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Business Briefs - August 24, 2017

NEW FABRICS STORE TO OPEN Daniel Island will soon have its first fabric store. According to owner Eliseo Ortiz, Daniel Island Fabrics, located at 194-D Seven Farms Drive in the space formerly occupied by Computer Doctor, is expected to open “within the next week or so.” The 500 square foot space...

Let others see the boss in you

“He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who cares for his master will be honored.” - King Solomon (Proverbs 27:18) I read an article on CBS News Money Watch about the Top 40 Bonehead Bosses. There you can read the accounts of some the most boneheaded bosses you can imagine. Here’s one...

Business Briefs - August 17, 2017

THE ISLANDER TO CLOSE ON AUG. 31 The Islander, a restaurant located on Fairchild Street next to the Hampton Inn on Daniel Island, will be closing at the end of the month. Marty Wall, managing director of the Holy City Hospitality Group, released a statement last week on the company’s decision to...

Mixed signals and the art of communication

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place”. - George Bernard Shaw Every good leader knows the value and importance of good communication. Leaders succeed or fail based on it. Organizations rise and fall because of it. To say that good communication is...

Business Briefs - August 10, 2017

DANIEL ISLAND DOMINO’S TO OPEN SOON The new Domino’s franchise on Daniel Island is scheduled to open within the next few weeks, according to franchise owner Kerri Saunders. The pizzeria is located in the Publix Shopping Center, beside Honeycomb Cafe. Saunders and her husband, Ben, are franchise...

BIN 526 inks deal with Robert Mondavi, Jr.

Bin 526 owners Mike White and Bill Hoffman welcomed famed winemaker Robert Mondavi, Jr. to Daniel Island last week. The duo inked a deal with Mondavi, whose family name is synonymous with winemaking in both the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, to be Bin 526’s first “featured winemaker” for the opening two...

What do your motives say about your leadership?

“Men are more accountable for their motives than anything else.” - Archibald Alexander Bob Kuechenberg, the former Miami Dolphin great, once explained what motivated him to go to college. “My father and uncle were human cannonballs in carnivals,” he explained. “My father told me, ‘go to college or...

What Millennials Are Teaching Me About Leadership

“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.” - Aristotle He takes to the platform each week in skinny jeans, his shirt untucked and he has a shoe collection that would rival that of Imelda Marcos. But this is no ordinary person and it is not a comedy club on a Friday night. It is church...

DI residents open island's first barber shop

Over the years as residents of Daniel Island, Glenn Raus and Michael Cole noticed that the island was lacking something—a barber shop. Together and with no experience in the industry, they decided to take matters into their own hands. “We just decided to jump into this,” said Cole. “Neither of us...

Business Briefs - July 20, 2017

Student Transportation Inc. celebrates two decades of service Student Transportation Inc., an industry leader in safety and North America’s largest independent provider of student transportation services, is celebrating its 20th year since its founding by Chairman and CEO Denis Gallagher. Gallagher...