When helping student entrepreneurs get their start, one common piece of advice is to start small and lean. Once you have proven the model for your new business, then you can take on liabilities like leasing your own office space. 

Innovation leaders at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s have practiced what they preached, and are now getting ready to reap the rewards when the Innovation and Wellness Centre (IWC) opens its doors next fall. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The IWC will bring our innovation resources on campus out of the bootstrapping phase,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Benoit-Antoine Bacon, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic). 카지노 게임 컬렉션�The facility will provide a focal point for innovation and entrepreneurship activities at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, and forge important cross-campus connections across our programs.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 

Located within the IWC, the Innovation Hub will unite some existing resources and programs and add a few new ones. It will include an event space, touch down tables for easy collaboration, and a maker space 카지노 게임 컬렉션� a well-equipped work space where student entrepreneurs can create, experiment, and refine their ideas. Students helped shape the final design of the Hub. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We work with 2,000 students a year, and I expect that number will double in the next couple of years,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Greg Bavington (Sc카지노 게임 컬렉션�85), Executive Director, Dunin-Deshpande Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Innovation Centre (DDQIC). 카지노 게임 컬렉션�The Innovation Hub will play a key role in supporting existing demand and future growth for innovation on campus.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 

Once it opens, the DDQIC is planning to expand its programming, with a focus on social enterprise 카지노 게임 컬렉션� creating more organizations with a mission to both make money and do social good.  

Most importantly, the IWC will give the DDQIC the one thing they have been lacking: common space. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We toured other schools when making decisions on what needed to be in our Innovation Hub, and we found that Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s did a pretty good job at supporting innovation on campus,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Mr. Bavington. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�The final box we had to tick was to gather it all under one roof, allowing students to scale their business in a straightforward way without leaving campus.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 

The belief is that having everything located side-by-side will not only boost collaboration, it will also increase the visibility of innovation resources and programs. For example, students led 13 conferences and events linked to innovation this year and it was a challenge for each group to find space.  

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Locating the Innovation Hub within a multi-function building like the IWC is a strategic choice 카지노 게임 컬렉션� one which is meant to show that everyone is welcome,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�It can take many different people and different skillsets to make a successful business. We카지노 게임 컬렉션�re hoping to bend and weld the academic disciplines to get the sparks flying.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 

The Innovation Hub will not merely connect students to resources on campus 카지노 게임 컬렉션� it is expected to build the links between the campus, Innovation Park, and the community. While the Hub will focus on current students, Innovation Park offers a 카지노 게임 컬렉션�long runway카지노 게임 컬렉션� as students graduate and look to grow their businesses. Likewise, the Hub will complement what Innovation Park does in supporting community entrepreneurs in southeastern Ontario. 

The creation of the IWC was made possible through $55 million in philanthropic support, including $40 million to revitalize the facility. In addition, the federal and Ontario governments contributed a combined total of nearly $22 million to this facility. 

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