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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

Photo credit Tonya Palmer 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…

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

Photo credit: A. Small Photography Look what happened when a young woman solved a universal problem 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…

F-Suite Editorial TeamMay 4, 2020

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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’ 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

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Merle Norman

. A beautifully successful business By Kristin Scott Living in rural areas like Manning, South Carolina, and having stable employment without a long commute can be a challenge, but it is possible. Women all over the world who live in…

F-Suite Editorial TeamMarch 2, 2020

Entrepreneurship Inspirers

Spinning Yarns About Owning a Craft Store

The truth about Luna Lola is in its success Assistant manager Catalina Keller and owner Liz White By April Blake Photograph by Anna Garrison Nemeth Every knitter dreams of owning a yarn store, a homey space with shelves filled with…

F-Suite Editorial TeamFebruary 24, 2020

Entrepreneurship Inspirers

Businesses that make space for making

Swirly Girl Arts Using your gifts and passions to tap into a community’s need guarantees success By Carolyn Culbertson There are two types of people in the world: the stressed and the people who help the stressed relax. Offering a…

F-Suite Editorial TeamFebruary 3, 2020

Entrepreneurship Inspirers

Di Prato’s Powers Through a Partnership

No Woman is an Island By Carolyn Culbertson Dianne Light was setting down roots for her business in Columbia when she met Bill Prato, who was on his way to anywhere else. She hired him as a salad prepper…

F-Suite Editorial TeamNovember 4, 2019