Startup Adventure

Brisbane City Council hall lit up in purple with a crowd of people watching the stage for the ceremony

UQ alumnus a finalist of Brisbane’s 2020 Lord Mayor’s Business Awards

Published on: 10 December 2020

University of Queensland (UQ) alumnus Alexander Bell was among four finalists for the Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd Award for Young Business Person of the Year for 2020.

Ocean wearing a black t-shirt with VENTURES written on the front. He's standing in front of the QODE Brisbane pink wall advertising the QODE event

Executing ideas to create value: how an international student found his ideal job

Published on: 22 September 2020

UQ Business School alumnus Ocean Cheung is the perfect example of where exposing yourself to entrepreneurship programs at university can change your life on graduation.

Contactless doorbell making waves across Australia

Published on: 15 July 2020

University of Queensland and Ventures programs alumnus adapts to a new no-contact society with the world’s first commercially available contactless doorbell.

tony jojo smiling at the camera. he's wearing a red jacket

From startup to Head of Product Development: one student’s exciting venture in entrepreneurship

Published on: 29 May 2020

Working in the world of startups wasn’t initially part of the plan for The University of Queensland engineering student, Tony Jojo. Tony believes his current success as Head of Product Development for audio technology startup, Audeara, started from his time with UQ’s accelerator program, ilab, and the opportunities it gave him.

The team smiling to camera: Chris on left, Isabelle centre, William on the right.

A missed train leads to Chinese Debit Card

Published on: 5 May 2020

A missed train through rural China was the catalyst for UQ engineer and business students Isabelle Fleming and William Kirkwood to come up with the idea of a Chinese debit card.

Pharmacy student turned Israeli Innovator

Throughout the adventure I was full. Full of happiness and full of hummus.

A guide for future Tel Aviv Startup Adventurers

Living in Israel was an amazing experience. Israel has many layers to it, it can be complex, warm, fun, adventurous, fast or loud. More or less you could call it a complex country.

Entrepreneurial spirit encouraged by record UQ New Colombo Plan funding

Published on: 21 October 2019

Nearly $2.1 million in funding will go towards helping more than 500 University of Queensland undergraduate students study overseas and realise their ambitions.

Six reasons to apply for the Singapore Startup Adventure

A bustling metropolis with over 1800 startups, we couldn’t have been in a better place to learn firsthand about international startup culture and integrate into the local environment.

5 things I didn’t expect from my time in Shanghai

Five things I didn’t expect from my time in Shanghai

A bustling metropolis with over 1800 startups, we couldn’t have been in a better place to learn firsthand about international startup culture and integrate into the local environment. While this was an amazing and unforgettable experience that I will treasure, there were definitely some unexpected moments that helped me to broaden my mind and develop my cultural awareness.