Validate your venture and take the first steps to make it a reality.
We address the main reason why most startups fail — a product or service that does not solve a big enough problem for the right customer.
Whether you are working on a for-profit, a social enterprise or a not-for-profit, through talking to your potential customers you will understand the market needs and devise a sustainable business model with Ventures Validate.
After the ten-week program, your team will pitch to a judging panel for a share in $10,000 in cash prizes.
Applications for Ventures Validate are now closed.
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Ventures Validate
Validate is designed to help you and your team develop a validated business model in an interactive learning space over a period of 10 weeks. In the workshops, you will focus on key skills and processes to enhance the likelihood of your startup's success.
Many business leaders today are focused on how they can consciously contribute to the world and use business as a vehicle for positive impact. Whether your idea is focused on social, environmental, or bottom-line impact, it is essential to incorporate specific knowledge that can help position you for long term success. You will find Impact specific topics covered in Sessions 3, 5, and 7.
While Validate is best experienced in-person, we have an online option available to students who are not located in the Brisbane metro area and unable to attend on campus. If you are an external UQ student, please complete the EOI below and we will be in touch with you.
Semester 2 Program
Program starts Wednesday 8 March 2023
Program ends Wednesday 17 May 2023
Applications close Friday 3 March 2023, 12pm
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Ventures Validate is an intermediate program and is open to all UQ students, staff, and recent alumni at UQ. The program requires prior experience or knowledge regarding entrepreneurship and innovation.
To be eligible to apply, you must:
- be a current UQ student, staff member or young alumni (graduated in the last 10 years)
- commit to attending all sessions over ten weeks
- agree to our Terms and Conditions
- have relevant prior learning or experience in entrepreneurship (such as a course at University, participation in a Hackathon, Ventures Curiosity etc.)
- have an idea for a venture and be ready to validate it through a research process or committed to joining a team to work on another student's idea
- be committed to taking your idea to the next level
Semester 1 Program
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Ventures Connect
Want some advice on where to get started? Ventures Connect is your chance to come together with Ventures staff, student innovators and industry experts.