Aiken Area SBDC client Belinda Smith-Sullivan, or Chef Belinda as the cooking world has come to know her, has gone from food writing and being a personal chef to building a spicy empire, Chef Belinda Spices. After starting her company, Chef Belinda realized she needed a little guidance on the business development end. She found the Aiken Area SBDC and met Laura DiSano, who became her private consultant. Chef Belinda had three food-oriented businesses going at once, but she wa

A native of Conway, Janet Graham has been a business consultant and manager of the Myrtle Beach Area SBDC since 2004. Graham was named South Carolina’s State Star in 2009, a distinction imparted by her peers. This honor, which is awarded at the annual conference of the national association of SBDCs, is based on exemplary performance in key performance indicators, her enthusiasm for representing the SBDC in the business community, her contributions to local economic developmen