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Travellers can now get easy access to surf, bike and snow gear with the launch of the global adventure gear rental marketplace, Quipmo.

The University of Queensland’s student founders have returned from two days at Launch Festival Sydney 2019 – a celebration of entrepreneurship and innovation.

The University of Queensland is driving a new approach to philanthropy by partnering with entrepreneurs to ‘pay it forward’. In an Australian first, members of the UQ Founders Pledge will commit to donating a portion of their success to the University at a future date – when exiting or listing their start-up.

Six undergraduate medicine and public health students from The University of Queensland (UQ) have won the inaugural ‘TIME for Change: Global Hackathon Weekend’ for their social enterprise, ‘A Bloody Injustice’.

Queensland-based social entrepreneurs Bradley Clair and Nicholas Kamols founded PowerWells in 2017. The social enterprise provides electric light and mobile phone charging to people in remote communities.

UQ’s Entrepreneur in Residence Ran Heimann explains why luring global tech companies is crucial to a successful innovation ecosystem.

Congratulations to UQ alumnus and molecular bioscientist, Alan Robertson won an all-expenses paid trip to Boston to attend North America’s foremost gathering of medical technology professionals at The MedTech Conference.

One of the largest startup conferences in Silicon Valley is coming to Australia – and The University of Queensland’s budding young entrepreneurs are getting ready to talk tactical growth, fundraising and scaling-up.

Bee venom that can be used for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and research into dementia, HIV and arthritis can now be easily and profitably harvested thanks to a University of Queensland student’s invention.

In April 2019, The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Entrepreneur in Residence, Ran Heimann, brought together ilab alumni and startup founders for an evening of networking and community building.

The night featured an in-depth fire side chat with ilab alumnus and current CEO and founder of GO1, Mr Andrew Barnes. GO1 is a corporate training platform for businesses to find, book and deliver training. The high-growth startup employs 200 people, and recently secured $30 million from Microsoft Ventures, M12.

The University of Queensland (UQ) is supporting sports technologies innovators, as they set their sights on global markets.
Ten teams from across Australasia and North America have been selected for the 2019 UQ HYPE SPIN Accelerator, after vying for a spot at an intensive bootcamp held at UQ in April.

Positioning graduates with the knowledge and skills to make a difference to the world’s toughest problems is placing increasing importance on entrepreneurial education – teaching and learning that allows students to think critically and creatively, to be able to identify problems and undertake complex problem solving, and to negotiate, communicate, and lead.

Julian Stein (Fiffy Solutions) and Nathaniel Simpson (Beome) have several things in common. Not only did they both start their careers as employees in the energy industry, they have now successfully transitioned into the world of startups.

Social Entrepreneur and winner of The University of Queensland (UQ) Weekend of Startups, Tony Jojo talks about the need for new ventures to have global experiences, the futuristic beer technology that is changing the bar scene, and a creative passion for sustainability.

The home loan market could soon be disrupted thanks to cross-disciplinary research by a University of Queensland student team in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank (CBA).

Breakthrough artificial intelligence developed in Queensland could improve insulin dosing for diabetics and transform the way aeroplane engine wear-and-tear is monitored.

Student entrepreneurs from The University of Queensland flew to San Francisco to embed themselves in startups at the world’s global centre for high technology and innovation.

The University of Queensland’s new Chief Student Entrepreneur, Josh Tambunan, has his work cut out for him as he knuckles down for his final year of study toward a double degree in engineering and science.

Up-and-coming entrepreneurs in a University of Queensland accelerator program are being given access to expert legal services and will only have to pay the bill if their startup is a success.

Nathaniel was a well-paid engineer, but decided to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams instead. He developed a Property Technology (PropTech) startup here in Australia, called Beome.