Conversations
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A Conversation with Mike Veeck, Owner of Veeck Advertising Professionals and the Charleston RiverDogs
There IS such a thing as a new idea! -
Dr. Darrell Johnson, Executive Director, Provost Academy South Carolina
Provost Academy South Carolina was created to address the need in South Carolina for a challenging and flexible education option for students who ... -
Maj. Gen. O. Eugene Powell, Jr., Joint Services Detachment, S.C. Military Dept.
Joint Services Detachment (JSD) may be one of the state’s most important assets in terms of the leadership and combined ... -
A Conversation with Lonnie Emard, Executive Director of the Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management
"We have to develop a broader view of IT and the incredible variety that a career in this area can bring." -
Dr. Zihai Li, CoEE Endowed Chair in Cancer Stem Cell Biology and MUSC’s Hollings Cancer Center
I want to move our work closer and closer to finding a cure for human cancer. -
Dr. Charles Bennett, Endowed Chair in Medication Safety at South Carolina College of Pharmacy
The commitment to reducing health disparities in pharmaceuticals in South Carolina is tangible—and will serve as a model for other states. -
Jim Newsome, President & CEO of the South Carolina State Ports Authority
The pending deepening of the Panama Canal to allow larger ships to pass is the game changer in our industry. -
David Tigges, Managing Shareholder and CEO of McNair Law Firm
We are very much looking forward to moving into our new space at Main and Gervais just after the July 4th weekend. -
Michael Bolick, President of Lab21 Inc. and Chip Hood, Executive Director of the MUSC Foundation for Research and Development
At MUSC, our main focus is on Life Sciences and Healthcare. -
Four Moons Restaurant GM Ryan Groeschel and Executive Chef David Quintana
We are one of only sixteen AAA Four Diamond restaurants in South Carolina and the only one in the Midlands. -
Hayne Hipp, Founder of the Liberty Fellowship
For too long we have operated in silos in South Carolina. -
Dr. Simon Hudson, Tourism Expert and CoEE Endowed Chair at USC
Often, tourism as an academic subject is not taken seriously despite its importance as an industry. -
Hilton Smith, Jr., President & CEO of East Bay Company
We are constantly being presented with opportunities all over the country, but it is difficult to imagine expanding out beyond the current six ... -
A Conversation with Dr. Robert Adams, Director of the REACH Stroke Network at MUSC
If we can treat stroke patients within a critical time period and with the right medicines, the patient has a better ... -
John Worley, President and COO of Zeus Industrial Products, Inc.
Product engineers around the world look to Zeus for innovative tubing solutions to meet increasingly stringent performance requirements in this ... -
Shannon Baxter-Clemmons, Executive Director of the South Carolina Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance
In the Lowcountry, clean fuel technologies offer a great opportunity for both the Port of Charleston and also for the inland port that is planned ... -
Marc Chardon, President of Blackbaud (ALSO VIDEO)
The expansion into the non English-speaking world with non English-language products represents a huge opportunity for Blackbaud. -
John Darby, President and CEO of The Beach Company
Around the office we have a saying, “At the end of the day, water wins.” -
Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina
Collaboration? SC is doing this as well, if not better, than any other state in the nation. -
Cheryl Holland, President of Abacus Planning Group
The meltdown has caused many to revaluate how we think about investing. -
Leighton Lord, Chairman of Nexsen Pruet
It is important to reach out to your clients, call them informally on the phone, take them out to lunch. -
Terry Brown, CEO of Edens & Avant
I would rank our recent renovation of Trenholm Plaza as one of our top projects anywhere. -
John Hassell, Interim President and CEO, South Carolina State Ports Authority
Job number one is to reach a successful resolution with Maersk. -
Jim DeMint, U.S. Senator, South Carolina
I see the money going to the people who delivered colossal failures. -
Dr. Harris Pastides, President of the University of South Carolina
South Carolina has cut higher education more than any other state. -
Neil McLean, Exective Director of EngenuitySC and Lee Bussell, President of Chernoff Newman
Hosting the 2009 National Hydrogen Association (NHA 09) conference is a MAJOR opportunity for this city and this region. -
Ken Reifsnider, Director of the Future Fuels Initiative
What attracted me to the University of South Carolina was the extraordinary opportunity that this region has to position itself as a major player ... -
Dick Riley, Former Governor of South Carolina
I believe the most important leadership skill is listening – and not just listening, but actually hearing and understanding what others are saying. -
Bill Mahoney, CEO of SCRA
Our target is companies that are exploiting a business opportunity based on world class science and intellectual property. -
Gregg Robinson, Executive Director, Orangeburg County Development Commission
Jafza is not just a county success story; it’s a regional and statewide opportunity for all of us. -
Secretary of Commerce, Joe Taylor
Google, Monster.com, Starbucks, Freightliner, Adidas, Boeing...the hottest companies in the country are choosing to locate in South Carolina. -
Pamela Lackey, President, AT&T South Carolina Operations
Community involvement is not just something we need to do; it is part of our culture. -
Ken Trogdon, CEO of CommuniCare
CommuniCare takes an entrepreneurial approach in a non-profit world; providing an innovative solution for those who cannot afford the prescription ... -
Deepal Eliatamby, President of Alliance Consulting Engineers
Engineering is all about people-oriented problem solving – you can’t take the people out of it. -
Don Tomlin, President of Tomlin & Company
An entrepreneur is a person who can’t see impediments to what he wants to accomplish. If you look up and see walls, then you never get started. -
Tobin Cassels, President of Southeastern Freight Lines
What we're the proudest of is the culture that has been built in this company one day at a time over the last 57 years. -
Steve Benjamin of the law firm McAngus Goudelock and Courie, LLC
I find it intellectually dishonest to ask people to do something that I am not willing to do myself. -
Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell
I'm a businessman, and I believe government should operate more like a business. -
Hugh Weathers: The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture
Hugh Weathers discusses the new "Certified South Carolina" campaign - a program designed to elevate the stature of agriculture to the citizens and ... -
Venture Capitalist Larry Wilson
When you look at where Columbia can develop its economic future, it is certainly going to be in the area of knowledge-based businesses. The ...
