@ColinKinner

Founder and CEO, Startup Onramp | Building conversational agents to help startup founders make better decisions

 Brisbane, Australia
startuponramp.com/
Joined April 2009
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I've been having a lot of conversations with Boardy about AI coaching for startup founders. Now I get to keep that thread going on iMessage.
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Most founders are using AI to help them make decisions. But LLMs have limited context, and struggle to push back because of their tendency towards sycophancy. So founders typically get generic, overly positive advice that can lead them to make poor decisions.
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The way we support startups is changing. Soon, every founder will have access to a capable AI agent that can help them make better decisions and faster progress. coach.startuponramp.com/
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As @DavidOndrej1 recently pointed out, AI still struggles with emulating human judgement. But with a lot of work on prompting, it can be done.
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Coaching startup founders requires two things: 1. Facts. If you're going to give advice, you need context on the founder, their product and market 2. Candour. If there's an obstacle, you need to be able to tell the founder without sugar-coating. . . 🧵
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Most founders are using Claude or ChatGPT as their primary source of startup advice 😬
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The AI Founder Coach is available to founders, and to startup programs and ecosystem organisations. In the future, every startup founder, whether in a program or not, will have access to highly capable AI agents that help them make better decisions and faster progress.
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coach.startuponramp.com/
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Had a blast chatting with Mike Parsons on The Growth Engine podcast. If you're interested in the intersect of AI and startups, worth a listen! 👇
Apollo Advisors@AdvisorsApolloJun 29
After coaching 2,000+ founders over 20 years, Colin Kinner knows what separates startups that thrive from those that don't. We discuss AI, founder mindset, validation, & why the future belongs to domain experts building AI-native businesses. Watch 👇 youtu.be/MQSlVJacQBg
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In-house example: the AI Startup Analyst. It analyses early-stage startups and generates a detailed report for the founders with market insights, competitor intelligence, validation strategy, next steps. . . analyst.startuponramp.com/

AI Startup Analyst | Startup Onramp

AI-powered research reports with actionable insights for startup founders.

analyst.startuponramp.com
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This would take me 2-3 days and be an expensive exercise, so I don't do it. The AI Startup Analyst does it in 15 minutes, and has been used by hundreds of founders. I'm building a suite of decision-support tools for startup founders. Follow me for updates.
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Most founders still use AI to help them do things they would’ve done anyway. An under-appreciated use of AI: do things a human would never do because it’s prohibitively time-consuming. . .
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In the latest edition of @StartupOnramp Founder News: 👉 How founders are using AI to make better decisions 👉 Podcast: How to build a two-sided marketplace 👉 How Founder Community members are helping each other succeed 👉 Featured member: UXON AI mailchi.mp/startuponramp.com…
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Hey Twitter, it's been a while 👋 I'm focusing 100% of my energy on startups again. We launched an online Founder Community. It's great to see founders succeeding! 🚀 startuponramp.com/community
Some of the founders who've taken part in Startup Onramp programs over the last 10 years

ALT Some of the founders who've taken part in Startup Onramp programs over the last 10 years

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