In 1994, the Spiro Institute was launched with a gift of $1.5 Million by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Spiro, and in 1996 enjoyed its first full year of operations. Now, over twenty years later, the Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership is a thriving unit on campus with academic research and service programs that incorporate students and faculty from all colleges on campus. Spiro IFEL also extends the work of the university to the community through project-based activities with inventors, entrepreneurs, and established companies representing an entrepreneurial spirit on the Clemson University campus. Our guiding beliefs at SIFEL are: