The USC/Columbia Technology Incubator is a partnership between the University of South Carolina and Columbia, SC to foster innovation in the capital city of South Carolina. The incubator provides space, education, mentors, and a meaningful networking to entrepreneurs. A former entrepreneur is the music industry, Jack Beasley is the current Managing Director of the Incubator. Jack directs strategic planning and management of programs and is currently focused on the Incubator's accelerator program, FiredUp.