Economic Development and The Internet

Increasingly, the economy is driven by two things: the creative class of workers and the influence of the Internet. While the Internet has allowed people to work remotely, it does not mean we all want to work alone. We don’t want to work at home, either, at least not all the time. The creative class is famous for work life integration (as opposed to work life...

I think often about economic development for Old Town Rock Hill, SC. We need to apply a fundamentally different approach to this situation than we have applied to economic development issues in the past. Though, having said that, we need to learn from our successes and failures as well. Principle We don’t need a “strategy” per se, we need a vision and a...

RevenFlo is our Internet Marketing firm located in Rock Hill, SC. Here’s three principles that I will put forward at our next meeting: To exist is to grow To grow is to add happy customers Always seek greater simplicity To Exist is to Grow There is no “maintain” in business. You are either growing, or you are dying. Everything becomes increasingly...

I support Gary Williams for York County Council. I have served with Gary on several boards/committees. He is honest, passionate, open-minded, experienced, level-headed, positive by nature, and a true leader. I think we need this kind of leadership at the county level here in York County.

I wrote a letter this morning to Blake Mycoskie of TOMS. I hope he reads it. I wrote to tell him about The Hive and the wonderful things we are doing there. I am very inspired by TOMS and their one-for-one strategy – to give away a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair they sell. It’s brilliant. I hear they are now applying it to glasses and...