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UPC has initiatives focused on promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in students:
'''StartUPCInquba Lab:''' It is the UPC's own business incubatorinvites entrepreneurial students to submit their innovative ideas for incubation and support. ThereThis initiative is designed to help turn visionary concepts into tangible projects, emerging companies are developed and connected with the ecosystem to drive them to achieve success through 3 programs. '''"Idea Validation"'''providing guidance, focused on validating business models before launching the product or service to the market. '''"Incubation"'''resources, program and mentorship for startups that have validated their business model and have sales in the marketfuture innovators. Also it'''"Softlanding"''', for international startups that are interested in entering the Peruvian market, using StartUPC as a platform. StartUPC has the best presentation / winners ratio of the "StartUP Peru" (main program of the Ministry of Production). s nurturing entrepreneurial spirit helps transforming ideas into successful ventures
'''Innovation PortalIdea Validation:''' It is a space where UPC centralize the process Students who are part of Innovation Challenges and hackathons. It has a directory of events, prototypes, MVPs and projects, and contains information on the UPC's innovation ecosystemApptitud Club come from various university programs, forming a multidisciplinary team. The main goal with this initiative is Each session aims to open a space for discussion, exchange and information on innovation in the educational field. '''i-LAB (Brainhackers):''' It is the first corporate innovation laboratory at the level of universities in Peru. Brainhackers is a program created by the UPC Innovation Lab, for the most discover innovative students. They give the opportunity solutions to actively participate real-world problems that assist participants in real technology projects through SQUADS where: students will experiment, learn and create disruptive prototypes, without fear of making mistakes. Using Open Innovation, agile enhancing their creative and innovation methodologies, the squads develop innovative solutions for the UPC with the different actors of the ecosystem.processes
