{"id":4244,"date":"2023-06-27T10:44:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T14:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/?page_id=4244"},"modified":"2025-03-05T20:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T01:20:26","slug":"lightbulb-moments-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/lightbulb-moments-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightbulb Moments Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Lightbulb Moments Blog\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4251 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/Lightbulb-Moments1.png\" alt=\"Lightbulb Moments banner\" width=\"1584\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/Lightbulb-Moments1.png 1584w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/Lightbulb-Moments1-160x40.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/Lightbulb-Moments1-240x60.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/Lightbulb-Moments1-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/Lightbulb-Moments1-400x100.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/Lightbulb-Moments1-1536x384.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/Lightbulb-Moments1-360x90.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1584px) 100vw, 1584px\" \/><\/figure><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"check-out-some-of-our-past-student-founders-inspiring-lightbulb-moments-entrepreneurial-journeys\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check out some of our past student founders&#8217; inspiring Lightbulb Moments &amp; entrepreneurial journeys!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the profiles below to get inspired by a range of entrepreneurial journeys shared by past student founders coming out of the Innovation Hub&#8217;s programs. Learn about their unique startups, the challenges they faced along the way, and how the Hub helped them grow their businesses towards success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lightbulb Moments blog shines light on some of our student founders and their &#8220;eureka!&#8221; moments &#8211; the exact moment when they first thought of their big business idea! The Innovation Hub urges students across all faculties on campus to bring your bright ideas into the Hub by joining our programs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" 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