In this episode, we spoke with Colin Kinner and Elena Kelareva about the startup landscape in Australia, how it’s changed over the past few years and the emerging trends for the startup culture.

Colin Kinner is the founder and CEO of Startup Onramp. Colin is one of Australia’s leading experts in startup methodology. He has been deeply involved in the national startup ecosystem for twenty years – including as Program Director for the Horizons Accelerator, Investment Manager for the CEA Startup Fund, mentor at River City Labs, CEO of ilab Incubator and Mission Lead for the Startup Catalyst Silicon Valley mission.

If you’d like to learn more about Colin, you can follow him here:

Website: www.startuponramp.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/colinkinner

Dr Elena Kelareva is the founder of GippsTech, an award-winning digital innovation consultancy with the mission of growing regional startup and tech ecosystems. Elena has a PhD in Computer Science from ANU and 15 years' experience in innovation, startups and technology, including at Google where she was the Product Manager for the Google Maps Web APIs.

If you’d like to learn more about Elena, you can follow her here:

Website: https://gipps.tech/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenakelareva/

For more relevant resources and startup information, be sure to check out Startup Gippsland’s website here: https://startupgippsland.com.au/

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