Hundreds of people have participated in the
Velocity Innovation Challenge as entrants, advocates,
mentors and volunteers with the united purpose of bringing
new ideas into the world.
Innovation
Challenge is a key event for the University of Auckland’s
entrepreneurship development programme Velocity.
Students and staff are invited to share a venture idea that
will solve a problem, big or small. Each 1,000 word entry is
assessed and considered for a $1,000 prize with 12 prizes up
for grabs. Entrants can submit ideas for a commercial or
social venture, and this year additional prizes were added
for ideas that tackled an aspect of the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals.
Velocity CEO and
current Engineering and Commerce student Jason Tran says
“It’s inspiring…
