On Friday, June 7, the Crescent One Innovation District came alive with rhythm, flavor, and community connection as the South Carolina African American Tourism Council hosted its vibrant Reggae Block Party at Flywheel Coworking. With the sun shining and a breeze in the air, the event brought together families, entrepreneurs, neighbors, and visitors from across Greenville to celebrate culture, creativity, and collaboration.
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Flywheel Greenville was proud to serve as the venue of choice for this unforgettable evening. Both the coworking space and the adjacent Pavilion...
On Tuesday, a new group of entrepreneurs completed the Spring 2025 Retail Lab Boot Camp. This six-week program equips aspiring and early-stage business owners with practical tools and insights for launching and growing a retail venture. The program concludes with participants pitching their business ideas for a chance to receive grant funding.
The curriculum covers essential topics such as business strategy, branding, marketing, e-commerce, point-of-sale, and inventory management. Participants gain hands-on experience and mentorship from local entrepreneurs and industry professionals, fostering...
On Friday, February 23rd, we welcomed 44 participants into the space for a weekend full of innovation and collaboration. Along with the team at Vision to Venture, we saw six teams take on the challenge of pushing their startup ideas through the launch stage in preparation for Sunday night’s pitch ceremony. The groups worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from ride-share services to dating apps to home-building tools.
Guided by Techstars facilitator, Ilene Marcus, along with 13 mentors from our professional ecosystem, three of the six teams received recognition at the end of the weekend...
Flywheel is pleased to announce the launch of the Flywheel Mentor Deck program today as a resource to all Flywheel members across our location network as well as qualified entrepreneurs in the ecosystems we support. The program is administered by the Flywheel Foundation which will curate mentor and mentee applications. A link to the program landing page is now on the main navigation of all location websites.
The Mentor Deck is an easy-to-use registry of approved mentors in Flywheel’s extended network, sortable by skillset and industry, and with integrated bookings with built-in calendar integration....
2023 was an exciting year for the Flywheel Foundation which stimulated a pipeline flow of early-stage teams and companies numbering over 300 and supported the creation, launch, and nurturing of more than 100 companies. Our overall audience reach, membership and services have grown dramatically as we refine our service offerings and expand our geographic reach.
In 2023 four cities and counties reached out to Flywheel for assistance in developing coworking innovation centers to support entrepreneurship and organic economic development. In response to this demand, the Foundation has formalized...
New Ventures Tech Accelerator – Open for Application Year Round
New Ventures is a services-based accelerator and incubation program. We offer early-stage founders up to $50,000 in free software development, legal, marketing, business development, and accounting services.
In addition, companies accepted into the program get free workspace at locations until they achieve investable market traction, and they are assigned a Venture Mentoring Services team of 3-5 mentors.
The Flywheel Foundation provides business modeling and financial consultation. Legal services are provided by Flywheel member...
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