Mentoring is a critical part of a startup founder’s journey. With the help expert mentors, new founders can access years of experience to help them effectively navigate their early startup challenges. Ilab UQ’s Mentor Blaze is an event that speeds up that mentor effect by coordinating around 200 mentor sessions, all in one two-hour event. It allows new founders to […]

A prominent figure of the Brisbane entrepreneurial ecosystem, Peter Laurie will again be joining ilab UQ as entrepreneur in residence for its upcoming startup accelerator Germinate. After leading a successful Germinate 11 program, seeing 11 teams develop their business, voice and overall understanding of their audience and way forward, Peter has agreed to provide guidance to the new cohort, Germin...

The weather outside may be cooling down but the innovation at ilab is just warming up as we welcome 11 teams to Germinate, ilab’s flagship accelerator. UQ entrepreneurs with promising ideas will embark on a 3-month program to take their ventures to the next level. We received applications from over 30 student, staff and alumni-run companies. 24 teams were invited […]

People have heard of hackathons, of Startup Weekends and other types of startup events. The University of Queensland has another take on this with the ilab UQ Germinate bootcamp. Not a hackathon nor an actual Startup Weekend but a whole 3 days dedicated to startups willing to learn and progress and to compete for a place in the ilab UQ Germinate […]

As we raise the curtain on the 12th edition of The University of Queensland’s ilab Germinate 12 startup accelerator program, let us remember that entrepreneurship happens to wear many hats. Starting a business and growing it into a sustainable venture sounds like the objective but, along the way, many other goals get fulfilled.   Germinate 12   This piece of […]

Welcome to Mentor Blaze! This is Queensland’s biggest mentoring event, held, by ilab UQ, alongside the Myriad festival, on Friday 18 May 2018, from 11am to 1.30pm. The event will be held in a satellite location (The Tivoli Theatre). If you have an idea, or an itch of an idea for a new social enterprise or business startup and want […]

ilab is not just the first established incubator/accelerator in Queensland, it is also one of the top contributors to the startup population and success stories. And so the story continued to be told recently. With the eleventh cohort of the “Germinate” accelerator program taking to the stage for their pitch night. A night to remember for the startups. A night […]

ilab UQ – THE NEWS Thank you for reading and being part of our amazing community! In the news: – A sold-out, standing room-only, Germinate 11 pitch night – Sportstech startups go for $25k gold at Comm Games – $11+ million in funding raised, – And a host of other exciting news! SOLD OUT! The Germinate 11 pitch night nobody […]

If you are looking for a way to accelerate your experience, build a diverse skill set and graduate with a head start, there is no better time to intern in a startup. A recent report from Australia’s Chief Scientist’s Office state that startups are the largest contributor to job creation in Australia. From 2004 to 2011 they created more than […]

ilab UQ is thrilled to announce the launch of its partnership with HubSpot for Startups. In our continued effort to provide founders with the essential tools for their success, we are now able to offer HubSpot’s Marketing and Sales software at a 90% scholarship for the first year — an average savings of $17,000! HubSpot is the leader in inbound marketing […]

Learning, growing, turning your whole life upside down, these are some of the outcomes you may experience by debuting your journey into the entrepreneurial world with ilab. As we are gearing up to our pitch night (11 startups from our current accelerator program, on stage, presenting game-changing innovations and putting their life-changing journey on display) let us have a quick […]

Starting a business at the university may be one of the hardest things you’ll do. But it is also the best time in history for (young) people to build a business. At university, you also have the gift of time, experts, mentors and research facilities on your side. As universities are starting to become drawn towards entrepreneurship, and even launch […]

  We bring you the ilab UQ news in a nutshell. Startups, mentors, events and achievements. January 2018 THE NEWS Thank you for reading and being part of our amazing community ilab UQ goes international with the UQ HYPE Sportstech Accelerator. Not Only Founders, a Video Interview of an ilab Startup Intern Special Offer for Startups to Showcase at UQ […]

UQ Engineering and Business Management student Shalutha Kudaudage shares his story on becoming a startup co-founder after experiencing the entrepreneurial world as an intern. While interning for one of the startups taking part in ilab’s “Germinate” accelerator program, UQ Engineering and Business Management student Shalutha Kudaudage always dreamed of running his own business. During his time at i...

The startup sphere is a fast-changing ecosystem. Accelerator programs have long provided a structured approach for budding startups and entrepreneurs grow their ideas. From the ilab Accelerator Germinate 11 Bootcamp Weekend, these are our top 3 lessons from the program. ilab Accelerator Germinate 11 Bootcamp Cohort Practice Loud, Practice Proud It turns out there is a secret to presenting a smooth...

Check out Bella’s graduating story in UQ News – click here. Some great compliments for Darren Rogan ilab’s entrepreneur-in-residence for Bella’s Germinate cohort. Some quotes from Bella. “ilab was an incredible experience that has definitely affirmed the path for WhippNews. Going through the program developed both my personal and professional skills. Every week we were taught practical tools that ...

              Why start up? ilab UQ at the top – of startup accelerators in Australia! Startups in sports? UQ brings the HYPE SPIN Lab global sports accelerator to Australia ilab Summer Startup intern program – UQ students meet startups Our most impressive bootcamp (to date) is coming! – for ilab Germinate 11 Startup success Upcoming events   […]

The latest news about ilab UQ:  $10,000 startup accelerator, internships open and pitch night success Fancy subscribing? Head over to our website: ilabuq.com.au The latest ilab UQ news covering our startups, mentors, events and more…Oct 2017 Apply for Germinate 11, $10,000 startup accelerator (Closing 27th October) ilab Startup intern program > Applications open Germinate 10 pitch night + UQ Launc...

Building your own business. Being your own boss. Making a difference. Do these resonate with you? If so, it may be time to polish your idea and pitch and apply to join our next startup accelerator program, Germinate 11. Acceleration means being pushed, held accountable and, overall, being given support for 3 months to make your idea come true and […]

From idea to business model and plan. We help you get to the next level: Launch and grow! Register and apply (before Oct. 27th)! ilabuq.com.au  

Another win for an ilab UQ startup! A software service startup business that accelerates commercial property contract negotiations has taken out the People’s Choice award in the Westpac Innovation Challenge. Blenktech, which is being developed through our startup accelerator program (“Germinate”) at ilab UQ, is the brainchild of University of Queensland graduate and lawyer-turned-entrepreneur, Ala...

Pictured: ilab UQ Director, Bernie Woodcroft; Community Manager, Bec McIntosh; and, Entrepreneur in Residence, Darren Rogan with a few of the new cohort of teams Women are rising to the start-up challenge, with half the early stage companies in the latest ilab UQ Germinate accelerator program led by female founders. Ten start-ups have been selected from a strong pool of […]

    As you’d expect, when you’ve got a whole bunch of super inspiring and interesting people all in a room together, you’re going to get some great one-liners.     So these were our top 10 tweetworthy AKA quote-worthy moments from the G10 Bootcamp Weekend: 1. Plan to be in there for the long-term – don’t start up something with […]

Over the weekend, ilab UQ hosted 60 founders  for the Germinate 10 Bootcamp Weekend. And, this cohort of 27 shortlisted startups represented a huge variety of industries from fashion and media to healthtech, education, real-estate, and retail. There was a mix of software and hardware, with teams focusing on everything from improving student life, to improving the state of the […]

We’re gearing up for another action-packed Weekend Bootcamp! There’ll be pitch fighting, founder fall-outs, teams that won’t make it to the finish line, and plot-twisting judgement calls. Someone bring us the popcorn! So far, 25 teams have been shortlisted for Germinate 10 and this weekend they’ll be battling it out for 1 of 10 spots in the final Germinate 10 […]

If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably thought at some point: ‘wouldn’t it be cool if I could make millions just blogging about something I love?’ Well, that’s exactly what Alborz Fallah did. A Brisbane local through and through, Fallah immigrated to Australia from Iran when he was 9. He attended Indooroopilly State High School and studied IT here at […]