Kevin Ryan, Co-Founder/CEO, Service Brewing Company By Ellen Linnemann Kevin Ryan’s life has always been about service. A West Point graduate, he spent eight years leading and training soldiers in Alaska and Colorado, going on to command two companies in Iraq. After bringing all of his troops home safely, he left the Army for civilian…
Sisters, Co-owners Adjust to Challenging Times By Ellen Linnemann  Family-owned for more than 25 years, designers and sisters Sarah and Lauren (who took over the business started by their mother) knew that although they were faced with a number of challenges and changes to how they typically did business, that this unanticipated change also…
By Sarah Clemmons It all began in a garage. It’s an origin story setting you’ve heard from Jobs, Wozniak, and Bezos. But this piece isn’t about bits and bytes but beads and bracelets, and the b-word that brings it all full circle: business. Lissy Rawl, creative powerhouse behind Hilton Head Island’s own Little Fish Boateak,…
How making a better shower pan lead to overflowing growth. By Ellen Linnemann 2020 was an unpredictable year with truly unprecedented challenges for all businesses – and KBRS was no exception. The Hardeeville-based company was founded in 2005 to provide customers with a better, leak-free, shower base. Company founder Tommy Davis was unhappy with the…
Confianza’s confidence in their business model stems from a management team with deep roots in the insurance industry. By Ellen Linnemann Although many startups are launched by people just starting out in business, there’s a unique advantage to starting a company with a team of established experts with decades of industry-specific experience. So when four…
He’s flown jets at 43,000 feet as a pilot for Delta Air Elite, been a keyboard player in a touring rock band and, in 1999, founded the first company to use video streaming over the Internet for marketing research – achieving a level of success he could never have imagined and growing his company into…