What creative leaders have & how to harness your creativity as you lead By Hannah Massen We generally picture leaders as being charismatic, determined, and natural-born risk-takers. But picking up the reins and leading requires more than just courage. They’re not afraid of failure No one wants to hear that they have a bad business…
Creativity comes in every color, including black and white By Mary Patterson Ryan Baggott is proud to live up to the stereotype that millennials are lazy, but not in the way you might think. Ryan is obsessed with finding ways for automation to help businesses and staff spend their time where it matters. Saying he…
By Randi Busse While many will be hard pressed to express such sentiment, one local business owner has created several silver linings. Ian Duncan and his wife, Kathleen, founded The Grind, a full-service coffee supply company in Bluffton in 2016. Their goal was to provide area residents and businesses with the highest quality coffee and…
Former Science Committee Chief of Staff Chuck Atkins offers advice for success By Eddy Hoyle Chuck Atkins is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, having served in the U.S. Marine Corps. His service to our country continued throughout his career. Atkins retired in 2010 as the Chief of Staff/Director of the U.S. House of…
A naturalist brings ‘Moore to Life’ in the Lowcountry By Ellen Linnemann As a teacher back in 2008, one of the things Jill Moore loved most was the opportunity to be part of the Master Naturalist program – where, one weekend a month, teachers traveled all over the Lowcountry to learn everything about the unique…
Home is where the art is By Ellen Linnemann When looking to move South from the Northeast, Robert Howell knew that the Lowcountry had it all – and, in particular, could match the wildlife that he and his wife had up north living on the Croton River, an estuary of the Hudson River, 45 minutes…
Making Lowcountry Made: Seizing an opportunity, and knowing her market. Making it in today’s business world not only takes a great idea, but the right timing. And for Katie Silva – who founded Lowcountry Made (lcmade.com) and launched a series of wildly popular artisan markets during the COVID-19 pandemic – it also takes a keen…
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Was fall the new spring on Hilton Head Island? It felt that way as the upward trend of home and villa rentals led to a rebound following an initial spring halt to much of the island’s top economic driver of tourism. Tourism officials had the unenviable task of assuring…
How the pandemic lead to partnership and innovation. Winning an industry award is always a great honor and important recognition. But for Richard Posner, president of the Beaufort-based Dust Solutions, it also was the catalyst for what would, years later, spur a partnership that is making a difference both during the current pandemic and for…
How a summer job turned into a lifelong passion. In 1979, Mike Overton, now founder and president of Outside Brands, crossed the drawbridge to Hilton Head, then passed through the only traffic light on the Island to teach windsurfing for the summer. Mike’s first windsurfing customer had a terrible day and wanted his money back…