

Today’s guest post features an interview between Colin Kinner, founder and CEO of Startup Onramp in Brisbane, Australia and Hugh Geiger, investment manager at Techstars.

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April 27, 2022
4 min read

Building and managing remote-first teams – Holly Cardew, founder and CEO of Carted

We’re seeing more companies embracing remote-first.