Yesterday, I stopped off at the Advanced Engineering Building to provide what value I could to the teams taking part in the UQIES’s Weekend of Startups!

The schedule was running a bit late but that worked out for me as I got the opportunity to listen to the founder of Cool Beans Underwear, which aims to boost male fertility. I had read that male fertility was dropping and yes, that does mean opportunity for innovation. So it was good to see an Aussie startup working in this space.

I spoke to almost all teams and there were some interesting ideas in the mix. The one that stood out to be me was a team trying to improve substance abuse education through games. I think they had a compelling issue to address and their proposed solution can certainly work.

Another team was tackling sleep issues in university students, this team also featured Felix - whose team PEAM were the winner of the KMW Transform Law challenge. Felix was also one of the UQIES organisers and the one I liaised with around my mentorship. So it was great to get to chat with him a bit more.

The teams should be wrapping up and preparing for final pitches as this blog goes live. Good luck to all the teams and they are all winners for having had a go at entrepreneurship, even if for just a weekend. May the best team win!

Finally, I was thanked for my time with Rum from Milton Distillery, which made me feel like a pirate! Of course, I don’t drink. So it’s going to become Kyco’s office rum next week. I hope the Kyco crew will like it!