Ventures
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Ocean Ears
My idea is to create handcrafted, stylish, and sustainable accessories using upcycled plastics found on local beaches and setting them in eco-friendly resin. The problem this GI venture is seeking to solve is the increasing accumulation of plastic waste on our beaches and in our oceans, which poses significant environmental risks to marine life and…
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Bin Buddy
My idea is to create an interactive bin which teaches kids to dispose of their litter properly. This GI venture seeks to address the massive problem of littering in our schools, and the missed opportunity to teach kids about caring for the environment. To address this problem Bin Buddy rewards kids with a smiley face…
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Coastal Design Studio
My idea is to simplify the process of the product development pipeline and delivery to market. The problem the GI venture is seeking to solve is that the industry currently has multiple points of contact when bringing a product to market, which can often be intimidating and expensive. To address this problem, Coastal Design Studio…
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Forever Alive
Pot plants are very difficult to take care of! We’re not all green thumbs, but we all love plants – keeping them alive can be a true struggle. That is why this GI venture is creating a smart self-watering pot, which is linked to an app. This app reminds and teaches pot plant owners how…
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Eco-Savers
My idea is to cultivate stronger connections between local communities and the environment through a membership initiative, similar to Scouts, that focuses on providing education about sustainable environmental practices and encouraging engagement using incentives. The problem this GI venture seeks to address is the lack of consistently available options, regarding environmental sustainability, that the community…
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Swim Safe
My idea is to create a wristband device that monitors young swimmers. If the swimmer gets into trouble, the device alerts the parent, carer, and anyone nearby to ensure immediate action is taken. The problem this GI venture solves is drownings due to parents and carers not being aware that young swimmers are in trouble.…
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Sleep Saviour
This GI venture will create a web platform that provides clinical hypnosis to support families having more restful nights. The problem this GI venture is addressing is the ongoing issue of parents struggling to support their children who experience sleep deprivation, anxiety, ADHD, emotional trauma, and other mental health issues. Statistics show that children who…
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Solbot
This GI venture aims to make solar panel cleaning safe, easy and affordable. Manual solar panel cleaning methods are dangerous, difficult and expensive. This causes owners to avoid the regular maintenance that is needed to keep the panels efficient and environmentally beneficial. Solbot will utilise autonomous drone technology to replace the dangerous and labour-intensive manual…
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Tiny Rooms
My idea is to supply affordable and sustainable tiny homes to the homeless. The problem this GI venture seeks to address is homelessness and the growing real estate crisis on the Sunshine Coast. To address this issue, the venture has an idea to supply transportable, low-cost, tiny homes made from recycled plastic to those needing…
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Holographic Estate
The problem this GI Team seeks to address is that homebuyers and renters struggle to imagine how a property might look if they lived it in. Once you move your own furniture into a home and adjust the place for your way of life, it can look substantially different from the home that was marketed…