SBDC names Johnson as S.C. State region director
September 1, 2015
COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Small Business Development Centers has named Orangeburg native and longtime community business leader Jim Johnson as director of the South Carolina State University region,…
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Positive Eye Consulting moves headquarters to Charleston
August 17, 2015
CHARLESTON, SC – Positive Eye Consulting moved its headquarters from Portland, Ore. to Charleston, S.C. and celebrated its 10th Anniversary, working with clients nationwide to drive positive change by aligning complex…
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Microenterprise Development workshop in Allendale, SC
August 4, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs, in partnership with USDA-Rural Business Development Office of South Carolina, and Allendale Alive is hosting a Microenterprise Development workshop on…
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Titan Concrete Pumping expands to Charleston
July 27, 2015
COLUMBIA, SC – Titan Concrete Pumping LLC., a locally owned and operated concrete pumping service is proud to announce its expansion into the Charleston South Carolina market. According to the…
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Titan Concrete Pumping expands to Charleston
July 27, 2015
COLUMBIA, SC – Titan Concrete Pumping LLC., a locally owned and operated concrete pumping service is proud to announce its expansion into the Charleston South Carolina market. According to the…
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Financial Technology Industry Veteran Mike Gianoni Joins SnapCap Board of Advisors
July 14, 2015
CHARLESTON, SC – SnapCap, a web-based provider of alternative business loans headquartered in Charleston, announced today that Blackbaud Chief Executive Officer Mike Gianoni will serve on SnapCap’s board of advisors to help…
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SC Chamber: Senate Passes Legislation To Remove Confederate Flag
July 7, 2015
All Eyes Now On The Sc House Of Representatives The General Assembly returned Monday to take up the Confederate flag, and the South Carolina business community wants elected officials to…
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SC Chamber: Senate Passes Legislation To Remove Confederate Flag
July 7, 2015All Eyes Now On The Sc House Of Representatives The General Assembly returned Monday to take up the Confederate flag, and the South Carolina business community wants elected officials to…
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SC Chamber: Moving Confederate Flag Good for Business
July 6, 2015
After the tragic events of June 17 at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, calls began for the removal of the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s State House grounds. Governor…
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SC Chamber: Moving Confederate Flag Good for Business
July 6, 2015After the tragic events of June 17 at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, calls began for the removal of the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s State House grounds. Governor…
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Premier Collector Car Auction Comes to South Carolina
July 1, 2015
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – Auctions America announced the newest addition to its 2015 schedule of events, a collector car auction on Hilton Head Island as part of the Hilton Head Island…
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Crunchy Announces Open Source, Multi-Level, Security-Enabled PostgreSQL
June 25, 2015
CHARLESTON, SC – Crunchy Data Solutions, Inc. (Crunchy), a provider of enterprise PostgreSQL support, technology and training, today announced the release of Crunchy MLS PostgreSQL, an open source database distribution supporting…
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Rod Aycox and Lamell McMorris Respond to Tragedy in Charleston by Donating $1 Million to Civil Rights and Religious Groups
June 20, 2015
CHARLESTON, SC – Rod Aycox, CEO of Select Management Resources, has partnered with Lamell McMorris, CEO of Perennial Strategy Group and board trustee to national civil rights organizations including the NAACP,…
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Small Business Workshops & Events | June 16-19
June 10, 2015
JUNE 16 > Encore Entrepreneur + Mentor Matchmaker (Hilton Head) … Connect with experts on starting, running, marketing and financing your business through a series of speed mentoring sessions. Then,…
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Center for Women launches “Founder’s Lab” for Women Entrepreneurs
June 10, 2015CHARLESTON, SC – Have you thought about starting your own business, but just don’t know where to start? The path to your entrepreneurial future begins with Founder’s Lab, a new…
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Center for Women launches “Founder’s Lab” for Women Entrepreneurs
June 10, 2015
CHARLESTON, SC – Have you thought about starting your own business, but just don’t know where to start? The path to your entrepreneurial future begins with Founder’s Lab, a new…
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Folly Association of Business to Present $3,000 Check to Surfers Healing Tomorrow, May 14
May 13, 2015Donation is a result of funds raised at the 2015 Taste of Folly Festival FOLLY BEACH, SC – The 2015 Taste of Folly Festival on Folly Beach raised a total…
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Ballast Point Ventures completes two portfolio company exits
May 10, 2015CHARLESTON, SC – Ballast Point Ventures is pleased to announce successful exits from two of its portfolio companies. KBI Biopharma, headquartered in Durham, NC, and with facilities in Research Triangle…
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SBA Announces Top Winners of Business Competition for Innovations That Empower Women’s Lives
May 10, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced the winners of its InnovateHER Business Challenge at a National Small Business Week event, the “2015 InnovateHER Business Challenge Finals,” hosted…
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MAU Named a Supplier for Boeing Contract Labor Program
April 22, 2015
CHARLESTON, SC – When North Charleston-based Boeing South Carolina needs additional contract labor resources to build the 787 Dreamliner, it only need to look a few miles down the road. Augusta-based MAU…
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2015 Small Business & Advocacy Award Winners
April 21, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – The SBA South Carolina District Office announced the winners of the state’s 2015 Small Business & Advocacy Awards. The awards, which are part of SBA’s celebration…
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SBA Administrator Honors Nation’s Top Small Businesses
April 6, 2015
National Winner to be formally recognized in Washington, D.C., May 8 COLUMBIA, SC – Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced today this year’s Small…
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Life Cycle Engineering Introduces Cybersecurity Risk Management Training
March 4, 2015CHARLESTON, SC – Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) announced that it will offer cybersecurity risk management training through its education entity, the Life Cycle Institute. The new Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework Strategy…
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Benefitfocus Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Financial Results and Strategic Investment Transaction
February 25, 2015Total revenue of $40.2 million, up 33% year-over-year; Employer revenue up 47% year-over-yearGAAP Gross margin of 41%, expands 900 basis points sequentially Closes on $74.7 million strategic equity investment with Mercer…
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Benefitfocus to Present at the Raymond James 36th Annual Institutional Investors Conference
February 25, 2015CHARLESTON, SC – Benefitfocus, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions, today announced that Chief Financial Officer, Milt Alpern, will present at the Raymond James 36th Annual Institutional Investors Conference in Orlando.…
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Integrated Environmental Technologies, Ltd. Expands Board Of Directors
December 17, 2014Company Adds Three Experienced Executives to Assist in Strategic and Corporate Development LITTLE RIVER, SC – Integrated Environmental Technologies, Ltd. (OTCBB: IEVM) announced that it has added three new…
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Carolina Business Equipment Company Receives National Recognition for Exceptional Service Provided to Customers
December 10, 2014Top 100 Office Products dealers in the United States CHARLESTON, SC – Carolina Business Equipment, a leader in office document and workflow solutions, announces receipt of national recognition from…
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Charleston’s Eremos seeks exporting insight through Moore School student global competitiveness project
December 10, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Every spring and fall semester students from the Darla Moore School of Business examine the export potential of various products made within South Carolina. Students in the…
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Natural Gas Applications for Transportation: EngenuitySC’s Science Café with Alternative Fuel Innovator Dr. Zoran Filipi, Nov. 11, 2014
November 6, 2014
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 ~ COLUMBIA, SC – Did you know using natural gas for transportation is the most cost-effective way to use domestic reserves, and yet, only 3% of energy…
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Blackbaud Completes Acquisition of MicroEdge
October 2, 2014Acquisition expands company’s solution portfolioto comprehensively serve the philanthropic market CHARLESTON, SC – Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB), a leading global provider of software and services for nonprofits, today announced it…
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Kootenai Health Selects Benefitfocus HR INTOUCH MARKETPLACE®
September 17, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Benefitfocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT), a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions, today announced that Kootenai Health has selected the Benefitfocus HR INTOUCH MARKETPLACE® to support benefit enrollment and employee engagement for the…
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Local Company Makes Inc. Magazine’s America’s 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies List
September 2, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Due to tremendous growth over the last three years, JEAR Logistics, LLC, a Charleston-based freight brokerage company, has made Inc. Magazine’s America’s 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies list. Founded in…
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Business Leaders Gather To Urge Support For Reauthorization of Export-Import Bank
September 1, 2014
Bank critical to economic development, jobs ROCK HILL, SC – Business leaders from GE, Morrison Textile Machinery, Honeywell and Boeing joined the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, York County Regional Chamber…
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U.S. Chamber: South Carolina Businesses Rely on the Export-Import Bank
August 27, 2014By Stefanie Holland U.S. Chamber’s Director of International Policy There’s a little-known agency that’s helped South Carolina in a big way. It has created jobs, supported the economy, and enabled…
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Benefitfocus Announces Expansion of Senior Executive Team
August 27, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Benefitfocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT), a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions, has announced that Ray August has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer (COO). In the role of COO,…
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Benefitfocus Announces Board of Directors Changes
August 20, 2014CHARLESTON, SC- Benefitfocus, Inc. (Nasdaq:BNFT), a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions, announced the appointment of independent director Douglas Dennerline to its Board of Directors. Doug is currently Chief Executive…
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Benefitfocus Announces Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results
August 11, 2014Total revenue of $32.3 million grew 33% year-over-year Employer revenue of $14.3 million grew 59% year-over-year CHARLESTON, SC – Benefitfocus, Inc. (Nasdaq:BNFT), a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software…
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Riverstar International
July 24, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC- Riverstar International, an export management company for US manufacturers, has recently appointed BnK Sports as the exclusive South Korean distributor of Charleston, South Carolina-based Folbot, the premier manufacturer of folding kayaks.…
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Riverstar International
July 24, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC- Riverstar International, an export management company for US manufacturers, has recently appointed BnK Sports as the exclusive South Korean distributor of Charleston, South Carolina-based Folbot, the premier manufacturer of folding kayaks.…
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Local Success of DC-based Her Corner Leads to National Expansion
July 23, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – Her Corner, a community for women business owners that has seen enormous growth in the D.C. Metro area celebrated its two-year anniversary by announcing a national expansion. Her Corner…
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Local Success of DC-based Her Corner Leads to National Expansion
July 23, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – Her Corner, a community for women business owners that has seen enormous growth in the D.C. Metro area celebrated its two-year anniversary by announcing a national expansion. Her Corner…
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Immedion’s Katie Oliver Promoted to Vice President of Finance and Administration
July 9, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Immedion LLC, South Carolina and Western North Carolina’s premiere provider of data center services including Cloud, colocation and managed services, announced today the promotion of Katie Oliver to Vice…
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Immedion’s Katie Oliver Promoted to Vice President of Finance and Administration
July 9, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Immedion LLC, South Carolina and Western North Carolina’s premiere provider of data center services including Cloud, colocation and managed services, announced today the promotion of Katie Oliver to Vice…
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How to: Successfully Launch, Grow, and Sell Your Startup — and then do it again.
July 2, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – July 18, 2014 – How to: Successfully Launch, Grow, and Sell Your Startup — and then do it again. . Can you believe an estimated 90% of technology…
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Fruit Of The Loom To Double Size Of Berkeley County Distribution Center
July 2, 2014
Expansion Expected To Create 49 New Jobs In Summerville BERKELEY COUNTY, SC – Fruit of the Loom announced today plans to expand the company’s Berkeley County distribution center. The addition…
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Fruit Of The Loom To Double Size Of Berkeley County Distribution Center
July 2, 2014
Expansion Expected To Create 49 New Jobs In Summerville BERKELEY COUNTY, SC – Fruit of the Loom announced today plans to expand the company’s Berkeley County distribution center. The addition…
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Benefitfocus Files Registration Statement for Secondary Offering
July 2, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Benefitfocus, Inc. (Nasdaq:BNFT), a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions, announced that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed secondary offering…
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Shred360 team is Expanding
July 1, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Shred360 welcomed Karen Dimsdale to their team as new Territory Manager for Charleston and the Lowcountry. Her primary responsibility will be to further develop the market that…
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Shred360 team is Expanding
July 1, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Shred360 welcomed Karen Dimsdale to their team as new Territory Manager for Charleston and the Lowcountry. Her primary responsibility will be to further develop the market that…
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North Charleston SBDC office in search of new location
June 23, 2014N. CHARLESTON – The North Charleston office of the SC Small Business Development Centers is looking for some help in locating a new home for the second time in the…
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