Events Calendar

The next Power Up Dialogues features two professionals with experience training young entrepreneurs – specifically, business minded students. Sarah Butler, Launch Program Manager at Wofford College, has over a decade of higher education experience; and Brian Brady, Director for the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at USC Upstate, has been in and around the entrepreneurship, accelerator, and incubator industry for nearly 15 years. This Dialogue will focus on what skills and information is being taught to student entrepreneurs before they launch their business ideas, why, and how the small business community in Spartanburg can connect with these leaders.

Wofford’s Launch Program is a community dedicated to bringing innovative ideas to life and is focused on providing entrepreneurial training to students. Their CONCEPT —STRATEGY —GROWTH framework provides targeted support for the demands that a venture will experience, ultimately leading to success.

Sarah Butler, Launch Program Manager, Wofford College

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) at USC Upstate’s George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics (JCBE) provides aspiring student entrepreneurs across all academic disciplines with opportunities, tools and resources needed to conceptualize and launch their small businesses. CEI also serves as an innovation hub for the Upstate’s entrepreneurial ecosystem by fostering collaboration and providing access to education, faculty research and expertise, and community engagement. 

Brian Brady, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, USC Upstate

Power Up Dialogues aims to connect small business owners or soon-to-be owners to local experts, success stories, and networking.

Join the Middle Tyger Area Council in Duncan for June’s monthly meeting and to hear from a representative from PAL: Play. Advocate. Live Well. PAL celebrates 20 years of advancing active living, promoting healthy eating, and fostering health equity in Spartanburg!

On June 7,  hear about how PAL helps to maintain the beauty and use of our blueways and trailways, and how you can support their mission.

Join Ten at the Top at 3 pm on the second Thursday of each month for a virtual TATT CHAT. Each session will include a special quest speaker as well as Upstate resource updates. Please be advised that by participating in Ten at the Top events, you are authorizing Ten at the Top to include your likeness in publicity, marketing, websites, and other electronic forms of media and promotion.

Join Ten at the Top and the Urban League of the Upstate for an informal networking event to be held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. on Friday, June 9 in the Park 37 Community Room at 200 Executive Center Dr., Greenville.

The Topic for this session will be: Finding Purpose Through the South Carolina Guard 2nd Battalion.

Topic Leaders for the session will include: Lieutenant Colonel Jason Ross, 2nd Lieutenant Zhe Little, and 2nd Lieutenant Jessica Varney.

Upstate Connect is a free event, but registration is required as we will be limiting the number of participants to 30 people to allow for group conversation.