Social media is not rocket science. Yet, someone people manage to make major mistakes over and over again on it. The reason is they are focused on the “fun” side of social media, and not the hard side of it. It is fun to set up photos, and use filters. It is hard to realize…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Scottish Games is thrilled to announce that Lt. Col. Campbell Close is going to be their Honored Chief of the Games on Saturday, May 25th at Furman University. Close is the Commander of the Royal Highland Fusiliers (2SCOTS), which is part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland – British Army. He…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The 20-year saga of how a small tech firm led by a former accountant grew to become one of the largest software developers in the state was honored Tuesday night at the CommunityWorks Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards. Kopis and its founder, Andrew Kurtz, were honored with the Entrepreneurial Success Award, which recognizes the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Who are the best teachers in the Midlands? Sylvan Learning Center asked students across the region for their input on this question during the last few months on this question, and have tallied those answers. Sylvan will be honoring those teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week by going to schools to drop off gifts for teachers.…
May is what we like to call a “preparation” month; the heat hasn’t strangled us yet, young kids aren’t quite out of school and the influx of summer events has yet to fill up every weekend column on our calendar. May gives us time to take a deep breath before the summer months take over…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Upstate’s first smash room, SmashIt/AxIt, is opening this weekend. SmashIt/Axit is part of a new wave of stress release where people can rent out a room to break things, said Chase Michaels, the founder of the SmashIt/AxIt. Or if they want to take a different kind of approach, they can do some…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Lucideon M+P, a subsidiary of Lucideon Group Limited, is expanding its local presence at one of RealOp Investments’ properties. The company announced today it will be moving into a 23,000-square-foot space at Patewood Business Center, located at 1 Marcus Drive in Greenville, said Chip Hunt, Vice President of Leasing and Marketing with RealOp…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Andrew Kurtz had one clear goal when he decided to leave his job in 1999 and focus on creating custom software that lead to real solutions for customers. That was to build a company that was always striving to be better and to offer to more, but also be one that creates and…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – More than 10,000 rubber ducks will be floating over Reedy Rivers falls this Saturday for charity. While Reedy River Duck Derby is known for its main event, it also hosts an all-day celebration featuring live music from local artists, drum demonstrations, games, activities for children and more. This year’s event, which is…
Now that we’ve all settled down from the intense Easter candy sugar high, we can relax and focus on what the rest of Spring holds. With the weather warming up, our clients have still managed to keep their productivity levels unphased by the views out the window. Take a look at what happened last week!…