MP Business 2018

www.MPBusinessMag.com | www.BestOfMP.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com MPB mp business has developed a real-time, data driven tool to perform real estate market evaluation and research, pricing and lead generation. He also is supporting another start- up, Resource Connector, an online portal designed and fueled by artificial intelligence and data analytics that, in his words, “makes the vast amount of health care and human services data and information actually usable.” Leask is also heavily involved in Bublish, the world’s first complete, cloud-based publishing system that integrates marketing, branding, discoverability and distribution. Outside the world of technology, Leask owns commercial real estate in the Lowcountry and AE Fit, a gym in Mount Pleasant that is “a 24/7 home for athletes, competitors, lifters and fighters where it’s encouraged to be loud, train hard, drop weights and get dirty,” according to the gym’s Facebook page. The Leask family has shared their success with others, establishing scholarship funds for members of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and the Bishop England High School Options Program. Last year, they donated $1.92 million to the College of Charleston School of Business to create the Noah Thomas Leask Distinguished Professorship in Information Management and Innovation, which will fund a chaired faculty position forever. “You have to make money to give money,” Leask pointed out. And entrepreneur Noah Thomas Leask intends to continue to do just that as he delves into his new obsession. “Artificial intelligence is all about data science and data mining,” he said. “The power of AI tells us things we never even thought of before, which leads to answers in areas we haven’t thought of yet. We can’t correlate the data we have today. Only computers can. I’m teaching myself AI from the ground up. Data is king, and AI is real.” So, if he insists he’s not a genius, what is it besides having a unique skill set that has made Leask a wildly successful entrepreneur? Where does he find the time and inclination to make the businesses he touches so successful? “I need to be doing two things at once. I can be in a meeting and working on code at the same time,” he explained. “I seem to get so much more done than everyone else. And I haven’t had this much fun in years.” HEARING CARE IS HEALTH CARE. It’s not something you find in a retail store. If you’re having hearing concerns and need proper treatment, see a board certified Doctor of Audiology – not a salesman for hearing products. At Advanced Hearing Care, we can help you with changes in your hearing by offering affordable, customized treatment options that will meet your lifestyle and your budget. LISTEN UP! 843.606.5658 900 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 www.advhearing.com Dr. Juliette Gassert, Au.D. • Dr. Kimberly Combs, Au.D. Voted Best Audiologist in Mt Pleasant 4 years running!