Business

DI’s longest standing restaurant Laura Alberts turns 20

From the quaint dining rooms to the beautiful outdoor courtyard, Laura Alberts Tasteful Options has been a fixture on Daniel Island for 20 years. Two decades later and they’re still serving strong. When Laura Alberts opened on Sept. 12, 2002, there was a one-page menu along with eight...

Measure your leadership precisely

If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zones. – John C. Maxwell Humans have long used rulers to measure distances accurately. The oldest ruler we have is from Egypt, found in the tomb of King Tut’s treasurer, Maya. This wood instrument from the 1300s B.C. marks out...

Building to Building: 297 Seven Farms Dr.

In the heart of Daniel Island’s commercial district stands a steel framed structure that houses a myriad of talent. The building at 297 Seven Farms Dr. is a relatively new development with a wide variety of services. The 30,000-plus-square-foot Class A development was built in 2019 by...

Leadership is impactful. So is lack of leadership.

Great things can happen when you don’t care who gets the credit. – Mark Twain A Randstad USA survey revealed some surprising insights and statistics about how employees view their managers. Here are a few of their key findings: ●Only 53% of employees feel their boss values their...

Business is ‘Blumeing’ at DI’s newest flower shop

A new business is blooming at 250 Seven Farms Drive. The floral shop Blume Designs officially opened on July 30. After a career in the financial services industry, Daniel Island resident Suzy Cubbler-Tyner, C.F.D, owner and director of floral design, founded Blume Designs in 2020. Cubbler-...

DI networking company helps local professionals build businesses

Searching for ways to expand your business and network with others? Look no further than Daniel Island Prosperity Partners BNI, a collection of local professionals committed to growing their businesses. DI Prosperity Partners is part of Business Network International, the world’s largest...

Leadership is more than a title or position

To add value to others, one must first value others. – John C. Maxwell During her second month in nursing school, the professor gave the students a quiz. The last question stumped most people in the class. It read, “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?” All the...

Don’t forget the small things

Be faithful in the small things because it is in them that your strength lies. – Mother Teresa In the final pages of his great epic “The Lord of the Rings,” J.R.R. Tolkien writes of his heroes, Sam and Frodo, and their desperate quest to reach the cursed Mount Doom to cast the ring of power...

Building to Building: 20 Fairchild Street

Can you smell the aroma? The building was made for coffee lovers, literally. The structure at 20 Fairchild St. was built in 2017 specifically for a Starbucks, following a survey in The Daniel Island News stating that’s what 88% of residents polled wanted. Since then, the site has...

Your vibe attracts your tribe

In one of Shakespeare’s most famous monologues, the “St. Crispin’s Day” speech from Henry V, King Henry inspires his soldiers in the face of grim odds with a rousing speech about how the men who fight this battle with him will be forever united as a “band of brothers.” This is a king speaking...