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Click on the buttons below to access the areas of interest: competitions, training or events.

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Dear Student and Staff member

CUT supports innovators & entrepreneurs

Registered CUT students and staff can post an innovation idea or project by completing the CUTis' Idea Generator Idea Posting form available at https://cut.questionpro.com/igymapplication

You will be contacted via the ideagenerator@cut.ac.za email to arrange a one-on-one meeting in person or online to discuss your idea/project and advise you in how to become an entrepreneur;

AND/OR

  Please click on the Competition button at the top of the page.

Innovation Services, idea-GYM offer training programs in Entrepreneurship Development, Social Enterprise and Technical Innovation Entrepreneurship for registered CUT students and staff.

Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP)

The i-GYM invites you to the following 2023 EDP workshops.

Registered CUT students & CUT staff with an interest in starting their own businesses should sign up for this opportunity!

NB! Please register for workshops online even when attending in person!
Social Enterprise ProgramTechnology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program


i-GYM EDP Kick-Off Workshop

Topic: Introduction to Entrepreneurship Creativity & Innovation

Date: 15 February 11:00

Where: Attend in person at the i-GYM or via Zoom link that will be posted here!

Click here to join us for this session:


Dates and info will soon be provided regarding these programs – watch this spaceDates and info will soon be provided regarding these programs – watch this space!
Series A: MARKETING / FINANCE

Series A: MARKETING

idea-GYM EDP Workshop 1/3 (Marketing)

Topic: Target Marketing

Date: Friday, 10 March 2023,

Time: 11:00am  -13:00pm

Where: Attend in person at the i-GYM or via Zoom link that will be posted here.



Series A: MARKETING

idea-GYM EDP Workshop 2/3 (Marketing)

Topic: Relationship Marketing

Date: 17 March 2023,

Time: 11:00am - 13:00pm

Where: Attend in person at the i-GYM or via Zoom link that will be posted here.




Series A: MARKETING


idea-GYM EDP  Workshop 3/3 (Marketing)
Topic: Finance of Marketing

Date: 24 March 2023
   
Time: 11:00am - 13:00pm

Where: Attend in person or at the i-GYM or via Zoom link that will be posted here!


ZOOM LINK




Series B: FINANCE

These three workshops will also be offered as independent masterclasses and you do not have to be a registered EDP participant to sign-up for these workshops.

 


idea-GYM EDP Workshop 1/3 (Finance)

Topic: How to use Excel for the financials of a business

Date: Date to be announced

Where: Attend in person at the i-GYM or via Zoom link that will be posted here.


idea-GYM EDP Workshop (2/3)

Topic: Operational Plan for capital planning for SME's

Date: Date to be announced

Where: Attend in person at the i-GYM or via Zoom link that will be posted here.




i-GYM EDP Workshop (3/3) (Master class - Finances)

Date: To be announced

Session 1: How capital expenditures work

Where: Attend in person at the i-GYM or via ZOOM link that will be posted here.




idea-GYM EDP Workshop Series C: MANAGEMENT

idea-GYM EDP Workshop 1/4 (Management)

Topic: EDP Workshop - SME Business Management

Date: To be announced

Where: Attend in person at the i-GYM or via ZOOM link that will be posted here.


idea-GYM EDP Workshop 2/4 (Management)

Topic: Legal Aspects of a Business

Date: To be announced

Where: Attend in person at the i-GYM or via ZOOM link that will be posted here.




idea-GYM EDP Workshop 3/4 (Management)

Topic: Management - Project Management

Date: To be announced

Where: Attend in person at the i-GYM or via Zoom link that will be posted here.


idea-GYM EDP Workshop 4/4 (Management)

Topic: Business canvas & Excel Financials

Date: To be announced

Where: Attend in person at the i-GYM or via Zoom link that will be posted here.




idea-GYM EDP Business Canvas & Excel Financials Presentations
Date: To be announced
Where: Attend in person or via ZOOM link that will be posted here.


Please visit our EVENT page (click on button at the top) or Project Page (bottom of this page) for more info regarding EDP challenge winners and SEP challenge winner.New program 2023 no winners yet! 


Not a registered CUT student or Staff member? Please note opportunities to attend these programmes at a fee could be offered in future.

Info will be posted here.




ENACTUS WORM FARMING Training

ENACTUS (stands for: en – entrepreneurial, act – action, us – united) International Student organization

Need to know more about Enactus? ENACTUS training (18 February 2023)

ENACTUS worm farming training (25 February 2023)


EON Artificial Platform Info Sessions

Let us know if you are interest in attending the EON Reality Global Launch of Spatial Artificial Intelligence (15 February 2023, 17h00)  ideagenerator@cut.ac.za

 



                                                                            



Education in innovation and entrepreneurship has become part of Universities of Technologies (UoTs) with the aim of turning more graduates from job seekers into job creators.

The Idea Generator was officially launched on 31 March 2017, with the intention of introducing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among the CUT community.



The Idea Generator offers a developmental hub where students, staff as well as the public, with the assistance of experts and lecturers develop their innovative ideas, projects and products into products that can be commercialised.

Innovative Ideas are the pipeline to CUT units such as PDTS, CRPM, FabLab, CUTis and the Technology Transfer Office, who are leaders in prototyping, research and business development.



 
 

A bi-annual Innovation and Entrepreneurship competition being hosted by the IdeaGym where entrants have the opportunity to present inventions and ideas to a panel of experts. These ideas are channelled through the IdeaGym and other support or academic units at the CUT if possible.


The IdeaGym supports Research Unit for Evolvable and Manumation Systems (RGEMS) in their Sasol Solar Challenge.

     Information on the specialized services that CUTis has to offer:


The Idea Generator Unit, known as i-GYM, offers a developmental hub where students, staff as well as the public, with the assistance of experts and lecturers developed their innovative ideas & projects with aim to commercialize. Innovative ideas, advanced and posted at the i-GYM via hosted challenges and events, where networking is also facilitated with industry, are pipelined for concretization at FabLab, PDTS, CRPM and TTO. The training component of i-GYM functions are done with workshops, webinars and entrepreneurship development programs collaborating with faculties and units. On campus infrastructure comprise of an i-GYM or idea-GYM (a converted gymnasium hall) equipped to host events with state-of-the-art audio- visual equipment, suitable to host workshops and events. https://www.cut.ac.za/idea-generator.


PDTS: https://www.cut.ac.za/pdts


Technology Transfer Office (TTO): https://www.cut.ac.za/tto


FabLab (Makers Space): https://www.cut.ac.za/fablab



CUT Innovation Services https://cutis-online.co.za/



Other CUT Services Offered:

CRPM Centre for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (CRPM).

CRPM: https://www.cut.ac.za/crpm


Information Share

South Africa’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Map

A survey of the support available for entrepreneurs in South Africa was undertaken by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) South Africa chapter in 2015. This infographic below highlights the updated 2017 version of the key findings with interactive buttons to provide a more detailed overview of the support available.

 

Success Stories

Contact us

E-mail us your ideas: ideagenerator@cut.ac.za



Uploaded: 28 March 2023
2020 i-Gym Innovation Challenge

2020 i-Gym Innovation Challenge


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2019 i-Gym Innovation Challenge

2019 i-Gym Innovation Challenge


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2021 I-GYM INNOVATION CHALLENGE

2021 I-GYM INNOVATION CHALLENGE


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i-Gym and CUT Faculty Ideation Training Workshop 2021

i-Gym and CUT Faculty Ideation Training Workshop 2021


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Entrepreneurship Development Program 2021


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Mr Peadar Casey - Support Systems for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Institute of Technology, Ireland


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