Posts by The Ingenuity Lab
Ingenuity18: Lookback on 2017
December 20, 2017
“Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality” – Malala Yousafzai 2017 has been an incredible year for The Ingenuity Lab and our members. We had another successful Ingenuity Competition in February with Ingenuity17, piloted our popular #ILRoundtable workshops led by industry professionals and we’ve seen an increase in …
No drought in innovation with Nottingham’s YES team!
“Supporting a culture of enterprise amongst ECRs is vital to our future prosperity” – Dr Dave Hughes, Head of Crop Protection Technology Scouting and Opportunity Evaluation at Syngenta What ideas would you come up with if you had to create a hypothetical business model? Would you create a solution to climate change? Or a way to …
Ingenuity18: Using Creativity to Challenge a Societal Issue
December 15, 2017
You only have to walk around the city centre for a couple of hours or watch 15 minutes of national news to realise there is a lot of need in our community. For most us of that will stir up a reaction, we will want to initiate action to change that circumstance or eradicate that …
Ingenuity18: Water Is Life
December 14, 2017
“Being part of The Ingenuity Lab gave me access to a support network that guided me through the unfamiliar territory of finance, marketing, IP, sales, pitching and admin. Having won the first ever UNIP Prize at Ingenuity17, I’ve now got a free office in The Ingenuity Centre which made room to conduct a professional team …
Ingenuity18: Taking the Next Step
December 11, 2017
Dr Mattia Fosci joined as a member of the Ingenuity Lab in 2014 and has been working to establish his business and develop his app, Yoop, with the help of the Lab. Fake News debate launches content app Yoop at University of Nottingham Thursday, 30th November saw the launch of Yoop, the first app to rate, …
Ingenuity18: Giving the Homeless a Creative Voice
December 7, 2017
People of the Streets is a not-for-profit social enterprise which aims to tackle homelessness by offering a range of different product packs which are then distributed to homeless shelters across the UK and onto the homeless, to directly benefit their lives. Stories of the Streets is a new and unique photography initiative which conveys images of …
Ingenuity18 Tips: Turning your idea into a Business
November 30, 2017
Emma Hartley is a University of Nottingham Alumna, and last year’s winner of the Ingenuity17 Sainsbury Management Fellow Prize. Since graduating in 2015, Emma has worked hard to develop Pulse AED – an affordable and high-quality defibrillator that is experiencing incredible success for an early-stage start-up. I never saw myself becoming an entrepreneur. Scrolling through Instagram, I saw …
Calling all early career researchers: Ingenuity18 needs you!
November 20, 2017
There’s a way to do it better – find it. – Thomas Edison The University of Nottingham (UoN) has a long history of supporting researchers in developing innovative IP-based solutions that address significant global challenges and commercial opportunities. After investing over £250,000 worth of grants into the next generation of groundbreaking entrepreneurs, Ingenuity18 is now turning …
Message from Steve: Ingenuity18 is open!
November 17, 2017
Over the past few years, we have seen a dramatic increase in the numbers of students and alumni entering the Ingenuity Competition, with over 900 people taking part, and over £250,000 worth of grants awarded. The Ingenuity Competition has enabled us to build an incredible pipeline of talent and international successes, such as Hungry Panda, …
Wholesome Juicery: Making a Dream, Reality
November 1, 2017
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. – Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari and …
