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Pitch competition set for student entrepreneurs
The Furman Office for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will host its first annual Paladin Pitch Competition set for Saturday, Feb. 22, 9-11 a.m., in McAlister Auditorium on campus. Six student teams, armed with their venture pitches,...
Continue ReadingGreenville makes debut on Inc.’s ‘Surge Cities’ list
The headline says it all. "30 Years Ago, Mill Workers Fled South Carolina in Droves. Now, Its Startup Scene Is Making a Remarkable Transformation." Inc. magazine's editor-at-large Tom Foster writes about Greenville and its rise...
Continue ReadingFurman Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hosts Venture Carolina Summit
Furman will welcome VentureSouth, a Top 10 angel investment group in North America, to campus Dec. 4-5, as they present the fourth annual Venture Carolina Education Conference. More than 200 VentureSouth members and community leaders...
Continue ReadingProfessor, student patent research breakthrough, start company on campus
Furman Professor of Chemistry Greg Springsteen and Trent Stubbs ’20 haven’t found the origin of life (yet). What they have found, however, has the potential to help save ones already here, which, as consolation prizes...
Continue ReadingInnovation Hour invites students to pitch their business ideas
The Literacy Corner, a four-week tutoring program led by graduate-level, certified teachers in Furman’s Master of Arts in Education program, has been sending kids home with stronger reading and writing skills for 10 years. When...
Continue Reading16 students attend first Summer Business and Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
At the very heart of entrepreneurship lies the concept that anyone can have an idea, but without the skills to bring it to life, an idea will remain just that. Addressing this fundamental need for...
Continue ReadingGreenville’s ‘signature university’
A statement was made recently in a Greenville News story about how the city needs to “attract a signature institution, such as a university, downtown to anchor the district and create a collaborative hub of...
Continue ReadingNew study shows Furman’s economic impact on Upstate more than $297 million
Furman University’s annual economic impact on Greenville County and the surrounding Upstate counties is more than $297 million, according to a new study conducted by the university’s Department of Economics. Furman’s economic contribution to Greenville...
Continue ReadingTread softly, and carry a cool drink
No, majoring in English at Furman didn’t directly prepare Ryan Roberts ’12 to become an inventor and entrepreneur. It did, however, prepare him to be ready when the idea came. “The skillset that a liberal...
Continue ReadingNew Office for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to offer summer boot camp
Anthony Herrera joined Furman in the summer of 2018 as the executive director of its new Office for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and finding the first seedling to water in the university’s already-sprouting startup garden was as...
Continue ReadingFurman trio wins ‘Best Article of the Year’ award
An article co-authored by Furman First Gentleman Charles Davis, Department of Art Chair Ross McClain and Furman Innovation and Entrepreneurship Executive Director Anthony Herrera has been named the winner of Institute of Management Accountants’ Lybrand...
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