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The aim of this paper is to make the researchers community familiar with the approach for involvement of students of the Technical University -- Sofia with ideas generation in a special Innovation Lab created by a leading Telecom operator. At the same time, it is a best practice example of the university -- business collaboration in innovation, involving also partners of the Telecom operator as mentors and facilitators. Such collaboration model needs to be explored and multiplied for strengthening stakeholders' collaboration and fostering building a real national innovation system. Therefore, the paper tries to present the case focusing in particular on the structure and roles in the Innovation Lab, and the methodology followed by the students' teams.