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Entrepreneurs will be vital in our COVID-19 recovery efforts — for our economy and maintaining our quality of life.

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.

Startup LeadHers is the University of Queensland's newest Ventures program. It seeks to empower UQ women to be future change-makers and leaders in innovation.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.