Charleston Regional Business Journal - May 18, 2015

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May 18 - 31, 2015 • www.charlestonbusiness.com

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Charleston startups gain national attention Case pushes S.C. to cultivate startup environment

Dig South connects Southeast tech hubs to investors, ideas By Liz Segrist

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tanfield Gray went to the Ad Age Digital Conference in New York City in 2011 and was inspired by the innovators, startups and forward-thinking Web and digital companies that presented there. “I came back and couldn’t believe this didn’t exist in the Southeast, particularly in Charleston,” Gray said. See DIG SOUTH, Page 6

Gary Vaynerchuk of VaynerMedia talks marketing with Dig South attendees. (Photo/Adam Chandler)

harleston almost didn’t make the cut for Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest roadshow. Case, the co-founder of AOL and CEO of Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm Revolution, is visiting budding tech hubs around the country to highlight entrepreneurs outside of the tech giants of

See CASE, Page 8

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Valor in combat

National Medal of Honor Museum opening in 2018 at Patriots Point. Page 10

Workforce, $204 million in incentives bring Volvo to S.C.

$101M project

Bennett Hospitality building 185-room hotel on former library site. Page 9

By Liz Segrist

INSIDE

Upfront............................. 2 In Focus: Human Capital.............. 13 List: Employee Benefits Brokers........... 16 Executive Recruiting Firms............................. 18 At Work.......................... 19 People in the News......... 21 Business Digest.............. 22 Hot Properties................. 22 Viewpoint........................ 23

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olvos will now be built in South Carolina. The Swedish automaker plans to build the company’s first U.S. manufacturing plant in Berkeley County, joining BMW and Mercedes-Benz Vans as S.C. automakers. In one of the largest economic development announcements ever made in the Lowcountry, Volvo Cars said it plans to invest $500 million in a facility at the Camp Hall Tract in Ridgeville and create 4,000 jobs there over the next decade.

Photo/Volvo

See VOLVO, Page 3

Another round on Kiawah

The Wanamaker Trophy will once again be up for grabs at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course. PGA officials announced earlier this month that the PGA Championship will return to the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in 2021. Page 5


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