McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism and Free Enterprise

2020 News Archive

Alumni Spotlight: How a successful software company got its start in the Office of Student Conduct

The Office of Student Conduct -- it's a place that many college students feel uneasy about. But for CEC graduate Aaron Hark, that office became the inspiration for him to launch Maxient, dedicated to simplifying critical operating tasks.

UofSC's McNair Institute is cultivating student innovators

Yaw Addei-Boadu sees chances to innovate, well, everywhere — from event rentals to biogas stoves to fashionable emergency alert devices. Now he's one of a growing number of University of South Carolina students and alumni entrepreneurs who are shaking up the startup scene.

UofSC Students Receive Seed Funding to Test Ideas Addressing the COVID-19 Crisis

The McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism and Free Enterprise at the University of South Carolina, in partnership with the Faber Entrepreneurship Center at the Darla Moore School of Business and South Carolina Research Authority, and with support from The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, jointly announced today nine student winners of the UofSC COVID-19 Ideas Challenge, combined which are receiving $9,000 to kickstart their project development.

Chemical engineering student wins $6000 for entrepreneurship venture

Chemical engineering junior Alexis Lewis took home the top prize in The Proving Ground SCRA/Fluor Fan Favorite Track competition, hosted by the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business. The Proving Ground gave UofSC students and alumni with entrepreneurial aspirations a chance to share their business ideas in a Shark Tank-like competition.

UofSC leads statewide pilot for virtual support of entrepreneurs

The McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism and Free Enterprise at the University of South Carolina is piloting a digital tool, StartupWind, to assist students and alumni with new venture development, including connecting them with advisors and resources to propel successful launches.

McNair Institute announces COVID-19 solution challenge

UofSC is hosting a student ideas competition to empower YOU to develop innovative solutions – and take action – on the COVID-19 crisis.

Proving Ground win helps MBA/JD candidate, his brothers launch military apparel company

Franklin McGuire is balancing the Moore School’s MBA and UofSC law degree programs and a career as a U.S. Army officer with launching his and his brothers’ new company, CIVVIESUPPLY. CIVVIESUPPLY is a patriotic and military-centered apparel company which in 2019 won the Moore School’s The Proving Ground entrepreneurial competition.

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