Listen LowCo

In this special edition of Listen LowCo, guest host and artist Leli Holmes sits down with fellow creative entrepreneur Lissy Rawl, founder of Little Fish Boateak and co-founder of Clover and Palm, for an honest conversation about creativity, entrepreneurship, burnout, and building a successful handmade brand in the Lowcountry. Lissy shares the inspiring story behind launching Little Fish Boateak f...

In this episode of Listen LowCo, Matt and Patrick sit down with Ian Duncan, founder of The Grind Roasters, to talk about entrepreneurship, community, coffee culture, and the rapid growth happening across Bluffton and the South Carolina Lowcountry. Ian shares his journey from growing up in Kansas and working in landscaping to discovering specialty coffee, launching a roasting company, and eventuall...

In this episode of Listen LowCo, Patrick turns the mic around and interviews Matt Holmes, founder of 221B Studios, about his journey from corporate creative work to building a video production company and podcast studio in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Matt shares how a career in media production, nonprofit storytelling, healthcare marketing, and corporate communications eventually led him to ste...

What happens when a six-figure corporate career disappears overnight? In this episode of Listen LowCo, Matt interviews Patrick, founder of Kickstart Local, to talk about the real side of entrepreneurship — layoffs, uncertainty, financial pressure, reinvention, and building a business from scratch in the Lowcountry. Patrick shares how he went from working in corporate IT for companies like UnitedHe...

Welcome to the very first episode of Listen LowCo. In this kickoff conversation, Matt Holmes of 221B Studios and Patrick Malone of Kickstart Local share the story behind launching the podcast, why they kept putting it off for months, and the mindset shift that finally pushed them to hit record. The theme of this episode is simple: Just Start. From business ideas and marketing strategies to video c...