Midlands Business Profiles
Conversations
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Pamela Lackey, President, AT&T South Carolina Operations
May 26, 2008
Community involvement is not just something we need to do; it is part of our culture. -
Ken Trogdon, CEO of CommuniCare
May 7, 2008
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
April 12, 2008
Engineering is all about people-oriented problem solving – you can’t take the people out of it. -
Reverend Blaney Pridgen III, Rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Irmo
March 25, 2008
"Our new church will hopefully attract people into the community of the faith and their experience here will turn them into disciples who will go ... -
Hunter Howard, President of the South Carolina State Chamber of Commerce
March 7, 2008
The only way that you are going to get people and businesses to engage on the back end is to engage them on the front end. -
Don Tomlin, President of Tomlin & Company
February 4, 2008
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. -
Chuck Beaman, CEO of Palmetto Health
January 22, 2008
My supervisor told me that if I ever wanted to become a manager, I needed to know what it's like to be a non-manager. -
John Denise of Advanced Automation Consulting
January 8, 2008
If our area is going to realize its potential I think we should also focus on organic growth and try and incubate companies and industries here in ... -
Dr. Sonny White, President of Midlands Technical College
November 24, 2007
Seventy percent of South Carolinians need some type of technical training past high school. Right now about 28 percent are receiving it. -
Tobin Cassels, President of Southeastern Freight Lines
November 2, 2007
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
October 18, 2007
Steve Benjamin talks about his recent decision to join the law firm of McAngus Goudlelock and Courie, his run for the Attorney General's office ... -
Representative Nikki Randhawa Haley - Accountant, Business Owner
October 8, 2007
I started out in the store by dusting shelves, stocking, and eventually when I was in middle school I began doing the books for the store. ... -
Frank Lourie of Lourie's
September 25, 2007
Frank Lourie talks about 95 years in business and tells an amazing story of how Pat Conroy uncovered one act of "incredible generosity". -
Tommy Suggs, President of KeenanSuggs Insurance
August 30, 2007
"I'm just looking forward to watching Steve Spurrier coach another year here at South Carolina. He's a mastermind at calling a football game, ... -
USC Athletic Director Eric Hyman
August 15, 2007
Our goal is to become a top 25 program. There’s no question with Coach Spurrier here we have a window of opportunity that’s not going to stay ... -
Dr. Karen Woodward, Superintendent of Lexington One
August 3, 2007
I’m not a bit bashful about saying that I love this state. My vision for the state is that we flourish in a 21st century economy. We cannot do ... -
U.S. Ambassador to Canada, David Wilkins
July 9, 2007
Being Ambassador to Canada from the United States is a great privilege. It’s been an incredible two years and Susan and I have enjoyed every ... -
Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell
June 24, 2007
I'm a businessman, and I believe government should operate more like a business. -
Mayor Bob Coble.
June 23, 2007
Mayor Bob Coble sat down with MidlandsBiz to discuss the future of the city, the homeless and a few other things. -
Bud Tibshrany of Time Warner Cable
June 10, 2007
Say it ain't so! After 43 years of service to the local community, Bud Tibshrany is retiring this month. MidlandsBiz sat down to talk to Bud ... -
Hugh Weathers: The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture
June 7, 2007
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
May 13, 2007
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 ... -
Entrepreneur Mike DuBose
April 25, 2007
Webster defines an entrepreneur as “a person who organizes and manages a business, assuming the risk for the sake of profit!” I agree with the ...
