When Bay Area serial entrepreneur Vijay Harrell hit upon the idea for OneClickShip, an online portal that allows small businesses to control most of their supply chain management needs, he knew he had a winner on his hands. But he also knew that he didn't know nearly enough about the freight business to strike out on his own. Enter EPIcenter, a technology accelerator that opened in Memphis in 2014 and is backed by logistics giant FedEx, the Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce and other private sector leadership in the city. The goal of organization, said Leslie Smith, president and CEO of EPIcenter, is to provide technical expertise, teach business skills, raise funds and provide a safe haven for at, least 500 companies over a seven-year period.
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