McNair Entrepreneurship Showcase 2020

Let's ignite entrepreneurship at UofSC.
 
Please be our guest for the Fourth Annual McNair Entrepreneurship Virtual Showcase Friday, November 20, 2020, featuring two dynamic keynote speakers Mr. Ashley Bell, former White House Entrepreneurship Policy Advisor and Small Business Administration Regional Director and Mrs. Lou Kennedy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

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The Showcase is an afternoon of events designed to inspire, invigorate and inform students, business leaders and alumni about entrepreneurship and innovation in South Carolina. Student- and alumni-driven startups, along with resource providers for small businesses, will be featured in a virtual trade show. 

The Showcase offers a compelling afternoon of guest speakers:
D. Cal McNair, Chairman and CEO, Houston Texans and Trustee, The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation
The Honorable Pamela Evette, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
Laura Corder, Managing Director, South Carolina Department of Commerce Office of Innovation
Yaw Addei-Boadu, Chair, McNair Institute Student Advisory Council
 
The McNair Institute is a proud affiliate of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, through which the Showcase is an official event of Global Entrepreneurship Week. This November 16 - 22, GEW 2020 will rally almost every nation in the world to empower their entrepreneurs and encourage their citizens to become starters – finding new and better ways of doing things. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its unprecedented impact, GEW 2020 is a call to action for all societies to be resilient and come together in leveraging the power of new ideas and innovation for the benefit of all.

Registration for the McNair Entrepreneurship Showcase 2020 is free and open to the public for live and post-event viewing. 

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Questions? Please contact Kristina Hooks (khooks@email.sc.edu or 803.777.1717).

Interested in sponsoring this event? Please contact Katherine Swartz Hilton (kmswartz@mailbox.sc.edu or 803.777.1717).