Faces of Family Business: The Watterson Family
The Watterson family has built over 20 of the Lowcountry’s most iconic brands, including Burnt Church Distillery. But they aren’t stopping there.
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Faces of Family Business: Fiesta Fresh
How Fiesta Fresh, one of Hilton Head’s original Mexican restaurants, has operated as a family business for over 20 years.
Faces of Family Business: Larry and Tina Toomer
How Larry and Tina Toomer are expanding their third-generation family seafood business with their children and grandchildren by their sides.
Not your average mom-and-pop stores
Keeping it in the family pays off for three big companies By Leslie T. Snadowsky Could your mom-and-pop business become the next Fortune 500 success story? According to a February report by SCORE, a nonprofit division of the U.S. Small Business Administration dedicated to helping small businesses, family enterprises generate 64 percent of America’s gross…
Five tips from a successful businesswoman: Ann McBrien
Former Procter & Gamble executive shares her tips for success By Eddy Hoyle Ann McBrien joined Procter & Gamble right after college, and her tenure there lasted 20 years. She not only worked her way up in the ranks to become Vice President Sales of Global Health Care, she earned the distinction of becoming the…
Leaders with vision: Kayla DeVito
The road less taken: One woman’s journey to opening one of Beaufort’s most inspired lifestyle boutiques By Hannah Massen Kayla DeVito’s lifestyle boutique, Amidst the Alders, is located in the heart of Beaufort, but she designed it for people who prefer to take “the road less traveled.” She says that customers visit her combination retail…
Think big, start small
By Hannah Massen Smart strategies for getting outside your comfort zone Think back to last year’s list of New Year’s resolutions: maybe you swore you’d finally take up kayaking or commit to a Wednesday night Zumba class, but you never got around to it. Or maybe you were serious about starting another business but never…
Leaders with vision: Robert Rommel
Looking through the lens: How this photographer brings a vision to life By Hannah Massen Many people say that one of the best parts of having or spending time with children is learning to see the world with fresh eyes again – but perhaps that’s an ability that Robert Rommel, owner of Gallery of Nature…
Community in crisis
More than 50,000 Lowcountry Households are silently struggling By Courtney Hampson Our community is in crisis. It is all around us and largely invisible. Consider just some of these startling recent statistics: More than 50,000 households in Beaufort and Jasper counties are silently struggling because they are not making a livable wage, a number that…
Visionary Women
Vision begins with inspiration – an inspired mind will be open to new ideas, motivated by new challenges and excited about what is possible. An inspired mind sees what others do not. These eight women are leaders but also visionaries who not only had an idea or a dream but they made it happen. To…