small business
Empowering Small Business Owners to Streamline Operations
In the competitive landscape of today’s business world, small businesses face unique challenges in terms of optimizing their operations, managing resources efficiently, and staying ahead of the competition. While enterprise application software (EAS) is often associated with large corporations, it holds immense potential for small business owners as well. By leveraging EAS, these entrepreneurs can…
Growing Your Brand & Business Through Exceptional Storytelling
To everyone who attended the i4Series event, Growing Your Brand & Business Through Exceptional Storytelling, thank you for such vibrant attention. A speech is like a book, it must overdeliver on time invested. You all came with open hearts and minds and the best of questions and challenges. I am dearly grateful. Now, to the…
Dominion Energy Contributes $200,000 to South Carolina Innovation
Summerville, S.C. – Dominion Energy, a leading energy provider, has contributed $200,000 to South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA’s) Industry Partnership Fund (IPF). The IPF funds SCRA’s programs, including grants to eligible SCRA Member Companies and to academic research projects that are producing industry solutions. Recent grants include the funding of over $3.3 million to selected colleges and universities for…
Innovative SC Companies Receive $300,000 in Grants
Summerville, S.C. – Seven innovative SC companies receive nearly $300,000 in grants from the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA). The types of grants, companies and award amounts are as follows: ACADEMIC START-UP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (ASAP) GRANTS These grants are available to early-stage for-profit companies sponsored by academic institutions. The grants assist the companies in achieving one…
SiMT’s Mark Roth Tapped to Lead SC Business Incubator Association
Mark Roth is named Board Chair of the SC Business Incubator Association (SCBIA). SCBIA is an initiative of the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) to serve South Carolina’s innovation economy, by bringing together leadership from business incubators and accelerators from across the state. Roth says, “One of the keys to the success of this association…
Hoowaki® Develops Innovative COVID-19 Swab to Expand Testing
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Hoowaki, LLC has developed an innovative one-piece injection molded design for a COVID-19 swab to help close the gap in U.S. and global COVID-19 testing supplies. The 12-year old micro surface engineering and product solutions company has adapted its proprietary HOOWAKI MICROGRIP® surface technology to create micro-pillars used in the Hoowaki® NP…