Business

Business Briefs - May 12, 2016

FINANCIAL ADVISOR JAMES PLATZER EARNS TITLE OF SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND AGAIN DESIGNATED AS A PREMIER ADVISOR Island Resident, James Platzer, a financial advisor with the Daniel Island office of Wells Fargo Advisors, has been named a Senior Vice President. Concurrently, he was named a firm Premier...

Are you checking in or checking out?

A leader is the one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. – John Maxwell Employee engagement is as vital to your success as a leader as ever. When a Gallup survey reports that only 30 percent of U.S. employees are engaged in their work what do you think that says about leadership...

Finding the Courage to Lead

Courage means to keep working in a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused in stressful periods. – Denis Waitley One summer morning, as the story goes, Ray Blankenship was preparing his breakfast on what he thought would be a normal morning. Except...

This week is National Small Business Week

National Small Business Week celebrations kicked-off this week in the nation’s capital with more than 80 national award winners from across the country and U.S. territories convening to be awarded and recognized for their major accomplishments. The two-day award ceremony will conclude with the...

Business Briefs - April 28, 2016

Momentum Marketing leaves 225 Seven Farms to open office in new DI building In late March, full-service advertising, public relations, event management, and event planning firm Momentum Marketing moved from their first-floor suite at 225 Seven Farms Drive to second-floor space in the recently-...

Roundabout, Clement's Ferry Road widening and BCSD project updates

Quarterly update provides status summary for Daniel Island intersection On April 12, Berkeley County published the one-page quarterly update adjacent to this article on the Daniel Island Drive/Seven Farms Drive intersection improvements. Remarked Josh Whitley, Berkeley County Councilman for...

Fit Culture celebrates grand opening on Daniel Island

It’s time to get pumped, Daniel Island! When it comes to fitness offerings, there’s a new game in town that promises to take healthier living to a whole new level. On April 1, Daniel Island residents Sarah and Ben Sands celebrated the grand opening of their new Fit Culture studio, located at 186...

Recognition: The Fuel of Employee Engagement

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but rather strive to be worthy of recognition. – Abraham Lincoln A story is told of the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo who happened to overhear a group of people admiring his Pieta, a statue of Christ on His mother’s knees after His death on...

Calling Entrepreneurs! Looking for mentors and funding? Want to pitch?

Calling Entrepreneurs. If you’re an entrepreneur with a viable business or business idea and would like to be one of the ten entrepreneurs chosen to pitch to a panel of angel and venture capital investors at the June 29 What’s The Big Idea? at the Daniel Island Club, arrange your screening...

Daniel Island News staff honored with prestigious writing, design and videography awards

The Daniel Island News editorial and design staff was recently recognized for outstanding writing, design and videography by the South Carolina Press Association at their annual meeting. Designer and videographer Jan Marvin took top first place honors in the All-Weekly Newspaper Division for...