Tag: charleston

  • Charleston E-signature Software Team Releases Unique Premium ‘InsureSign Pro’ Features

    Charleston E-signature Software Team Releases Unique Premium ‘InsureSign Pro’ Features

    InsureSign, the simple & secure electronic-signing software, today announced the release of its “InsureSign Pro” plan that includes three new premium features: SMS/text message delivery, custom landing pages, and email integration. The Charleston-based development team built the new, unique features based on customer feedback. The seven full-time developers operate out of the Pacific Box and…

  • Who’s Hiring in the South: December 2017

    Who’s Hiring in the South: December 2017

    Is a career transition part of your 2018 plan? From marketing jobs at growth-stage startups to executive roles at global corporations, there are countless opportunities for that “New Year, New Job” resolution to come true here in the South. To help you find the perfect new role, we’ve rounded up some of the hottest openings…

  • EHRs and Snow Monkeys: Meaningful Use and the Slow Adoption of EHR Technology

    EHRs and Snow Monkeys: Meaningful Use and the Slow Adoption of EHR Technology

    This guest post is provided by Stephanie Sargent, VP of Product Development at Charleston, SC-based SE Healthcare. Researchers in Japan were studying the macaque (aka the snow monkey) when they observed one female taking sweet potatoes that were left on the beach for them to eat and washing them in ocean water rather than brushing…

  • Charleston Digital Corridor Announces Six New Companies At The Flagships

    The Charleston Digital Corridor announced that six tech companies have commenced operations at the Flagship tech-focused business incubator facilities located in downtown Charleston over the past three months. Of the six companies, five have expanded to Charleston from across the United States. These companies join twenty-five other companies currently in residence at the Flagships and include: Workiva (Ames,…

  • Charleston’s First All-Female Coworking Space Opens in West Ashley

    Charleston, South Carolina is now home to a new entrepreneurial community specifically for women business owners. The Eves Collective is a boutique workspace that offers private offices and dedicated desks for women to create, build, and grow their businesses alongside one another. Featuring a large conference room, three fully-furnished private offices, four large dedicated desks, and…

  • Benefitfocus Streamlines Health Savings Accounts and COBRA Administration with New Solutions

    Charleston, S.C. – October 4, 2017 – Benefitfocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT), a leading provider of cloud-based benefits management software, today unveiled Benefitfocus Consumer-Directed Healthcare Accounts and Benefitfocus COBRA Administration. The addition of these new solutions to the Benefitfocus Platform will provide employers, brokers and employees a single partner to support communication, enrollment and administration of these…

  • Virtually Unstoppable? Atlatl’s CEO Talks Immersive Technology, iPhones & the Future of AR/VR

    Virtually Unstoppable? Atlatl’s CEO Talks Immersive Technology, iPhones & the Future of AR/VR

    “Immersive 3D content is the obvious next thing.” Mark Zuckerberg made this comment not long after Facebook’s $2 billion acquisition of virtual reality startup, Oculus, and his predictions are proving right. While the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) market is still relatively new in the grand scheme of things, it’s growing at warp-speed.…

  • From Tech to Food & Bev, These Are the Newest Startups Accelerating in Charleston

    From Tech to Food & Bev, These Are the Newest Startups Accelerating in Charleston

    The Harbor Accelerator Program is fostering the newest scalable startups in Charleston, South Carolina this fall. Now in its third year, the 14-week accelerator connects Southeastern startups to mentorship, weekly classes, free co-working space, investor introductions and pitch opportunities. Three notable past participants who each won DIG SOUTH’s Wild Pitch competition include female-founded IoT startup Dynepic, Scholarship System,…

  • Why Charleston-Based Accountfully is Cashing in on Nashville

    Why Charleston-Based Accountfully is Cashing in on Nashville

    Charleston-based Accountfully is putting on their cowboy boots and heading to Music City! The fully outsourced accounting firm will open a new office at Industrious’ Nashville–Gulch space this October to accommodate the rapid growth they’ve experienced since launching in Charleston five years ago. It’s a move that makes sense considering their target market: small business…

  • How Ceterus snagged $10.2 million from Southern VCs in just one year

    How Ceterus snagged $10.2 million from Southern VCs in just one year

    Since taking the stage at DIG SOUTH’s Wild Pitch in April, Charleston-based Ceterus has raised $6 million, bringing their total funding to $10.2 million in just over a year. Their impressive success hasn’t stopped there — the automated bookkeeping platform has quadrupled in size (their 100th employee joined the team in June) and tripled their…

  • New Restaurant App Launches in Charleston During DIG SOUTH

    New Restaurant App Launches in Charleston During DIG SOUTH

    CurEat – the innovative new restaurant app designed to help residents and travelers discover a great place to dine and drink – became available in the iTunes App Store January 2017. CurEat provides trustworthy, curated lists of award-winning, independent and time-honored restaurants in over 60 cities across the United States, and empowers users to create and…

  • 20 Powerful Women in Business Speaking at DIG SOUTH

    20 Powerful Women in Business Speaking at DIG SOUTH

    DIG SOUTH’s 5th Annual Innovation Conference is less than a month away! The speaker lineup features 150+ successful entrepreneurs, executives, and investors from around the country, including several glass-ceiling-shattering women who are leading the charge in marketing, media, e-commerce, technology, healthcare, and more. Here’s a sampling of some of the women powering up our agenda this April,…

  • Three Good Reasons Your Boss Should Send You to DIG SOUTH

    Three Good Reasons Your Boss Should Send You to DIG SOUTH

    The fifth annual DIG SOUTH Innovation Conference is just one month away! Our founder, Stanfield Gray, shares three reasons why you need to be there. And if you’re waiting to register — don’t forget! Badge rates increase on March 31. 1. Hyper-efficient use of the company’s resources DIG the deal. How much would it cost…

  • DIG SOUTH Unveils 2017 Speaker Lineup, Featuring 155 Top Executives, Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists

    DIG SOUTH Unveils 2017 Speaker Lineup, Featuring 155 Top Executives, Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists

    Fifth annual conference to include C-Suite presenters from Vox Media, Jet.com, Casper, DraftKings, Rubicon Global, Blackbaud, BoomTown, MakerBot and more Charleston, SC – March 20, 2017 – DIG SOUTH Innovation Conference (DIG ICON), the Southeast’s premier event for digital innovators, today announced its 2017 speaker lineup featuring 155 leading executives and entrepreneurs including Jet.com President Liza…

  • What a Coffee Shop Run-In Showed Me About Mentorship

    What a Coffee Shop Run-In Showed Me About Mentorship

    “Hey, did you teach Music Management at the College of Charleston?” said the smiling, tatt-sleeved woman, snagging her espresso on the counter next to mine. “Yes, I did.” Doing the math in my head … eleven, twelve years ago, was it? “I graduated and went straight into the music business,” she continued, “… toured with…

  • Why I Dig Vox, Jet, Casper and the Timeless Streets of Charleston – And You Will Too

    Why I Dig Vox, Jet, Casper and the Timeless Streets of Charleston – And You Will Too

    At its best, DIG Innovation Conference should inspire and connect you in original fashion. To do that, we have to think and do things differently from the typical conference. And we do. DIG SOUTH is produced in a beautiful performing arts center, not a hotel ballroom. We curate inimitable speakers like Dr. Robert Cooper, a…

  • 14 Unique Workplaces for Digital Nomads in the South

    14 Unique Workplaces for Digital Nomads in the South

    More and more people are ditching the traditional office environment to work remotely or launch businesses on their own. If you subscribe to the digital nomad lifestyle, you could certainly work from home or join one of the many co-working spaces popping up around the country, but what happens when your mailman (or cat) gets…