After four months of planning, preparation and development, the students in the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Summer Innovation Initiative (QSII) made their final pitch presentations to a panel of judges. In front of a roomful of professors, peers, media and industry professionals, each business team made the case why their company should take the top prize. For a precious few minutes they succinctly explained their product, what they had achieved so far, and what they planned on doing with the money at stake before being needled with tough questions from the judges.  

For the summer break, the students assembled into small teams and were given a crash course in entrepreneurship, innovation and business management before brainstorming an idea for a start-up business. With $2,500 in seed money each team set about building and designing their businesses from the ground up, collaborating and competing with each other along the way.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The students make real companies and they run them independently, generating commercial revenue,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Greg Bavington, Executive Director of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Innovator Connector, who oversees QSII. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a program that we wanted to be as realistic as possible, giving students a chance for experiential learning outside of the classroom. They카지노 게임 컬렉션�re learning how to create and manage businesses; we카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve just removed some of the risks of entrepreneurship.카지노 게임 컬렉션�
To make QSII more available to a broader group of students, those participating are paid a stipend while they work on their businesses.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Paying our students to participate makes us an anomaly in university entrepreneur internships. Neglecting to pay the students or making the students pay to participate creates a program that카지노 게임 컬렉션�s only accessible to those with the means to do so. This way we have the greatest number of applicants, making for a more intense competition process.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Once up and running, the student-companies created products such as crowdfunding websites, hospital sanitization devices and a microbrewery. The team who took the top prize, Mosaic Manufacturing, invented an addition to consumer 3D printers, dramatically improving their ability to print in colour.

Winning the competition netted them a $40,000 prize to further build their business.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�After months of hard work, it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s fantastic to take first place,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Chris Labelle (Comm카지노 게임 컬렉션�14). 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We have access to excellent facilities and resources here at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and we couldn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t have won without the support we카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve received.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Working out of the Integrated Learning Centre in Beamish-Munro Hall, all the QSII teams had access to SparQ Labs, a makerspace that has tools, fabricators and a milling machine to create their products. SparQ Labs is also accessible to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s students throughout the academic year.

Mosaic and some of the other competitors have now moved their offices and operations to Innovation Park where they카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll continue to work on their products. For Mosaic, they have a clear plan of what to do next that includes hiring more staff, further developing their device and creating a crowdfunding campaign. Things don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t end there though, because they have big goals for the future. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve spoken to a lot of people who have ideas about what they want to use 3D printers for, and the technology just isn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t there yet,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Mr. Labelle says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We hope one day you can print anything you can imagine, and we want to help make that happen.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

This article is published in the Sept. 9 edition of the Gazette. Pick up your copy of the newspaper at one of the many locations around campus. Follow us on Twitter at @queensuGazette.