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UPSTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL: Dionne Sandiford launches a cozy concept
Entrepreneur, business owner and self-described "threadmaster" Dionne Sandiford knows you don't have to go it alone when launching a business venture or product. Sandiford, owner of Corporate Stitch, leaned on The Hill Institute for Innovation...
Continue ReadingFurman named a Best Value College for 2022 by The Princeton Review
Furman University has been named a Best Value College for 2022 by The Princeton Review based on data from its surveys of administrators at about 650 colleges in 2021-2022. The company also factored in data...
Continue ReadingPathways course approved to guide students through The Furman Advantage
Furman University faculty have voted to make Pathways, a two-year program central to The Furman Advantage, a graduation requirement for all students starting in Fall 2022. Pathways is a one-credit class each semester for first-...
Continue ReadingFunding local ventures + a new West End eatery
The everything Greenville platform, GVL Today, spotlights the city's first #StartupGVL event, which took place in recent weeks. Among the organizations hosting incubator events was The Hill Institute for Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the...
Continue ReadingInnovators Take the Stage
Like most woodwind players, first-year student Alexandra Valdovinos '25 goes through a lot of reeds each month. She loves the music she can create with the reeds – thin pieces of wood that vibrate when...
Continue ReadingThe Hill Institute at Furman launches Angel Analyst Fellowship program, collaborates with VentureSouth
Several news outlets ran a story about Furman University's collaboration with VentureSouth to launch the Angel Analyst Fellowship program, an initiative of The Robert and Margaret Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. See coverage in...
Continue ReadingPrize-winning idea aims to bring restaurant fare to campus
Like college students everywhere, Brooke Dominiak '23 had a craving for pizza one night. Two years later, that craving has morphed into a business start-up aimed at delivering food to hungry students who would rather...
Continue ReadingBrooke Dominiak ’23 wins first SoCon Entrepreneurship Challenge
Brooke Dominiak ’23 pitched her way to a win in the inaugural Southern Conference Entrepreneurship Challenge, becoming the event’s first ever for-profit champion on Saturday, Feb. 26. The competition involved teams from all 10 SoCon...
Continue ReadingFurman launches Angel Analyst Fellowship program with VentureSouth
When he was a young boy, Oscar Guillen ’22 and his mother emigrated to the United States from Honduras in search of economic opportunities. Now, the Furman University Asian studies major wants to help young...
Continue ReadingVenture Carolina announces inaugural class of the Palmetto Venture Fellowship
Anthony Hererra, chief innovation officer at Furman University's The Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, is among a 38-member inaugural cohort of the Palmetto Venture Fellowship, an initiative of Venture Carolina and the South Carolina...
Continue ReadingEducation as a bridge to the future
In a piece she contributed to Greenville Business Magazine, Elizabeth Davis, president of Furman University, lays out what it takes to ensure the Upstate region "continues to grow and progress in ways that are robust...
Continue ReadingS.C. Commerce Office of Innovation announces grant awards
The Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Furman University is one of 10 organizations across the state to receive a portion of $473,000 in grant funds awarded by the South Carolina Department of Commerce...
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