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Darla Moore School of Business

2025 Speaker and Opportunity Events

Speaker Series

The Faber Entrepreneurship Center is hosting a speaker series of successful entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders from the midlands. 

Details

The speaker series is hosted as a live event on the Moore School Rooftop Pavilion (Room 511) on Wednesday evenings at 5:30 p.m.
Register to attend.

  • August 27: Sam Herskovitz, Executive Director, Boyd Innovation Center  
  • October 1: Laura Boccanfuso, founder of Van Robotics
  • October 8:  Speaker TBA
  • November 19: Global Entrepreneurship Week Speaker TBA

Carolina Ventures

We are working with local businesswoman Lasenta Lewis-Ellis to organize a NEW program which we believe to be a first-of-its kind effort. The program aims to help students with side hustle businesses grow and legitimize their efforts.  The goal is to make these businesses sale-worthy at the end of the three-year program.

Details

  • Interest Meeting: Sept. 4 |  4-6 p.m. | Moore School room 487 
  • Application Deadline: Sept. 14 
  • Cohort Kick Off Meeting for Selected Participants: Sept. 29 | 4-6 p.m. | Moore School room 510 

Other Events


Gridlock: A Grid Resilience Hackathon

Oct. 23-24 | 5 p.m. | Boyd Innovation Center
Co-sponsored by the South Carolina Research Authority

The Faber Entrepreneurship Center is piloting a new student and community engagement event. Modeled after “hackathons” in the start-up world, this 24-hour workshop will present business challenges in the energy sector to students and give them a day to solve them!

Opportunity Workshop 

“How To Build a (Scary Good) Brand”
Oct. 31 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | Sonoco Pavilion, Moore School


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