Dear Friend

Welcome to the first edition of the Innovation Centre e-newsletter for 2011.

We value your interest in the Innovation Centre and appreciate your support in helping spread the word about opportunities for start-up and established businesses to join the growing Innovation Centre community.

Best regards

Colin Graham
Chief Executive

Serial entrepreneur Rick Hoy and IT expert Andrew Longhorn are a testament to the power of networking. The pair sparked a connection at an Innovation Centre Enterprise Tuesday event in 2010 and have since launched Apple authorised reseller Crun.. More Information

Netfort Technologies, a Digital software development company specialising in network activity monitoring, was awarded the ITAG (Information Technology Association Galway) 2010 ICT Company of the Year. ITAG represent both multinational and in.. More Information

Aquiba, a smart water technology company, has launched its new Australian offices at the Innovation Centre. The joint venture between UK based metering technology specialist Sentec and Japan based engineering company Takahata Precision aims to addres.. More Information

Auzion have utilised connections with the University of the Sunshine Coast to team up on a research project with the award-winning USC Sustainability Research Centre also operating out of the Innovation Centre. Auzion founder Mark Leckenby s.. More Information

Full service marketing, advertising and communication agency dtb! have joined forces with fellow Innovation Centre company iApps Pty Ltd to produce Tourism Noosa’s By Noosa iPhone app. This collaboration between two Innovation Centre based.. More Information

Reflected Image PRoductions has picked up an award for excellence, taking out first place in the Best Documentary category at the 2010 Queensland Multi Media Awards. The winning documentary, Smiling for Smiddy – A Journey of Friends, tell.. More Information

Innovation Centre businesses have answered the call to provide over 80 USC students, including an audience of 30% international students, with insights on their business journey. USC Faculty of Business Lecturer Dr Leone Cameron has invited .. More Information

Sippy Downs, the Sunshine Coast’s rapidly growing university town, is beginning to gain an international reputation as a hotspot of innovation and entrepreneurship, thanks to the University of the Sunshine Coast’s Innovation Centre, accor.. More Information

The Innovation Centre is working to turn its ‘mini-city’ of over 30 innovative knowledge-based businesses into a student ‘Learning Laboratory’. “The Learning Lab idea is about promoting mutually beneficial relat.. More Information

One of the areas often overlooked by start-up companies when exploring funding opportunities is the area of government assistance. Grants of one form or another are available with different criteria at local, state and federal levels. Grants.. More Information