Emily Price, Author at UPSTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL

Management

Zach Etkind’s Suiseys – half-suits, half-jerseys – are poised to make a major play for Upstate college sports fans

Twenty-eight year old Zach Etkind is a character study. Like his trademarked, collegiate-licensed funky Suisey Fanwear – or half-suits, half-jerseys – he’s an exhibition of curiously juxtaposed features. UBJ sat down with Etkind to tell the story of how Suisey Fanwear has grown to fulfilling e-commerce custom orders, and batch manufacturing and importing collegiate-licensed apparel.

Retail and Hospitality

GSL offers area professionals and companies an unrivalled networking opportunity

When professionals move water cooler conversation to the dugout or the sidelines, organizations win.

Management

How a Furman grad and former offensive lineman blitzed the Upstate with competitive adult recreational sports

[VIDEO] Greenville Sports Leagues president and owner Joe Wilson breaks down the business strategy behind the competitive adult recreation league. In just four years, GSL has swelled to 10,000 annual participants and developed official partnerships with multiple Upstate municipalities. He explains to UBJ how they’re just warming up.

Management

PART II: Furman’s new president shares more of her leadership methodology

"Be a leader by influence and not title" -- plus other lessons in leadership Furman's Elizabeth Davis has learned along the way and shares in Part II of our exclusive Q&A.

Management

Strength in numbers: Furman’s president examines the variables of good leadership

Furman’s 12th – and first female – president brings unique perspective to her new leadership role, and shares some of her management insights in Part I of our exclusive Q&A.

Management

PART II: “We don’t take shortcuts” — and other leadership lessons from Dabo Swinney

[VIDEO] Part II of our exclusive leadership-focused Q&A with Swinney explores his impact on university culture & identity; a possible relation of leadership capabilities to athletic skill; video and more.

Management

For Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, “All In” is not just a slogan – it’s a leadership philosophy

[VIDEO] For Swinney, "All In" is a leadership philosophy that has forged a winning team. Read Part I of our exclusive interview, & watch the video to hear lessons in leadership from Swinney himself.

Tech and Innovation

Dreaming and hustling at Startup Weekend

Pro Alert – an information platform aimed at helping first responders save time in emergencies – won first place at Greenville’s first Startup Weekend, a high-energy competition that challenged teams to build a business from the ground up in 54 hours.

Tech and Innovation

Furman grads secure $10M for anonymous social app Yik Yak

Two 2013 Furman graduates recently raised $10 million from major Silicon Valley investors to fund Yik Yak, a controversial location-based social app that allows users to post messages anonymously to other users in their 1.5 mile radius.

Business News

Greenville in The Atlantic’s “American Futures” Series

Greenville is yet again the topic of national conversation. This time, an exploration of the Upstate is the focus of an ongoing special report for The Atlantic titled, "American Futures: Reinvention and Resilience Across the Nation," piloted by author and national correspondent James Fallows and accompanied by his wife, linguist Deborah Fallows.