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This is a weekly education and networking meeting for entrepreneurs in the South Carolina Midlands. This week's meeting is ONLINE (meeting password: 1MC) because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This Wednesday features a local restaurateur, Mohammed Saadedden with NoMa Bistro Mediterranean Grill by Al-Amir on Main. Nationally, the restaurant industry has already been deeply affected by […]

1 Million Cups weekly entrepreneurs' networking and education meeting. This is where new businesses present their strategies, where established businesses share their successes (and failures), and where entrepreneurs of all types of businesses and experience get to know each other. This is where you make valuable connections to help you succeed.

Come meet 4 local recently patented inventors and innovators determined to becoming successful entrepreneurs, build new companies and job opportunities right here in Columbia South Carolina! Each presenter will have 5 minutes to present and 3 for Q&A. Everyone present can vote for the winner.

Laura Boccanfuso, CEO of Van Robotics, is presenting live and in-person this Wednesday (Sep 8, 2021) at 9 am on her journey to create an artificially intelligent smart robot tutor to help students learn.

Kia Brow, owner of The Sweet Shop SC, is in the process of opening a storefront bakery in the Rosewood area. Learn from her story about how she is taking her bakery from her home to a physical storefront and how she is making the transition from a home-based business.

Learn about a business launched out of the pandemic with the intend to provide a DHEC-approved kitchen space for food entrepreneurs to prep before and after business hours.

At Nurse Adina, they provide concierge service to cancer patients and their families. Adina Maynard with Nurse Adina shares her entrepreneurial story at this 1 Million Cups meeting.

Build your business and create new relationships with people from other cultures right here in the South Carolina Midlands. It's much less expensive to do business with vendors, clients, and customers from other cultures right here in our own backyard than it is to expand to other locations geographically.

DigitWorks Media is a full-service digital marketing agency that manages all aspects of a clients’ online presence. Owner, Brett Groller, will tell us what he does to market his clients online and help them increase their profits.