Conversations
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A Conversation with Eric Bowman, CEO of SPARC
A Q&A and video with the team behind the #1 on the SC Chamber's annual list of Best Places to Work. -
Anita Zucker, Chairperson and CEO of The InterTech Group
Anita Zucker talks about everything from the company's big economic development announcement this year to what defines this amazing company's ... -
Allen Stephenson and Jim Twining of Southern Tide
Southern Tide was started in 2005 by then 23 year old Greenville native, Allen Stephenson. In March of 2007, Southern Tide shipped their first ... -
5 Questions with Josh Bell, Executive Director, Teach For America-South Carolina
Nationally, we are proud to have nearly 24,000 alumni who are continuing to advocate for kids growing up in poverty. -
Stacy Pearsall, Owner of the Charleston Center for Photography
As a survivor, I feel as though I have an obligation, the honor, to advocate for veterans who might not be able to advocate for themselves. -
Joe Riley, Mayor of the City of Charleston
We are the only city in South Carolina with a AAA credit rating. -
Lux Helps South Carolina Lawyers—and Others—Make Their Case with Video
There are so many legal stereotypes. People think lawyers are like the actors they see in shows such as Law and Order. In the South Carolina Bar's ... -
Five questions for Brig. Gen. Darlene M. Goff, assistant adjutant general, S.C. Army National Guard
The mission of the National Guard is to plan, train and mobilize to execute federal and state missions. -
Dr. Kerry Solomon
The first laser in the Southeast, and one of the first in the country, to correct cataracts recently arrived here in the Lowcountry. -
Ashlie Lancaster, Director, SC Energy Office
MidlandsBiz sat down with Ashlie Lancaster to talk about the The South Carolina Energy Office, which provides a broad range of resources designed ... -
Dr. Etta Pisano, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the College of Medicine MUSC
At MUSC, we have a mechanism in place called the Foundation for Research Development that is designed to assist in the commercialization of ... -
Paula Harper Bethea, Executive Director of the South Carolina Education Lottery
My passion has always been education and making South Carolina a better place to live and work. -
A Conversation with Ken May - SC Arts Commission
A Conversation with Ken May - SC Arts Commission -
Jermaine Husser, Executive Director of the Lowcountry Food Bank
I envision a region where we no longer need food banks, where we can eventually shut this place down. -
Shawn Jenkins, President and CEO of Benefitfocus
"As early as I can remember, I wanted to have my own business." -
A Conversation with Jeff Brewer, President & CEO, Business Vitals
"Technology should be an enabler for a business, not a hindrance. Many companies have been paralyzed or even put out of ... -
Bob Fei, President of Life Cycle Engineering
Our sweet spot is working directly with manufacturing executives and plant leadership teams to develop systems to make them more productive. -
A Conversation with Chief Justice Jean Toal
The basic platform for social order is shaken if we lose our court system. -
Five questions for Maj. Gen. Bob Livingston, S.C. Adjutant General-elect
We stand at a crossroads in our national defense. -
A Conversation with Rick Redden, President South Carolina, Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company
Our strategy will be to out-local the national banks, and out-national the local banks. -
A Conversation with Hugh Weathers - South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
Hugh Weathers assesses the economic footprint of South Carolina agribusiness and the economic potential of the three year old Certified SC Grown ... -
United States Congressman and House Majority Whip, Jim Clyburn
My entry into politics was inconspicuous, to say the least. -
George Benson, President of the College of Charleston
The student-centered focus that the College’s faculty have developed over the years rivals that of any other university in this country. -
Sean Brock, Executive Chef at McCrady's
At McCrady’s, we care very deeply about our city, our building, and our customers. -
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 ...
