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SC entrepreneurial insights from John Warner

John Warner, founder of Innoventure and self-described "serial entrepreneur," joined Mike Switzer, host of public radio program "South Carolina Business Review." Warner spoke about the latest infusion of endowment funds for Furman University's Hill Institute...

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First Furman GVL Starts program complete

Furman University's Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship wrapped its inaugural GVL Starts, an an eight-week program where participants learn the ropes to launching a business venture. It culminated in a "Shark Tank"-style competition on Oct....

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City of Greenville launches new economic and entrepreneurship development initiative

The City of Greenville's launch of its national economic development initiative on Sept. 2 garnered a flurry of attention from the media. The initiative, "From Here You Can Change the World," aims to encourage entrepreneurs...

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Furman I&E joins City, NEXT in downtown space

In a press conference Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, Furman University President Elizabeth Davis announced that the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) will join the city of Greenville’s economic development team in locating offices in...

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Furman Innovation, Entrepreneurship gains global recognition

Furman University’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has been named an Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center by the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers, a group of more than 250 universities. Other recipients of the award were...

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Furman fuels innovation, champions first-ever statewide pitch competition

The shuttering of businesses throughout the state due to COVID-19 may give budding student entrepreneurs reason to put their ideas on the back burner. But Furman University Innovation and Entrepreneurship wants to make sure that...

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Inventor, professor, mentor Fran Ligler ’72 honored by National Academy of Engineering

When the National Academy of Engineering met Oct. 4 for its annual meeting, awards were presented to two individuals for their extraordinary impact on the engineering profession. One of the recipients was Furman University alumna...

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Furman to offer Customer-Centric Innovation training to the Upstate

Innovation moves at the speed of ideas, and increasingly, ideas in the business world are driven by customers – what they want and need, even if they don’t know it yet. To meet customer demands,...

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