Colin Kinner, Author at Microsoft for Startups Blog http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog Startup insight and inspiration Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:05:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-Microsoft-favicon_rgb-1-32x32.png Colin Kinner, Author at Microsoft for Startups Blog http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog 32 32 How to get your startup valuation right – Andrea Gardiner, CEO of Jelix Ventures http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/startup-valuation-andrea-gardiner-jelix-ventures/ http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/startup-valuation-andrea-gardiner-jelix-ventures/#respond Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:00:49 +0000 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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]]> http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/startup-valuation-andrea-gardiner-jelix-ventures/feed/ 0 Surviving the founder journey – Megan Avard, CEO of SurePact http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/megan-avard-surepact/ http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/megan-avard-surepact/#respond Wed, 17 Aug 2022 01:00:20 +0000 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. Colin: I’d like to focus on the founder journey.

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]]> http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/transparency-and-team/feed/ 0 Building and managing remote-first teams – Holly Cardew, founder and CEO of Carted http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/holly-cardew-carted/ http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/holly-cardew-carted/#respond Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:04:40 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/?p=275 We’re seeing more companies embracing remote-first. But there isn’t much discussion about the practicalities of making this work, especially as your team grows.

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