{"id":39884,"date":"2025-10-21T14:28:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/?p=39884"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:28:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:28:23","slug":"furman-creates-entrepreneur-in-residence-to-offer-business-expertise-to-students-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-creates-entrepreneur-in-residence-to-offer-business-expertise-to-students-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman creates Entrepreneur in Residence to offer business expertise to students, campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a fast-moving, unpredictable world, Furman University\u2019s students need to be nimble, flexible and resilient \u2013 all skills the university\u2019s new entrepreneur in residence has in spades.<\/p>\n

Shane Grivich is co-founder and chief strategy officer at ChartSpan<\/a>. Founded in 2013 in Greenville, South Carolina, ChartSpan has grown to be among the largest chronic care management organizations in the country. It connects more than 175 health care practices with their Medicare patients.<\/p>\n

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As Furman University\u2019s entrepreneur in residence, Shane Grivich gets to share his success stories and struggles co-founding his own company with students, faculty and staff to help spur innovative and entrepreneurial thinking. Photo by Owen Withycombe, Furman University.<\/p><\/div>\n

Now, he\u2019s brought that business acumen to Furman. As the university\u2019s entrepreneur in residence, Grivich serves as a mentor and colleague to students, faculty and staff. People will have access not only to his advice and guidance, but the extensive network of business relations he\u2019s built throughout the Southeast and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a product of my mentors and the many colleagues I\u2019ve had in this community,\u201d Grivich said. \u201cNow I get to work with the brilliant people at Furman and the Hill Institute<\/a> to try and make my successes into teachable lessons I can share with up-and-coming entrepreneurs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furman had an entrepreneur in residence in 2019, said Bryan Davis, executive director of the Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. During the pandemic, the position went unfilled, and has remained vacant. Since then, student interest has driven investment and expansion of entrepreneurship programs at Furman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now have students who are CEOs raising money for their companies before they even graduate,\u201d Davis said. \u201cThat wasn\u2019t happening six years ago. We have a great entrepreneurship center up and running, but how do we continue to level up? Like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A product of his own mentors and colleagues, Shane Grivich said he hopes his experiences as an entrepreneur will help Furman University\u2019s innovators think differently about their own work. Photo by Owen Withycombe, Furman University.<\/p><\/div>\n

Furman was again acknowledged this year as one of the most innovative universities<\/a> in the country by U.S. News and World Report\u2019s Best Colleges rankings, coming in at 11th<\/sup> most innovative. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Beth Pontari said the way Furman crests the Top 10 is by supporting students, faculty and staff to think in new ways about the work they do.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you think of the skills of an entrepreneur \u2013 synthesizing information quickly, effective communication, confidence and resilience \u2013 to me they\u2019re very similar to the approaches we take in the liberal arts,\u201d she said. \u201cWhether they\u2019re going to be a doctor, teacher or lawyer, the founder mindset is one that will serve them well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grivich will be a judge at this year\u2019s GVL Starts Venture Showcase<\/a> on Thursday, an event where the GVL Starts program\u2019s cohort pitch their startup businesses for three $5,000 grants. He\u2019s already begun connecting with students, faculty and staff at Furman, and Davis said to stay tuned to updates from the Hill Institute for more ways to interact with him, including community events, drop-ins and other meet-ups.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been utterly floored by the support and energy around this role, and I\u2019m excited for what we think it can do for the university and community,\u201d Grivich said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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