On 7 August 2025 at UQ St Lucia, this partnership came alive at the Curiosity Protostars Panel, organised by Mayu Komukai (UQ Ventures) and supported by Theia Gabatan (Protostars, Blackbird Foundation). The goal? To show students just starting out that entrepreneurship isn’t about waiting for the future it’s about building it now.
While GreaseBoss co-founder Steve Barnett was on-site at a Queensland copper mine, he witnessed the collapse of a conveyer tail pulley that failed due to lack of greasing. Nobody died that day, but they could have.
