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McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism and Free Enterprise

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Start on your next big idea while you’re still in school. See how McNair’s tools and mentoring can help you put your ideas in motion. Get advice from leading entrepreneurs and test yourself to solve new problems in periodic challenge events.

StartupWind Virtual Support Platform

StartupWind provides you with an easy way to build an idea concept, business model canvas and a comprehensive business plan, with virtual support and coaching from the McNair Institute’s global bench of founders, CEOs and innovators. This innovative tool is also open to alumni, faculty, staff and the community, including prospective students.

StartupWind regularly hosts competitions such as The Proving Ground and the S.C. Innovates Statewide Student Pitch Competition. 

Sign up today at the link below, or by contacting Yaw Addei-Boadu at yawa@email.sc.edu.

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Internships at Startups

Gain valuable experience working alongside company founders while contributing your own unique perspectives as an aspiring entrepreneur. Each semester, the McNair Institute hosts a matchmaking event with founders and students to connect you to quality internship experiences.

Contact our team to learn more. Call 803-777-1717 or email  mcnairinstitute@mailbox.sc.edu. 

Entrepreneurism is a way of living: passionately deciding to do something purposeful, taking full responsibility and dedicating yourself to achieve it.

— Bhanuprakash Kosaraju, former Student Advisory Council chairman and Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering

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