Entrepreneurship

Imagine sitting in a restaurant where you’ve never eaten, looking at a menu you’ve never seen and perusing a wine list that has words you’ve never read, let alone said out loud. It’s intimidating, it’s nerve-wracking and, for so many people, it’s something best avoided. Conor Dowler ’24 saw that...Read more

In a fast-moving, unpredictable world, Furman University’s students need to be nimble, flexible and resilient – all skills the university’s new entrepreneur in residence has in spades. Shane Grivich is co-founder and chief strategy officer at ChartSpan. Founded in 2013 in Greenville, South Carolina, ChartSpan has grown to be...Read more

Furman University’s Garrett Stern spells out the mission and offerings of The Center for Innovative Leadership (CIL) in “Entrepreneur Minute,” a program of Who’s on the Move in Greenville, SC from UpstateBizSC. Stern, executive director of the CIL, says its mission is to “develop human-centered problem solvers...Read more

Sixty seconds. That’s all the time eight rising sophomores and juniors from the private Mount Vernon School in Atlanta had to pitch their innovative business startups.  They were the inaugural class of the Innovation Academy, a new program by Furman University’s Hill Institute for Innovation and...Read more

FOX Carolina sent a news crew to Advantage GVL, which took place May 8 at the Greenville ONE Center downtown. “Cobots – A New Era of Automation” drew 131 attendees for the biannual thought leadership forum hosted by The Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the...Read more