We recruit, nurture, and deploy new technology-driven regular and student companies in a collaborative effort with Midlands Technical College. It's an effort backed by a number of area governmental and private sponsors, as well as faculty, staff and students. Why? Because incubator businesses are at the forefront of developing new innovative technologies. And they create products and services that improve the quality of our lives.

According to a recent study conducted by the National Policy Research Council, South Carolina is one of the country's top ten "Hot States for Entrepreneurs." We like to think our resources -- professional mentoring, affordable facilities, access to seed capital, service provider networks, and computer networking-are a few reasons why. Since our beginning (in November 1998), we have provided Midlands’ entrepreneurs an avenue for commercializing their ideas and producing successful, financially-viable freestanding businesses that have created hundreds of additional jobs in the local community. These entrepreneurs come from different backgrounds. Some are experienced businessmen, researchers or inventors; others are students from the University of South Carolina (USC) or Midlands Technical College (MTC) who thrive to develop the local economy. Finally, our International Business Center welcomes companies from all over the world who come to Columbia, SC to profit from the resources offered by USC or MTC.

I invite you to contact us and see what the USC Columbia Technology Incubator can do for you.

Joel Stevenson, Director