Jim Melvin, Author at UPSTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL

Upstate CEOs bake a little (or a lot) of faith into their business models

Chief executive officers of multimillion or even billion dollar companies make decisions every day that affect the welfare of their businesses.

The UPS Store expands program to encourage minority ownership

After practicing medicine for more than a decade, Dr. Rami Michael decided it was time for a change.

Greenville’s Precision Genetics matches patients with most effective medications

Prescription costs increase 3-9% every year.

Greenville architecture, planning, interior design firm pursues WELL ratings for all work spaces

The firm would be among the first in the Upstate to achieve the coveted rating.

Holliday Ingram law firm takes an ‘intentionally nontraditional’ approach — and flourishes

When Hayes Holliday opened his real estate law firm in downtown Greenville in 2016, he started small but was already thinking big.

From left, Rymedi’s Morgan Holt, Hannah Bloom and David Stefanich pose with Clemson President James P. Clements

Greenville’s Rymedi digitizes disease testing, treatment

Due to vigorous collaborations with government entities and private businesses, Rymedi is becoming a formidable economic engine in the Upstate.

24-hour boat towing service helps Upstate beat that sinking feeling

Much like a flat tire can deflate a pleasant drive in the mountains, everything from a dead battery to a boat run aground can darken a sunny day on the…