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04 · Consulting

Innovation programmes, designed around your need.

We design and deliver entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives for schools, colleges, corporates, incubators, government bodies and foundations.

Who we work with

Partners across the ecosystem.

  • Schools
  • Colleges & universities
  • Corporates
  • Incubators
  • Government bodies
  • Foundations
  • Ecosystem organisations

Services

What we design and deliver.

  • 01

    Programme design

    Innovation and entrepreneurship programmes shaped around your audience and goals.

  • 02

    Contest execution

    End-to-end idea contests, hackathons and ideathons—from outreach to grand finale.

  • 03

    Curriculum

    Practical entrepreneurship curricula for schools, colleges and training institutions.

  • 04

    Incubation support

    Setting up and running pre-incubation and incubation programmes.

  • 05

    Mentoring

    Access to a network of 100+ mentors and experts matched to your founders.

  • 06

    Community building

    Designing founder and student communities that keep meeting after the event.

  • 07

    Research

    Ecosystem studies, startup mapping and impact reviews.

Engagement process

Four simple steps.

  1. 01Understand Need
  2. 02Design Solution
  3. 03Deliver Programme
  4. 04Review Impact

Selected case studies

Programmes in practice.

A Lemon Ideas programme session

SKUAST-Kashmir, Srinagar

Client need
Build an entrepreneurship culture among agriculture students in Jammu & Kashmir.
Lemon Ideas intervention
Startup idea-pitching contest (2020), followed by an MoU with the Lemon School of Entrepreneurship (December 2023).
Delivery format
University partnership · contest + training
Outcome
Formal MoU to build entrepreneurship across the J&K region.
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A Lemon Ideas programme session

DMIHER (Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education & Research), Wardha

Client need
Create a startup ecosystem inside a medical university.
Lemon Ideas intervention
Startup development programme and a Lemon Startup Yatra across the university’s colleges.
Delivery format
Institutional programme · 2024
Outcome
Start-up ecosystem initiative launched in Wardha (July 2024).
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A Lemon Ideas programme session

YCCE, Nagpur

Client need
Help engineering students move from project ideas to venture ideas.
Lemon Ideas intervention
Ideation bootcamp followed by an idea competition.
Delivery format
Campus bootcamp + contest · Sept–Oct 2024
Outcome
Bootcamp and idea competition delivered on campus (press: Hitavada, Times of India).
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Let’s build together

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