Calling startups founders and mentors! Apply here: https://forms.gle/gzkVaNbjmUcwg9ri7 We are excited to announce we are on the hunt for two Entrepreneur’s in Residence (EIR) at INCUBATE at The University of Sydney! INCUBATE recruits some of it’s top mentors to fill these roles each year and this year we are excited to open 2 positions. This is an amazing role, and speaking from experience (I was an EIR before becoming Program Manager), incredibly rewarding.

ProtoX is the pre-accelerator program at INCUBATE that empowers students, staff, researchers and alumni of The University of Sydney to validate an idea through customer discovery. Throughout 12-weeks, the teams participate in fortnightly group cohort sessions, 1:1 mentoring with our esteemed mentors and access to exclusive workshops. Each class is…

While you may not remember walking through the city or town centre due to these lockdowns, if you think hard enough, you may recall these encounters: “Excuse me, have you heard about…” “Donate $50 to save rainforests in…” And, for the most part, everyone keeps their heads down and continued…

Last week, our first stream of ProtoX teams in 2021 graduated in style at an online pitch event. We had 12 teams across two ProtoX streams, with ideas stemming from research and from students, staff and alumni from the University of Sydney with their own unique ideas. This was also…

Talking to customers is a cornerstone of early product development; in fact, it can be the fuel for your startup. It can help you: identify an unmet customer pain or frustration develop clear design inputs for your product build give insights into the perceived value of solving X problems across…

Last week we had an MBA Advisor mixer with the ProtoX teams, and we are thrilled with the results. For more on what the 2021 ProtoX program entails, check out this short medium post For our 12 teams, we had 19 MBA students and alumni of the MBA Program at…

INCUBATE is proud to launch the 2021 ProtoX ProtoX is the pre-accelerator program at INCUBATE that empowers students, staff, researchers and alumni of The University of Sydney to validate an idea through customer discovery. Throughout 12-weeks, the teams participate in fortnightly group cohort sessions, 1:1 mentoring with our esteemed mentors and gain access to exclusive workshops. Each class…

We pushed back a fortnightly catch-up one week due to Good Friday (for those keeping track), but that has not stopped the startups’ progress in class 16 of INCUBATE. Their mindsets have shifted to acting, and the teams are getting some great runs on the board. Quick Startup Inspiration: Kobi…

It’s been another great fortnight here at INCUBATE, with the class 16 startups surpassing halfway through the program. The time for them to reshift their focus from learning to acting is now. Quick Startup Inspiration: The team at ACWA (pictured), who can absorb water from the atmosphere with no electricity…