Upstate Entrepreneur Forum
I finally made it to the UEF forum last night. There were about 15 or so folk there and our guest speaker was Elizabeth Garrison. She talked about her new company - Ever Green Recycling - and the challenges that she has faced in launching the business while still working full time at another job! Sounds like a true entrepreneur, I mean, ecopreneur to me! You could tell she has the passion for her business and a desire to make a difference with what she does. She’s picked a great niche too! Recycling is huge and will only grow bigger in the next couple of years.
I really enjoyed meeting quite a few new folk and exchanging business cards (aka networking). It was nice to be among people passionate about entrepreneurship and bringing it to the Upstate. I’m planning on being a regular to these monthly meetings in the future and after hearing what is coming down the pipe for the forum this should be an exciting year!
Tomorrow night is the GSATC Tech After Five event. It will be my first tech networking event with the GSATC and I’m excited about the possibilities to network with new people there as well. I’ll post some thoughts on that event on Thursday hopefully.
Well, lunch is done (Yay for turkey and honey wheat bread!) and I need to find a great Sr. Systems Administrator. Why is that when I find a great person, they’re not willing to relocate to this area? Such is life I guess. Makes it more challenging and fun (I hope).
