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Women Making Their Mark Among Men

Three Columbia-area business women working successfully in male-dominated industries By April Blake, Haley Kellner and Julie Blevins Photographs by Tonya Palmer We tend to marvel at girls who play on their high school football teams, women who fly fighter jets,…

F-Suite Editorial TeamJanuary 5, 2021

Entrepreneurship Inspirers

Tamara Brown Proves She is Not Your Average Trainer

She grew her business by turning the COVID-19 shutdown on its head By Diane J. Epperly Before most people have had their first cup of morning coffee, Tamara Brown has already jump-started her day. Clad in a hot pink tank…

F-Suite Editorial TeamOctober 25, 2020

Entrepreneurship Inspirers Leadership

Leadership in a Pantsless Nation

Jada Willis provides the secret sauce for managing remote work forces By Haley Kellner Photographs by Sally Scott At the center of every successful company is a group of people, working together to effectively and efficiently complete a collective…

F-Suite Editorial TeamOctober 5, 2020

Entrepreneurship Inspirers

Designing One’s Own Business

Kristina Parella works in a room where dreams actually come true By Carolyn Culbertson Photographs by Kristina Parella Kristina Parella worked from home before it was popular. And like any single mother, she can tell you it’s not as peaceful…

F-Suite Editorial TeamSeptember 22, 2020

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Tzima Brown

A brave and bubbly retailer shares a lesson in soap making and self-love By Carolyn Culbertson To Five Points regulars, Sunrise Artisan Bath & Body might have seemed like a sunflower that bloomed overnight when it sprung up on Saluda…

F-Suite Editorial TeamJuly 22, 2020

Entrepreneurship Inspirers

Spa 131

Marci Delaney turned experiences from her corporate career into a thriving small business By Warren Hughes Before opening the doors 10 years ago, Delaney was a successful marketing executive for a national cosmetics firm, and she was frequently called across the…

F-Suite Editorial TeamJuly 19, 2020

Attitudes & Etiquette Entrepreneurship Inspirers Leadership

Digging Deep at The F-Suite

The F-Suite founder and editor Anna Gelbman Edmonds offers insight into overcoming adversity as the magazine celebrates a SUITE anniversary By Haley Kellner It starts with a challenge. Someone laughing in your face. In the case of Anna Gelbman Edmonds,…

F-Suite Editorial TeamJuly 7, 2020

Attitudes & Etiquette Inspirers

Columbia Roller Derby

A community of women where hips don’t lie By Carolyn Culbertson In most contact sports, scoring points means getting some roundish object past some identified marker — skidding a hockey puck between the goalkeeper’s legs or running a football through…

F-Suite Editorial TeamMay 18, 2020

Entrepreneurship Inspirers

Shakable Bows Lead to Unshakable Confidence

By Haley Kellner GaBBY Bows, the revolutionary double-face, double-snap barrettes, were invented by Gabby and Rozalynn Goodwin in response to a problem felt by generations of women: hair clips that refused to stay put, constantly leaving hair a mess and…

F-Suite Editorial TeamMay 4, 2020

Entrepreneurship Inspirers Leadership

Why Women Need to Take a Seat at the Table and Join the Conversation

“To speak up and let her voice be heard.” – Patricia A. Driver, Lasenta Lewis-Ellis’s mother By Lasenta Lewis-Ellis Growing up, I had a fierce mother from Detroit who was taught to speak up and let her voice be heard.…

F-Suite Editorial TeamMarch 16, 2020