Business

What Leaders Can Learn From Their Limitations

During his first year of graduate study at the University of California at Berkeley, George B. Dantzig (later known as the father of linear programming) arrived late for a statistics class. He saw two problems on the blackboard. Assuming they were homework, he copied them and a few days later...

Two Rivers Business Center gains bakery, dance studio, and tech support

Late last month, Thomas Boulware, Senior Broker with NAI Avant’s Charleston office, facilitated sales transactions for three units at Two Rivers Business Center located at 1190 and 1184 Clements Ferry Road near the Cainhoy Rd. intersection. Boulware represented the owner, Maritime Construction and...

Three Traits of Leaders Who Finish Strong

The Greeks had a race in their Olympic games that was unique. The winner was not the runner who finished first. It was the runner who finished with his torch still lit. As we move down the stretch toward the end of 2015 now might be a good time to think about how you are finishing the year. As it...

Rotary Club Delivers Thanksgiving Meals

The Rotary Club of Daniel Island, with support from Publix Supermarkets, delivered 167 Thanksgiving meals to the Cainhoy Community Center, for families hit hard by flooding in October. Pictured with representatives of the Cainhoy Community Center are participating Rotary Club members.

Home Telecom launches Gigabit Internet speed to Daniel Island residents and businesses

Lightning fast Internet, streaming video, online gaming with no lag, uploads to the cloud for backup and transferring large files instantly are among the benefits of Velocity Gigabit, according to William S. Helmly, President and COO of Home Telecom, “Access to gigabit Internet speed improves...

Five Traits of Extra Mile Leaders

There are no shortcuts on the extra mile – Zig Ziglar Bob Kuechenberg, the former Miami Dolphins great, once explained what motivated him to go to college. “My father and uncle were human cannonballs in carnivals. My father told me, “go to college or be a cannonball.” Then one day my uncle came out...

People Business 101

Writing in The Book of Business Anecdotes, Peter Hay shares a story that back in the 1950’s, marketing whiz Stanley Arnold was working at Young & Rubicam, where he was asked to come up with a marketing campaign for Remington Rand. The company was among the most conservative in America. Its...

Important changes to your Social Security benefits

Recently President Obama signed into law a budget agreement that will avert a government default and shutdown, saving us all from what we experienced in 2013. Great news, right? Unfortunately the new bill will have devastating effects on millions of Social Security (SS) recipients. The new section...

Mankiewicz Coatings to expand US operations with $25 million investment

In 2010, Daniel Island resident Peter Dietz stood with a small group of his employees and community members in a 25,000 square foot facility on Jessen Lane off Clements Ferry Road to celebrate the opening of the new Mankiewicz Coatings U.S. manufacturing site. For Dietz, managing director of the...

Business Briefs - November 19, 2015

Simmons Park Apartments construction and leasing update Leasing is well underway at Simmons Park Apartments, the massive new luxury rental residence at the corner of River Landing Drive and Seven Farms Drive. According to Laura Riss, leasing manager for the complex, just over 30 of the 269...