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Queensland government backs 11 programs supporting women founders with $1 million fund

Eleven Queensland organisations will share in almost $1 million through round one of the state’s Accelerating Female Founders (AFF) Program, which will see the recipients provide a host of practical business development and technical skills programs to almost 500 female founders and leaders of innovation-driven enterprises.

Brisbane-based Startup Onramp, which provides training and mentoring programs for startup founders, is one of the funding recipients. When founder and CEO Colin Kinner spoke with SmartCompany, he was just about to jump on his first one-on-one mentoring session with a female entrepreneur under the AFF program. Kinner believes there are a lot of women who would be fantastic entrepreneurs who have never founded a startup because they don’t have access to a network of other successful founders that they can draw on for advice and guidance.

Microsoft partners with Startup Onramp for Founders Hub

Microsoft recently launched the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, a new resource for startup founders featuring learning content created by Startup Onramp.

Founders Hub provides founders with insights into the business concepts they need to launch a successful startup. It includes self-paced learning modules on essential topics such as validating your startup idea with customers, getting to revenue, naming and branding, building diverse teams, fundraising and pitching investors.

We’re proud to have collaborated with Microsoft on this exciting project and excited to share our experience in working with thousands of startup founders.

Startup Onramp and NSW Government announce partnership to boost regional entrepreneurship

Regional startup founders in NSW can now access Startup Onramp’s online Founders Course at no cost. The NSW Government and Sydney Startup Hub have partnered with Startup Onramp to gain access to its world class Founders Course for startups across regional NSW.

Queensland partnership ramps up growth for regional entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs in regional Queensland will receive a significant boost to the growth and future success of their business through free access to a new online startup skills program.

The arrangement extends the existing partnership between Startup Onramp and the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland initiative. Launched in 2018, the first stage of the partnership made the Startup Onramp Pre- Accelerator program available throughout regional Queensland. It has helped over a hundred regional Queensland entrepreneurs to get started in building high-growth companies. The extended program continues the roll-out of the Pre-Accelerator and also provides regional entrepreneurs with free access to Startup Onramp’s online Founders Course.

Is your startup idea any good? Six questions to find out

It’s no secret that 90% of startups fail. . . However, the reasons startups fail are often predictable, and avoidable. One of the best ways to determine the potential of your startup before you spend time or money is to ask yourself: ‘Is my startup idea any good?’ Here are six questions you should be asking to help predict if you’ve got a high-growth, profitable business on your hands.

Interview: Startup Onramp Founder Colin Kinner on Entrepreneurs TV, YourMoney channel

Interview with Startup Onramp founder Colin Kinner about how to start a startup and maximise your chances of success

Media release: Startup Onramp to make regional Queensland an entrepreneurial powerhouse

Innovation Minister Kate Jones today announced a major funding commitment to support the roll-out of Startup Onramp to regional startup hubs across Queensland.

Startup Onramp chapter in The Entrepreneur's Guide

This chapter, authored by Startup Onramp founder Colin Kinner, highlights eight things that every startup founder can do to improve the odds that their startup will be successful, or to ‘un-fail’ their startup.

Brisbane pre-accelerator Startup Onramp announces regional expansion

Wrapping up its first pre-accelerator last night at The Precinct innovation hub in Brisbane, Startup Onramp announced it is set to expand its program across regional Australia, with a second local program set to kick off in September.

Five Avoidable Mistakes startup founders make

We’ve all seen the grim statistics: more than 90 percent of startups fail. It’s widely acknowledged that many of these failures are caused by “rookie mistakes”. Yet, having worked with hundreds of startup founders as a mentor and investor I continue to see the same mistakes made again and again.

How Startup Onramp plans to educate 1,000 new tech founders on the most “predictable mistakes” of startups

After working with hundreds of startup founders over the past decade, the author of StartupAUS Crossroads report has launched a program to help new tech founders avoid some of the most common mistakes and pitfalls made by early-stage startups.

Brisbane program helping to 'un-fail' local startups

BEING an entrepreneur is risky business. That's why Advance Queensland is supporting a new 12-week training initiative designed to give startups a little more certainty in the challenging market.

Media release: Program to boost chances of success for 1,000 new and aspiring startup founders

Startup Onramp, a training and mentoring program for tech startup founders, has launched this week in Brisbane and has been praised by leaders of the startup community as the first of its kind in Australia with the potential to save founders a lot of time and money by avoiding “predictable” mistakes.