SOCO Blog
Starlitt Miller’s new hustle: building a tech company from the ground up
Starlitt Miller knows what it’s like to hustle. She’s a serial entrepreneur who built an accounting and bookkeeping business. She’s been a valuable member of the SOCO community for many years. Now, Starlitt is changing things up in her career and life. She’s...
Jessica Granade is Doing Life Better
Jessica is a digital marketer, a mom, a traveler, and she’s doing life better. We think she’s awesome, but we’ll let her tell you the rest of her story. Tell Us About What You Do. I'm the owner of DLB Marketing and have two awesome...
Stop Working All the Time
Work-life balance is a buzzword that’s been around for a long time. You see it in job descriptions and in Glassdoor reviews by over zealous (or disgruntled) employees. But what does it look like in real-life? How do we prevent work from overtaking our personal...
Pursuing Work that Matters: Why Dawn Dawson-House Changed Her Career to Tell the Story of African American History
While sitting at home during the early months of the pandemic, Dawn Dawson-House started thinking. Dawn was working in a job she loved as the Director of Corporate Communications at the South Carolina Parks & Recreation Tourism (SCPRT) department. But,...
The (In)Famous To-Do List
By popular vote, our September Slack Session topic focused on how to manage your to-do list to rule the day instead of the day ruling you. It may seem simple enough, but there’s more to getting stuff done than writing it down on a list or tracking it in an app....
An Independent Researcher who Loves Coffee and Good Books
Meet Bacarri Byrd Bacarri Byrd is an independent researcher, a coffee connoisseur, and avid reader. We think she’s awesome. She's doing amazing work on African-American history. Now, we'll let Bacarri tell you a little more about herself! Let’s talk about what you...
Hustle Culture is a Lie: A Manifesto
The whole "rise and grind," "never stop working," "hustle" mentality isn't healthy for anyone. But we hear it on Instagram, we see it on LinkedIn, and on those inspirational posters you put in your home office. At the end of the day, it's not sustainable. All that...
Let’s Meet Hannah Lee
Hannah is another one of our new team members. She'll working as our ops support manager. You'll see her out and about at 80808 and Bull Street. We know Hannah is going to make this place run like a well oiled machine so you'll have an even better experience. We'll...
Let’s Meet Whitney Balish
Whitney is one of the new folks on team SOCO. She's a pretty awesome person and we're super pumped to have her on board as our Director of Business Development (and first full-time hire!). We can't wait to see all the cool stuff she's going to accomplish here. But...