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i4Series Event Leads to Partnership for Young Entrepreneurs
https://i4series.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Connection-Promo.mp4 Before becoming panelists for the i4Series “Freshman to Founder” event on July 25, Logan LaMance and Adam True were complete strangers, unfamiliar with each other’s businesses. They only shared the similar experience of being young entrepreneurs who started successful businesses while in school, but one phone call changed it all. Logan and Adam…
PR Tips: Getting Local News Coverage for Your Business
https://i4series.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Tim-Waller-Slideshow.mp4 Almost all organizations and businesses like to be featured in the local news and for good reason. However, many press release emails are deleted without being read. That’s money left on the table, opportunities lost. To give you a better shot at garnering local news coverage for your business, i4Series presents 8@8: “PR…
ZYLÖ Therapeutics Receives SC Launch Investment
Summerville, S.C. – Innovation News: SCRA announces a $200,000 SC Launch, Inc. investment in Zylö Therapeutics. The life sciences company, located in Greenville, was accepted into SCRA’s entrepreneurial program, SC Launch, in June 2018. The SC Launch, Inc. investment was part of the company’s Series A raise that also includes an investment from the lead investor, VentureSouth, an early-stage…
SCRA Announces Five New Client Companies
May 8, 2019, Summerville, S.C. – SCRA announced the recent acceptance of five Client Companies into its entrepreneurial program, SC Launch. Client Companies receive mentoring and support services and may also be eligible for funding. Coastal Companies COI-Verify has created a patented, cloud-based insurance verification software to ensure coverage and compliance of subcontractors, vendors, service…
The Untold Kanga Story: Where it All Began
SHARK TANK - "1018" - First into the Tank is an entrepreneur from North Bergen, New Jersey, who introduces a traditional hand-held food snack from his Argentinian culture. Entrepreneurs from Nashville, Tennessee, pitch their smart security product to help keep intruders out of the home. A trio of entrepreneurs from Clemson, South Carolina, present their…
Move Up: Quick Guide for Great Places to Work and Live
The Upstate SC Alliance has launched the “Move Up” campaign to showcase towns in a 10-county region as great places to work and live. The announcement was made at the 2019 Annual Meeting, with nearly 500 business leaders in attendance. More than 10,000 employers posted more than 200,000 unique jobs in the Upstate within…
Digital Maven: Lessons learned from big corporations’ data breaches
By Laura Haight, March 28, 2019 – Failure is the best determinant of future success. There are a lot of more inspiring quotes on the subject than this, but the point is the same. To help us all learn from others’ mistakes, periodically I like to take a current event and dig into what we can learn from…
SCRA AND SC LAUNCH CELEBRATE $1 BILLION IN FOLLOW-ON FUNDING FOR SC-BASED COMPANIES
Summerville, S.C.– SCRA, a public, non-profit corporation that fuels South Carolina’s innovation economy, celebrated a milestone of $1 billion of follow-on capital secured by Client Companies in the SC Launch Program. SC Launch, SCRA’s entrepreneurial program, provides mentoring, grants and access to SC Launch, Inc. investments for qualified, South Carolina-based, early-stage companies. Access to follow-on capital is…