Entrepreneur Brian Hamilton says Birmingham has the ‘secret sauce’ for business success
“We don’t have a choice,” Brian Hamilton says of his hometown. “To sustain this community, we have to invest in diversity. If we’re successful, then Birmingham will be the answer to Silicon Valley, a technology ecosystem that generates the capital to transform the...
Swell Fundraising’s Brooke Battle is transforming nonprofit impact through technology
Early adopters are essential to the development and success of new products, providing entrepreneurs and companies with valuable feedback. Product developers are able to fine tune their technology and continue to enhance the product as it goes to market. Brook Battle,...
GLOW beauty app founder finds importance in staying local
For Yazmin Cavale, building a successful technology-based business requires more than just a good idea, an innovative product or service, or even access to adequate capital and resources. You have to meet a need, she says. You have to fill a niche or answer a question...
Serial entrepreneur Serge Amouzou excited about “what’s starting to happen” in Birmingham
It’s been a dozen years since Serge Amouzou came to the United States from his native Togo, settling in the Washington, D.C. area. He began trying out entrepreneurial concepts while still in high school. “I quickly realized how much I enjoyed it,”...
