Scott Absher, CEO of gig engagement platform provider, ShiftPixy wasn’t planning to move the company’s headquarters from California to Florida—at least, not at first. At the time, in 2019, ShiftPixy was having trouble penetrating the thriving East Coast restaurant industry and Absher figured a hub somewhere on the Atlantic, preferably close to Latin America, which already had been in the expansion plans, would help. “But as we got into the [Florida] market, we started to see there would be some strong benefits for the company to be headquartered here.”
The friendly business climate was one benefit, as were …
