Jim Burns

We all stand on the shoulders of giants, right?

But, you know, I found Greenville when I became an adult, came back from college and was here.

And it was this growing and wonderful place.

But then we had areas where we weren't getting it done.

And so I said, OK, it's time to it's time to, you know, put my money where my mouth is and my time and effort into it.

And so that's why I went.

I served on, like you said, and it's OK to get out of being elected official, too.

So I've been able to serve on several boards and chaired some of these committees.

The Economic Development Board here for the county has been just a real big, big part of what I've wanted to accomplish because I believe the rising tide lifts all boats.

We can have reasonable growth and it preserves the quality of life that we have and we can do it in the right way.

Um, and so I think, um, and the, the, you know, that all ties in with being entrepreneurial.

I think to, to, to your question is sometimes you got, you, you got your, you're solving problems as an entrepreneur.

I look at all these entrepreneurs as the ultimate problem solvers because they got solved.

not only their product problems or how to get to where, you know, the product they want or the service they want, but they've got to solve everything else that goes along with that.

And I think Greenville has such an amazing ecosystem for entrepreneurs here.

And I think it's not as well known as some of the other ones, but the resources that we have here, they continue to grow, they continue to get better, and it's just a great place for entrepreneurs.

Mm-hmm.

And what we know about Regal in the upstate is what made us, what got us to this level of success, at least in Greenville County, is we pivoted from textiles to manufacturing.

And we did an amazing job.

And those are the giants whose shoulders we're standing on.