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Volume 21, No. 10 • $2.00
Tech startups want flexible commercial options By Liz Segrist
Biggest markets for port cargo
Data show largest commodities, trading partners for port. Page 15
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even moves in three years. That’s how many times Good Done Great has relocated its Charleston operations since 2012 — and it’s not the only Charleston tech company to have to make multiple moves.
Good Done Great President Earl Bridges started the software company from his Daniel Island home along with company CEO David Barach, who runs the Tacoma, Wash., office. They created software that would make charitable giving easier for employees at Fortune 500 companies like clients IBM, Monsanto and Staples. Bridges looked at space at the Charleston
Company asks students. Here’s how they answer. Pages 2, 16
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The Machinists union could come back for another election in six months. Page 3
Volvo or not?
Upfront............................. 2 In Focus: Ports, Logistics and Distribution............ 15 List: Motor Freight Companies.................... 24 At Work.......................... 27 Business Digest.............. 27 Hot Properties................. 29 People in the News......... 30 Viewpoint........................ 31
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By Ashley Heffernan
Union cancels vote at Boeing
INSIDE
See OFFICE NEEDS, Page 8
Businesses see trends in office, wireless devices
What do you want from a job?
Filing shows Berkeley County has economic development prospect that could bring 4,000 jobs. Page 5
Digital Corridor in 2012. He moved in that day and hired his first employee that week. The company operated out of five different offices altogether within Flagships 1 and 2 in downtown Charleston before relocating to a 2,500-square-foot office on Daniel Island. “I remember walking in and thinking that
IN THE Mix Madam Adam bandmates Scott Gould (left) and Alan Price started their own recording studio in West Ashley to distance themselves from major labels and create homegrown music. Page 10
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he days of having to charge a mobile phone with a cord, dial into a conference call with a phone and send a presentation to colleagues via email might be numbered. Laura Blackmer, senior vice president of business-to-business sales for Sharp Electronics Corp., gave a presentation about the future of office work during the North Charleston Business Expo last month. About 175 exhibitors came for the daylong conference that drew hundreds of businesses and entrepreneurs to hear speakers and see new technology and office trends. Sharp is developing a cloud-based platform, tentatively called Centro, that will gather details from a Microsoft Outlook calendar, a Word document or a Prezi presentation, and organize it to help employees manage workflow. Blackmer described what she encounters each morning when she arrives at work and said the experience is practically the same for many office employees around the country. See SHARP, Page 6
Conference puts focus on manufacturing in S.C.
State leaders, manufacturers, developers, job seekers and students flood Greenville’s TD Convention Center for conference. Pages 16-17
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