Resources

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Richland Library

Richland Library’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence program provides support, mentoring and education for entrepreneurs and start-ups through office hours and public programs.

i3

UofSC i3

IdeaLabs

UofSC Office of Economic Engagement

Local Entrepreneur Acceleration Program (LEAP)

South Carolina Community Loan Fund

MTC Enterprise Campus Business Accelerator

Midlands Technical College

This flexible, multi-bay building is designed to accommodate several emerging businesses as each ramps
up for the next phase of production and delivery of its services and/or products.

Open Source 101

All Things Open

Open Source 101 is a one-day educational conference covering the processes and tools foundational to open source, open tech, and the open web.

SC Launch

SCRA

Small Business Development Center

South Carolina Small Business Development Center

The South Carolina Small Business Development Center is a critical gateway resource for beginning entrepreneurs, offering one-on-one consulting, training programs and access to a wide variety of resources

SOCO

SOCO

SOCO offers coworking space and private offices for creators, independent workers and entrepreneurs, along with events and programming that inspire community. SOCO has locations in the Vista and the BullStreet development.

UofSC Technology Commercialization Office

University of South Carolina

UofSC's Technology Commercialization Office helps inventors and industry representatives navigate the process commercializing their research out of the university. They guide inventors through protect their inventions, assist industry representatives in determining the most efficient ways to team up with UofSC researchers and use UofSC innovations, and provide entrepreneurs with resources on licensing UofSC technologies and pursuing SBIR/STTR funding.