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Ignite Conference Energizes Crowd

From the Free Times

Columbia, SC - November 23, 2011 - When guests walked into the Ignite Columbia conference Nov. 16, they were encouraged to select sticker tags that best described their creative aura, stickers with words like achiever, futuristic, ideation and maximizer. These words are perhaps the simplest way...

EngenuitySC: RT @EmilyBBrady: Great @impactcolumbia board mtg to kick off 2012 and year of action! Stay tuned for news @ annual mtg in Feb!

News

Mon, 2012/01/23

Deparment of Energy Seeks Comments on Plans to Fund First SMR's

The U.S. Department of Energy has called for comments from the private industry on plans to fund the first demonstration models of small modular nuclear reactors, which could revolutionize the nuclear power industry and the way electric power is generated.

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Blog

Wed, 2012/02/01

The Innovative Side of Columbia

By Greg Hilton, Senior Project Manager, EngenuitySC Some recent reports by our friends at the Kauffman Foundation have put South Carolina at close to the bottom in terms of entrepreneurial activity.  Their recent 2010 Index of Entrepreneurial Activity shows South Carolina with an index of .23% which means for every thousand people, we had 2.3 individuals start... // Read More