Quick Fire Startup is a blog and site dedicated to guiding you the rapids of setting up and running a startup. We also look at various ways to make money online with a view to helping you identify which models of online entrepreneurship and passive income work and which should be avoided (as much from actual experience of these models as possible).
About Us
Dinan Gunawardena – Editor-in-Chief
Dinan is a seasoned veteran in the startup and tech world. He has founded and raised funding for multiple different startups, ranging from successful consultancies to seven-figure venture capital funded businesses. He has also worked for tech startups that have grown from a team of tens of people to multi-billon dollar market capitalisations through IPO.
Dinan has a strong academic background with a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the world renowned, University of Cambridge, U.K. He also has a M.B.A. from WBS. He spent nearly 12 years working for Microsoft in their Operating Systems and Networking Software Research Division, co-authoring dozens of peer-reviewed articles at top tier venues, presenting to audiences of hundreds and with over 20 patents to his name.
Dinan juggles working in the tech industry as a technical director along with spending time with his wife and two children. In his spare time, Dinan enjoys educating people about wine (with a WSET lv 3 qualification), playing guitar and cello and occasionally indulging in go-karting and paint balling with colleagues.