Management

The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce announced this year’s “Best Places to Work” at a banquet Oct. 8 at Embassy Suites in Columbia

With 110 Paul Mitchell Schools nationwide, including a new one in Greenville, CEO John Paul DeJoria has come a long way from East L.A.

According to Paul Graham, founder of the prominent startup accelerator Y-Combinator, “The hardest part of starting a startup is making something people want.” But he says the second-hardest part is raising capital.

The Greenville Chamber’s economic scorecard shows our per capita income relative to the rest of the country has declined for a decade and a half. It’s past time to refocus our economic strategy.

Setting up a comprehensive workplace wellness initiative takes a good bit of time and energy.

The paradoxical key to success is to “fail early” and “fail often.” The sooner an entrepreneur knows what doesn’t work, the faster he or she can move on and find what will work.

Their stories may be different, but the four local entrepreneurs to be honored next week at the Greenville Tech Foundation’s annual Entrepreneurs Forum have two things in common: They’ve been successful in business and they’ve made a contribution to the Upstate.

The Legacy project will be a 10-year effort, spearheaded by the program’s alumni, to increase, expand, enhance and connect parks and trails in Greenville.

“The Space” at Wofford, launched in February 2013, is a radically redesigned version of what was once the Career Services program.

The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce recently held its 9th Annual Excellence in Workplace Diversity Awards in Columbia.