# John Moore

> John Moore is a Greenville, South Carolina-based entrepreneur and economic development advisor who helped create NEXT in 2006 and served as its president and CEO until July 2019. The organization later became NextGEN. As principal of Momenteum Strategies, he helps communities build networks and support for innovative companies; he also writes the Moore to the Point column.

- **Role:** Principal at Momenteum Strategies
- **Organizations:** Momenteum Strategies, NEXT Upstate (later NextGEN), Greenville Chamber, Build Carolina, Material Capital Partners
- **Education:** Clemson University
- **Known for:** Helped build NEXT into an entrepreneur support organization with three facilities: NEXT Innovation Center, NEXT on Main and NEXT Manufacturing., Momenteum Strategies reports more than 250 entrepreneurial ventures supported, 100,000 square feet of entrepreneur workspaces created and filled, and four metropolitan areas impacted., Received the Greenville Area Development Corporation Chairman’s Award in May 2019, according to his public LinkedIn profile.

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Left Coca-Cola global headquarters to start a chain of smoothie bars in Greenville.
- **2006** — Helped create NEXT through the Greenville Chamber.
- **2014** — Became full-time CEO of NEXT; previously divided responsibilities between NEXT and the Greenville Chamber.
- **2014** — Began contributing the Moore to the Point column to Upstate Business Journal, according to his public LinkedIn profile.
- **2017-2021** — Served as board chair of Build Carolina.
- **2019** — Resigned as NEXT president and CEO effective July 26 and took a break with his wife to travel and volunteer.
- **2020** — Launched Momenteum Strategies; identified as a venture partner at Material Capital Partners in a November 2020 interview.
- **2021** — Helped Shakopee, Minnesota, develop its innovative entrepreneur community.
- **2026** — Reported convening exited-founder groups in Greenville and Spartanburg.

## Achievements

- Helped build NEXT into an entrepreneur support organization with three facilities: NEXT Innovation Center, NEXT on Main and NEXT Manufacturing.
- Momenteum Strategies reports more than 250 entrepreneurial ventures supported, 100,000 square feet of entrepreneur workspaces created and filled, and four metropolitan areas impacted.
- Received the Greenville Area Development Corporation Chairman’s Award in May 2019, according to his public LinkedIn profile.
- Helped launch GrowCo in Columbia through benchmarking, founder research and advising, as described by founding entrepreneur and board chair Matt Vaadi.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Upstate Business Journal reported that Moore had begun convening groups in Greenville and Spartanburg for founders navigating life after a business exit.
- **2025-11** — In Moore to the Point, he argued for evaluating economic development through incomes, talent retention and homegrown business growth.
- **2025-02** — Published a column describing ecosystem builders as connectors, visionaries and strategists.

## Links

- Website: https://www.momenteum.net/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-moore-innovation

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Last updated: 2026-10-22