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Entrepreneurs typically work in teams, and university entrepreneurs require the involvement of innovators and researchers from different disciplines in a stimulating environment. However, the campus of Umm Al-Qura University lacked any physical spaces to guarantee entrepreneurial synergy. Therefore, Umm Al-Qura University established the Wadi Makkah Company under the Agency for Business and Innovation. Wadi Makkah took the initiative and redesigned one of the shared classrooms, transforming it into start-ups center to represent the company’s vision and reflect its entrepreneurial ecosystem. This paper chronicles the start-ups center’s construction and suggests a framework for creating an innovative environment appropriate for Saudi universities in similar conditions.
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Albarqawi, W. (2024). The Building of Innovative Place: The Start-Ups Center in Wadi Makkah. In: Ibrahim, A., Mohamed, M.A.A., Fekry, M. (eds) Man and Place. ARCH + DESN 2023. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49903-6_34
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