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AI-based tool created by Tate ’24 and co-founder gets infusion of cash

dotflo, an AI tool to help businesses ferret out new customers, wins round of pre-seed funding. The company was founded this year by Furman's Spencer Tate '24 and Nemath Ahmed, a Georgia Tech grad student.

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Experts hash out what entrepreneurial success means for Greenville

A panel that included Furman's own Bryan Davis of The Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship discussed how to measure Greenville's entrepreneurial climate.

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Brooke Dominiak ’23 wins first SoCon Entrepreneurship Challenge

Brooke Dominiak ’23 pitched her way to a win in the inaugural Southern Conference Entrepreneurship Challenge, becoming the event’s first ever for-profit champion on Saturday, Feb. 26. The competition involved teams from all 10 SoCon...

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Furman launches Angel Analyst Fellowship program with VentureSouth

When he was a young boy, Oscar Guillen ’22 and his mother emigrated to the United States from Honduras in search of economic opportunities. Now, the Furman University Asian studies major wants to help young...

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Robert and Margaret Hill endow Furman’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Alumni and longtime Furman University benefactors Robert and Margaret Hill, both from the class of 1983, have endowed the Furman Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Now known as the Robert and Margaret Hill Institute for...

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Life sciences sector poised for growth, success in Upstate

The state of South Carolina continues to gear up for an influx of business across multiple sectors - and not just the usual suspects like automotive, manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, and aerospace. In the last decade,...

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Furman, Greenville Drive, city partner for entrepreneur night

As the City of Greenville launches its national economic development initiative on Sept. 2, Furman University 's Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the city and the Greenville Drive, will host a celebration...

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Furman names Herrera chief innovation officer

Furman University has taken another step to deeply engage its students and the greater Greenville community in innovation and entrepreneurship by naming Anthony Herrera the university’s first chief innovation officer, effective July 1. In his...

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Furman I&E joins City, NEXT in downtown space

In a press conference Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, Furman University President Elizabeth Davis announced that the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) will join the city of Greenville’s economic development team in locating offices in...

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Furman Innovation, Entrepreneurship gains global recognition

Furman University’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has been named an Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center by the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers, a group of more than 250 universities. Other recipients of the award were...

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