Dii is the flagship program of DKU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative (DKU InE). It serves as an engine for cultivating and supporting startup ideas from across the DKU campus. Each year, we welcome a new batch of student startup teams to Dii. In the next two years, they are provided with resources and supports such as startup funds, professional mentoring, lab space and equipment, and receive systematic training on customer/user research, products/services development and management, marketing and branding, business development and scaling, business for good, etc., that empower them to identify valuable business opportunities and turn ideas into reality through various ways of innovation.
The judging panel of Dii in 2021
Don Snow
Professor and Director of the Language and Culture Center, Duke Kunshan University
Kai Huang
Associate Professor of Physics, Chair of the Division of Natural Science, Duke Kunshan University
Liqi Ren
Lecturer in Innovation and Design, Associate Director for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Duke Kunshan University
Robin Rodd
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Duke Kunshan University
Weijing Xu
Assistant Professor of Media and Arts, Duke Kunshan University
Fang Li
Assistant Director for Innovation Incubator, Duke Kunshan University
Check out the team profiles of the 2021 batch
After careful evaluation by the judging committee, 13 teams passed the screening process and were officially selected as Dii incubatees. In this Dii recruitment, these teams showed their enthusiasm for innovation and entrepreneurship. The innovation and the future planning for projects development of some teams are more prominent and complete. , Most teams also showed their preparedness in the face of the risks they may encounter in the future progress of their projects. We hope that the students will continue to maintain their confidence and persistence in their projects after officially entering Dii. With the support of Dii, they can better promote the progress of their projects and put their ideals into practice.
Congratulations!
Congratulations again to the above 13 teams for joining the DKU Innovation Incubator. We hope that your innovative ideas can be better developed and improved after you officially become a Dii team. At the same time, we encourage those teams that did not successfully join Dii this time, as well as students who have not participated in the Dii recruitment but have innovative and entrepreneurial ideas, to continue to refine their ideas. We encourage you to present your ideas at the next Dii team recruitment. We look forward to having more and better innovation and entrepreneurship teams join us!