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Business Innovation Group announces Patrick Woock as new Director of Business Incubation

Georgia Southern University’s Business Innovation Group (BIG) has hired Patrick Woock, Ph.D., to lead its efforts in supporting south Georgia entrepreneurs as the unit’s new director of business incubation.


Georgia Southern’s College of Business announces winner of inaugural BIG Pitch competition

Georgia Southern University’s Business Innovation Group (BIG) in conjunction with Ocean Exchange has named Stanford University the winner of the inaugural BIG Pitch Competition held Oct. 12 in Savannah, Georgia.


BIG Pitch finalists compete for $10,000 prize on Oct. 11

Ocean Exchange and Georgia Southern University’s Business Innovation Group (BIG) announce the eight finalists who will go after the $10,000 cash prize in the inaugural BIG Pitch collegiate competition on Sunday, Oct. 11.


Georgia Southern Announces Partnership

Georgia Southern University and the Ocean Exchange will hold a signing ceremony to commemorate forming a partnership for the new BIG Pitch Competition.


Entrepreneur Lecture Series to Feature Digital Cobbler, Lucy Beard

The Georgia Southern College of Business Administration Business Innovation Group (BIG) is pleased to host Lucy Beard as part of the Entrepreneur Lecture Series on Tuesday, April 28 at 5:30 p.m. in the College of Engineering and Information Technology, Room 1004.


City Campus Plans for Another BIG Global Entrepreneurship Week

The Georgia Southern University Business Innovation Group (BIG) will participate in “Global Entrepreneurship Week,” Nov. 17-22. Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), a Kauffman Foundation initiative, is a worldwide celebration of the innovators and job creators that bring ideas to life.