tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10836315.post2739027529546718516..comments2023-09-21T06:41:02.986-04:00Comments on Swamp Fox Insights: The Encyclopedia of Emerging IndustriesRileyWarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10404943850095368615noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10836315.post-27454442319283793922007-08-06T07:17:00.000-04:002007-08-06T07:17:00.000-04:00A few comments on Innoventure. I really enjoyed at...A few comments on Innoventure. I really enjoyed attending and networking at the seminars and conferences I attended this year. The Creativity Day at Clemson was great and was probably the best networking event of anything I attended this year because they forced you to interact in, well creative ways and I thought of new ways to do my business. I also got a lot out of the seminar on Trademarking, etc. with the panel of lawyers.<BR/><BR/>The thing at Furman was interesting but it wasn't that applicable to me and the last thing they had with the guys talking about some kind of idea sharing software seemed more like a sales pitch. That should have been an expo of similiar technologies and procedures.<BR/><BR/>I've talked to some other small business people and they have shared in conversations that things like Innoventure and SCLaunch are not for them but rather targeted to the larger manufacturing companies that already have the "big money."<BR/><BR/>My business has the appearance of being not being innovative because we are in saturated market but we are trying our best to be unique and do things our competition or pereceived competition is not doing.<BR/><BR/>Web development is a big chunk of our offerings but it's not all that we do and we don't brand ourselves as a primary web development company.<BR/><BR/>My biggest frustration so far has been trying to develop the "secret ideas" I have not made public yet. <BR/><BR/>I really want to see the South Carolina and in particular the update make a better effort at targeting innovative entrepreneurs but who don't have the resources for dealing with legal fees assoicated with protecting these ideas or investing in the equipment or extra staff to work on things in the their "labs".<BR/><BR/>In conversations with other business people like myself we are a bit bothered that South Carolina is not as attractive or friendly to developing innovative and often technical ideas like Silicon Valley and other places. We really need to keep our eyes out for people like the two college kids who started Google or two guys named Steve who started a little computer company in their garage in the 70's.<BR/><BR/>I'm thankful my business is growing . We have started hiring our first employees this years, working in a spot downtown now and things are twice as better this year than last year and I'm slowly integrating some of my unique ideas as resources allow but with an improved culture that supports smaller companies I'm sure we could go to the next level a lot faster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com