In late 2004, I decided I wanted to try my hand at company ownership. Originally, I thought I would buy a manufacturing business and then add an engineering component. Through the help of a business broker, my wife and I visited several manufacturing companies that were for…
The Death and Reincarnation of a Plastic Bag Plastic bags are a destructive contributor to global warming. How can manufacturers feel good about producing and distributing plastic bags? Plastic bags have become the stereotypical poster child for the green movement to place the blame. Plastic grocery bags, which are not single use plastic bags, have […]
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Leveraging decades of manufacturing experience, TechStyles is launching as a reimagined form of textiles that is creating new product solutions that are meeting the demands of an evolving industry. TechStyles is a division of South Carolina-based AFF| group, which has been a manufacturing leader…
Tracy Elmore said that when COVID-19 was spreading across South Carolina, she didn’t see how she would be able to sanitize the many metal pieces her students use to build robots, so she found an alternative. Elmore, a STEM teacher at Lugoff-Elgin Middle School in Kershaw…
For me, it was yesterday at 12:30 PM on Clubhouse! Have you heard about Clubhouse? No, it is not part of the Mickey Mouse Club (that aired from the late 1950’s nor is it from the more recent series that aired from 2006 to 2016). It is…
The question may seem obvious to most people. For example, I decide I want to buy a new pickle ball paddle. I go to my local sporting goods store, make a selection and pay for it. The store received a payment from me hopefully at a value…
Artificial intelligence already recommends movies to viewers, filters spam out of inboxes and suggests friends on social media. Now the technology and some of its creators are going to work to help teachers and students in South Carolina’s K-12 education system. Two recent projects have given researchers…
What if I told you my “patented” new tennis shoe is guaranteed to make you run faster, jump higher, or make the team? What if I couldn’t prove it? What if all I could do is tell you about the shoe? Would you believe me? What if…
Join FocalPoint Coaches Jerry Pilewski, John Roney, and Mike Ungar for their next Business Advantage free webinar on March 23rd from Noon to 1 PM. We are living in turbulent times. With the explosion of knowledge, technology, and competition . . . and throw in COVID ….
Now, I don’t want to come off too cosmopolitan and potentially frighten away readers who have come to love and appreciate my down-home charm, BUT… Liberace is my cousin. Let me explain. I have written previously in “Southern Stories” about my grandma, Nellie, who was a tiny…