Ignite! Conference

November 30, 2010

photo by Jonathan Sharpe

Two weeks ago Utopia Invitations attended Ignite!, an inspiring business conference where local business owners shared their success stories.

It coincided with Global Entrepreneurship Week, an international movement where entrepreneurs gather to generate new ideas. It’s a week where innovation, imagination and creativity meet and the Ignite! Conference generated all three of these for us.

photo by Jonathan Sharpe

Just check out the speaker lineup —

* Alexander Abrashkin, Founder & CEO, iTekka
* Judy Davis, Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
* Steve Hall, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duck Creek Technologies
* Kelly Truesdale, Chief Operating Officer, SysEDA
* Larry Hembree (see picture below, oh yes he did.), Executive Director, Nickelodeon Theatre

photo by Jonathan Sharpe

* Doreen Sullivan, President & Creator, Post No Bills
* Jim Stritzinger, Vice President of Sales, Immedion
* Ray Tanner, Head Baseball Coach, USC
* The Williams Sisters, (Tiffanie, Twana, and Victoria), Co-Founders, DriveSafe and Founders, Smart Teens Drive Safe Foundation, New Recording Artist G-Wiz

It’s encouraging to hear that Columbia has something good going on; small town locals and more recent residents alike have been doing innovative things in business because of an idea that they ran with.

Is there a business idea that’s been in the back of your mind? Without trying to sound too much like a fortune cookie, it might be time to make your idea a reality.

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