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The Silicon Valley Bank Fall: Lessons for Greenville Business Owners

May 24, 2023 11:35AM ● By Michael Lee

The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has sent shockwaves across the venture capital and startup communities, forcing business owners to scramble as they look to shore up their finances, fearing a bank run could eliminate their uninsured balances.

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Women’s Sports Help Prepare for Life, Teamwork, and Discipline

May 24, 2023 11:29AM ● By David Dykes

Women’s and girls’ sports. I have three daughters who played, and will be eternally grateful they had the chance. The oldest, Sara, won a high school track state championship in Georgia. Her sister, Abby, lettered in high school soccer. Ellen, the youngest, excelled in youth soccer until she blew out her knee.

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Passion for Cooking Fueled The Creation of Waffle Drop

Apr 25, 2023 12:49PM ● By Angelia Davis

Lina Morales Cordero couldn’t find a shop in Upstate South Carolina that offered her family’s favorite dessert – bubble waffles. So, she’s opening her own, two years after moving to the state from New Jersey. The new store, Waffle Drop, is slated to open in Greenville’s Hampton Station in April. The shop will feature the dessert, a spherical egg-based waffle that originated in Hong Kong.

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CoffeeCandy Brings Caffeine Boost in Bite-Size Candy

Apr 25, 2023 12:45PM ● By Angelia Davis

Don Chunshen Li has created a way to enjoy the benefits of coffee without having to drink it. His edible creation is CoffeeCandy, a “unique blend of coffee, shaped into a bite-sized candy, that is easy to take on-the-go.”

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Seasons Fruits and Veggies Aims to Bring Colombian Produce to U.S.

Apr 25, 2023 12:42PM ● By David Caraviello

When Sergio Pupo moved to Charleston from the South American nation of Colombia, he noticed that he didn’t see much fresh produce from his homeland. So the former bar and restaurant owner formed an importing company with the aim of bringing Colombian fruits and vegetables to the southern United States — beginning with limes and avocados.

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$30K PowerUp Competition Kicks Off With First Three Finalists

Apr 25, 2023 12:39PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker

Integrated Media Publishing and Erik Weir kick off their inaugural $30K PowerUp Competition this month with profiles of the first three South Carolina-based businesses that will have a chance to win a cash infusion into their company.

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Why Live in the Big City When You’ve Got S.C.? CRE Leader Builds a Successful Career in His Home State

Apr 25, 2023 12:31PM ● By John C. Stevenson

Adam Padgett spent his first 12 years on a farm, before moving to the “big city” of Aiken, South Carolina. The Palmetto State native’s earliest ambitions didn’t include staying in his home state, but as he grew older he began to reconsider his goals: “I grew up thinking I wanted to move out of South Carolina,” he recalls. “I thought at one point I wanted to be a stockbroker and live in a big city. That changed somewhere between late high school and during college.”

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Lee & Associates Has the Relationships to Help Build Success

Apr 25, 2023 12:29PM ● By John C. Stevenson

The old saying that it’s not what you know but who has particular resonance in commercial real estate, and when it comes to industry-insider connections, Lee & Associates offers its clients an array of services built on a solid foundation of industry knowledge and access.

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SCbio Conference Spotlights State’s Burgeoning Life Sciences Industry

Apr 25, 2023 12:22PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker and David Dykes

Life sciences is driving South Carolina’s economy forward. It is the fastest growing segment of the state’s knowledge economy, with a $25.7 billion annual economic impact, according to SCbio, the Palmetto State’s life sciences economic development organization and industry association.

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Ketamine Therapy Showing Promise for Treating Depression, Anxiety

Apr 25, 2023 11:02AM ● By Liv Osby

Millions of Americans suffer from depression. Millions more struggle with anxiety. And while there are medications and therapies available to treat these conditions, they don’t always work. Increasingly, health care providers are turning to a decades-old anesthesia drug to help – ketamine.

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The ‘Sugar High’ is Ending For S.C. Industrial Sector, What Comes Next?

Apr 25, 2023 10:56AM ● By David Caraviello

There’s the 3.25-million-square-foot Spartan Enterprise Park in Spartanburg, which NorthPoint Development broke ground on in November. There’s the 3.6-million-square-foot foot Cherokee Commerce Center 85 near Gaffney, to be constructed by Glenstar and Creek Lake Capital. There’s the 3 million-square-foot Walmart distribution center north of Charleston, which is South Carolina’s largest single structure under one roof.

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Living Color DEI Conference to Be Held April 24 in Columbia

Apr 25, 2023 10:50AM ● By Donna Isbell Walker

Diversity, equity, and inclusion have become a crucial part of the business world, as companies seek to make the workplace more welcoming to every employee. Businesses can gain valuable insights into many aspects of DEI at Integrated Media Publishing’s second annual Living Color DEI Conference, which will be held April 24 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

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How SBA Loans Can Work for Your Business

Apr 25, 2023 10:35AM ● By Mike Farmer

New emergency loan programs made headlines in 2020 and 2021 as the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) helped businesses survive the pandemic. While these programs have since expired, many other SBA loan products remain a viable option for small businesses across South Carolina today.

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Five Signs Young Professional Employees Aren’t Happy at Work... and How to Fix It

Apr 25, 2023 09:57AM ● By Kamber Parker

Wonderful news! Your efforts to hire the best college graduates last summer paid off because you created a company culture that made young professionals send in their resumes on Indeed or through that easy-to-use hiring portal you created on your website.

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'The Global Home of the F-16’ - Lockheed, Bahraini Partnership Soars as First F-16 Block 70 Rolls Out in Greenville

Apr 25, 2023 09:33AM ● By David Dykes

When Bahraini, American, and Lockheed Martin officials came together March 10, 2023, in Greenville to celebrate the first F-16 Block 70 for the Royal Bahraini Air Force, it was more than a delivery celebration.

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MUSC Health-University Medical Center Tops U.S. News List of SC’s Best Hospitals

Mar 07, 2023 05:12PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker

U.S. News & World Report has released its rankings of the top hospitals in the country, as well as each state and metro area’s best health care facilities. For South Carolina, the magazine evaluated 89 hospitals, eight of which made its list of the best. The MUSC Health-University Medical Center tops the list for the Palmetto State.

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South Carolina Entrepreneur Creates Flavored Iron Supplement

Mar 07, 2023 04:59PM ● By Liv Osby

Patrick Monsiváis confesses that the idea to launch his own business sprang from being a helicopter parent to his infant daughter. He wanted his baby to have the best start in life, he says, so he gave her iron supplements. But she hated the taste and refused to take it, he says.

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One Hard-Charging Ford: Greenville’s Elliott Parlays Real Estate Success Into $1 Billion Development Empire

Mar 07, 2023 04:51PM ● By David Caraviello

It was a compliment — with a caveat. “I really commend you for opening your own business,” a colleague told Ford Elliott in April of 2010, shortly after Elliott had founded a commercial real estate brokerage in Greenville operating under the name Blackstream. “But I’ll be honest — I don’t think you’ll make it.”

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A Sporting Mix: Beau Welling Voted President of World Curling Federation

Mar 07, 2023 04:42PM ● By Amy Bonesteel

It’s a story that brings to mind the unlikely Jamaican bobsledders of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Alberta, Canada: How did a South Carolina golf course designer become obsessed with the ice sport of curling, eventually coming to be the president of the World Curling Federation?

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Taking Your Business Virtual? Here Are Some Crucial Insurance Considerations

Mar 07, 2023 04:16PM ● By Rakesh Gupta

It is safe to say there will always be brick-and-mortar businesses. Some companies must have a physical presence due to their offerings. In other cases, an owner may simply prefer to have a physical business location.

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Women Basketball Coaches Score High in Terms of Success and as Role Models

Mar 07, 2023 04:05PM ● By David Dykes

March means Madness, and a great time to be a college basketball fan. But the NCAA says fewer than 2 percent of NCAA student-athletes go on to be professional athletes. In reality, the organization says, most student-athletes depend on academics to prepare them for life after college.

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Columbia’s BullStreet District Blends Commercial, Retail, Residential in the Heart of the City

Feb 21, 2023 09:24AM ● By C. Grant Jackson

When Dr. Laura Valleni and her daughter moved to the BullStreet District in May of 2019, she had a hard time imagining what was coming, but she still wanted to be a part of it. “A friend of mine was the first person to purchase a home at TownPark at BullStreet, and she and her daughter were the only two people living in the entire BullStreet District, which I found a bit unsettling. But as I saw the plans and construction underway, the more I thought about this space, the more I wanted to be a part of it,” Valleni said. So she and her daughter became the third family to move into TownPark, the district’s first residential project, located just off Calhoun Street.

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