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Boyd Innovation Center seeks to expand founder pipeline, reports 1,500 unique attendees and $500,000 raised by members
Summary
Lanford Holloway, Boyd Innovation Center board president, and Sam Herskovitz, newly named executive director, presented the center's programs and metrics, described expansion plans for founder recruitment beyond college students, and asked for private-sector engagement.
Lanford Holloway, president of the Boyd Innovation Center board, with Sam Herskovitz (the center's new executive director), told the City of Columbia economic development committee that the center supports entrepreneurs through mentorship, subsidized office space and educational programming and reported 150 events, 1,500 unique participants and about $500,000 in private investment raised by member companies over the past year.
Holloway said the center measures success by…
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