support organizations...

Fast Trac Coalition
Supports the successful implementation of Fast Trac entrepreneurial programs in the Midlands of SC.  Fast Trac is a practical, hands-on business development program designed to help entrepreneurs hone the skills needed to create, manage and grow a successful business.  
FastTrac Coalition

SCRA Launch!
The mission of Innovation Centers is to leverage the resources of SCRA to create and attract new knowledge economy jobs providing a future of opportunity for our state.
http://www.sclaunch.org

Information Technology Council (ITC)
Promotes information technology education and awareness and provides networking opportunities within the greater Columbia, SC region.
www.columbiachamberitc.com

South Carolina Technology Alliance (SCTA)
Positions South Carolina as a strong and supportive place for technology companies.
www.sctech.org

USC Columbia Technology Incubator
Provides opportunities for USC faculty, staff, and students to commercialize their ideas.  It has helped produce many successful, financially viable and freestanding businesses as well as helped create hundreds of additional jobs in the Columbia, S.C. region.
www.incubator.research.sc.edu

USC businessLINK
Brings together five USC economic development and research resources that are important to the business and economic development communities.  The USC businessLINK resources include the Columbia Technology Incubator, Small Business Development Center, Industrial Agreements Unit, Intellectual Property Office, and the Center for Manufacturing and Technology.
www.uscbusinesslink.com

The Palmetto Institute
It's ultimate goal is to create a business, political, and educational environment that increases the wealth of everyone in South Carolina as measured by per capita income of its citizens.
www.palmettoinstitute.org

Swampfox
Leverages the infrastructures of existing chambers and economic development organizations to recruit knowledge organizations and to foster high-growth, independent companies.
http://www.swampfox.ws/

South Carolina Centers of Economic Excellence
The South Carolina Centers of Economic Excellence (CoEE) Program serves the public interest by creating incentives for the state’s research universities, in cooperation with other institutions of higher education in the state, to raise capital from non-state sources to fund endowments for specialized research professorships. The CoEE Program supports research in areas that will help South Carolina companies grow, attract new business to the state, build a technology-rich economy, and create more opportunities for South Carolinians.  
www.sccoee.org