Intercollegiate Alliance Entrepreneurial Experience Conference

The Intercampus Alliance for Entrepreneurship at the University of South Carolina was established by the USC McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism and Free Enterprise from a Relentless Challenge grant awarded by the South Carolina Department of Commerce. Alliance members collaborate to increase entrepreneurship resources and opportunities for students systemwide, while connecting to, and supporting, the South Carolina and local entrepreneurial ecosystems. Although the grant period has ended, the work continues because of the enthusiasm shown by all USC system campuses and Palmetto College.

Schedule and Event Information

Thursday, April 11th - Island Tour, Speakers and Dinner

Dress attire: casual
Tour time starts at 2:30pm - 3:00pm from USCB Hilton Head Island Campus (One Sand Shark Drive, HHI 29926)

We will provide a small tour bus to travel throughout the island as we visit our guest speakers. Please park at the HHI Campus and we will return after dinner

The dinner will conclude by 7:30pm, and should return to the HHI campus by 8:00pm.

Friday, April 12th - Itinerary

• 8:30am - 9:00am: Continental Breakfast
• 9:00am - 9:25am: Campus Tour
• 9:25am - 9:45am: CLHE's Entrepreneurial Partnerships with Community Stakeholders
• 9:45am - 10:00am: Review the Vision, Mission, and Main Objectives of the Alliance
• 10:00am - 10:30am: Structure of the Alliance
  • Membership, Time Commitment, Cost Structure, ROI, Communications, Working Systems and Procceses, Meetings.
• 10:30am - 10:45am: Brief announcements and requests of the group
• 10:45am - 11:15am: Review a comprehensive list of potential collaborations and organize them into themes and priorities
  • Note: Attendees would be asked to submit these in advance of the meeting.
• 11:15am - 11:30am: Break
• 11:30am - 12:00pm: Discuss possible collaborations and choose which ones to actively work on
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm: Assign collaboration points of contact and develop very high-level plans with SMART objectives, metrics, and clearly defined, positive ROI for all stakeholders.

End time approximately 1:00pm.

Cost

USC Beaufort and the McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism and Free Enterprise are funding this IAEE meeting so that there will be no fee to attendees (Thursday and Friday meals are included). Attendees are responsible for their own travel costs. There may be a cost associated with future IAEE meeting registrations.

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Tour Vendors/Locations

• Family Friendly:  Harpham Family / Jarvis Creek General Store (North End)

• Sustainability/Ecology/Restaurant: Andrew Carmine - farmers oysters / Hudson's Seafood Restaurant

• Cultural Heritage Gullah Tradition and Retail: Lola Campbell - Binya (North End)

• Online/Pop-up Retail: Lissy Rawl - Little Fish Boutique (North End)

Dinner to begin 5:30pm (2 hour time limit) - The Crazy Crab (North End). $45 price fixed menu TBD.

Post Dinner, return to HHI Campus.

Hotel Recommendations

USCB’s Hilton Head Island Campus is located on the South End of HHI near Coligny Plaza – if you have any questions about where to stay, please contact Sarah Beachkofsky. We would suggest not staying in Bluffton due to the traffic congestion in the morning coming onto the island.

Hotels Tonight has a great app and website that you can check, as well as all the search engines such as Priceline, Expedia, etc.

We would be glad to advise you, but also know many of you are members with points or have a preference as to where you like to stay.

Below are a couple of recommendations for hotels to stay at:

• The Beach House - 4 minutes (1.6 miles away from USCB's Hilton Head campus)

• Courtyard by Marriott - 3 minutes (1 mile away from USCB's Hilton Head campus)

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