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Podcast: John Warner Previews Innoventure 2008

At tonight’s Tech After Five event with the GSATC, I caught John Warner and asked him what we should expect at the upcoming Innoventure conference. If you’re wondering what the value of the event will be to you, this should make it perfectly clear who benefits from Innoventure and why. There is no better event in the upstate to see what tomorrow might bring.



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Ta5 - Tech After Five is Tonight! (and you are invited)

Technology Professionals and Entrepreneurs alike are invited to our inaugural after hours event. We’re meeting at Barley’s Taproom in downtown Greenville, SC. (There should be plenty of free parking in the lot next door.) The fun starts at 5:30 PM. RSVP Online and bring a business card and the first beer will be on us. (RSVP / More info)

Update! One of tonight’s door prizes will be a ticket to Innoventure! (Thanks John!) RSVP Here!

New Carolina Presentation Slides Now Online

George Fletcher delivered a great presentation at last week’s GSA Technology Council lunch. He talked about New Carolina and their initiatives to raise the per capita income of South Carolina through the development of clusters. We’ll have the audio from Geroge’s presentation up on the site soon, but for those of you who were in attendance and would like to review the slides, we have those online now. Watch or download the slides below:

What are Tech Professionals looking for? (We asked)

Ta5 Photo by Adam GautschAt last week’s Tech After Five Event we asked people to tell us what they were looking for. We printed their (not so secret) desires on their name badge and they frequently used it as a conversation starter. The answers ranged from the practical to the sublime, but here is what Upstate South Carolina’s Tech Professionals told us they were looking for:


  • Linux people

  • A new Job

  • Networking

  • Consultant candidates and Hiring Managers

  • Balance…

  • Java developers, Linux sysadmins, IBM or Oracle DBAs

  • Contract Developers

  • Outstanding Career-Minded IT Performers

  • Business Leads

  • Innovators

  • socializing, recruiting new Java Users Group, and Linux Users Group members.

  • Businesses in need of legal advice & fellow gadget lovers

  • Great People!

  • members and sponsors

  • Networking… People not LAN

  • contacts

  • angel funding

  • What I can do for you

  • Free Beer

  • Tickets for BMW Pro-Am

  • Botox Injections

  • Anything outdoors

  • SharePoint Nirvana

  • a great domestic stout

  • Business Partners

  • Sales, Sales and More Sales

  • Warren Buffet’s Single Daughter

  • Geek talk, a good beer, and an opportunity talk about design

  • customers, business partnerships

  • LAMP Developers + a date

  • Professional Networking

  • a couple extra zeros for my bottom line

  • Business contacts

  • experienced executives for my team

  • interesting people to meet!

  • meeting other IT professionals

  • Hyperion-type applicatioin

  • Contacts, business

What are you looking for? Come tell us at the next Tech After Five.

IT Leadership Council Meets to Discuss Talent Recruitment

The IT Leadership Council will meet February 27th to discuss the issues of attracting and retaining top talent in a competitive market. The IT Leadership Council is a peer forum of senior ranking IT professionals from Upstate companies. Founded in 2004, the group is a continuing collaboration of the GSA Technology Council and the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce. To learn more or request an invitation, contact Phil Yanov at 800-688-2094 or visit http://www.gsatc.org/groups/it-leadership-council/.

via: IT Leadership Council (ITLC)

Photos: Tech After Five (Ta5)

We had a great crowd on hand for last night’s Tech After Five networking event.

Tech After Five

Lucky for us, Adam Gautsch brought his camera and took a few photos. Check out the set of 41 photos on Flickr.

Tech After Five is Tonight!

Technology Professionals and Entrepreneurs alike are invited to our inaugural after hours event. We’re meeting at Barley’s Taproom in downtown Greenville, SC. (There should be plenty of free parking in the lot next door.) The fun starts at 5:30 PM. RSVP Online and bring a business card and the first beer will be on us. (RSVP / More info)

Selah Technologies President to Present to Technology Council

Michael Bolick, president and CEO of Selah Technologies, will present at the Greenville Spartanburg Anderson Technology Council’s (GSATC) meeting on Wednesday, February 13. The topic is “Advanced Materials as a growth platform for Upstate South Carolina’s economy.” Bolick will discuss the start of Selah Technologies, how they have developed an idea, built a team, acquired grants and investment, and launched a high tech startup in the Upstate of South Carolina. The lunch meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Crown Plaza on Roper Mountain Road. (RSVP Online)

Gadgetfest 2007 Photos

Slide on up to the View-Master and check out our pictures from the 2007 GSATC Gadgetfest:

You can also view the set (without the View-Master) at Flickr

Your Day Radio Show - We’re Live Today

Phil Yanov co-hosts Your Day TechnologyIf you’re running errands at lunch, why not listen in?

WEDNESDAY, November 21, 2007
A live call-in hour on the Internet and related technologies. Eric Rodgers hosts Phil Yanov, executive director of the GSA Technology Council and blogger at Thinkhammer. Listeners can call in via the tollfree number 888-539-8859 to ask questions about using the Internet, computers, new digital devices, and related topics.

The program is Your Day and it is carried across the ETV Radio Network. That’s 90.1 FM in the Upstate.