Management

Work is tough these days. Fewer people. Longer hours. There’s increased pressure to get your job – and probably what used to be somebody else’s – done.

Learning about exciting early stage SC technologies is why the annual InnoVision Technology Awards is a “must attend.”

When Gov. Nikki Haley signed House Bill 3505, the “High Growth Small Business Access to Capital Act,” she set in motion a tectonic shift in the marketplace for early-stage capital for entrepreneurs in the Palmetto State.

An intriguing source of growth is investing in or partnering with entrepreneurs who are commercializing new technologies aligned with the corporations’ priorities.

At ScanSource Inc., an international value-added distributor of specialty technology products, we have been steadily working to contain health care costs – much like most other companies, large and small.

We’ve all heard the arguments: Earning a degree no longer guarantees increased income opportunities in the future; business school grads are taught outdated modes of thinking rather than how to be entrepreneurial; the rising cost of tuition saddles the student with overwhelming debt.

InnoVision Forums address a variety of issues impacting the future of technology, business, and the economy.

The Upstate Carolina Angel Network (UCAN) is observing its fifth birthday, as it embarks on its sixth year of investing in early-stage companies.

Sustainable networks of connections created around big ideas presented at the conference persist and grow online.

As with other forms of philanthropy, disaster giving should be a thoughtful process.