BioAlabama looks to give new life to economic development with statewide network
BioAlabama is looking to formalize a life sciences network throughout the state to enhance economic development in an important industry that stretches to nearly every corner of Alabama. The state's industry organization is aligned with the national Biotechnology...
3 ways early adopters help entrepreneurs
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,...
10 tech conferences to attend in 2018
During 2018, approximately 150 technology conferences will take place in the United States. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, an investor, an executive in a tech-oriented business field, or just a tech fan, there’s a conference to suit your needs. Here are 10 to look...
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," Amouzou says. "I...
Bluejireh’s Randall Cottrell says “all things are possible” for Birmingham’s tech sector
Ask Randall Cottrell to define the term "entrepreneur," and he has a ready reply. "I once heard it defined this way," Cottrell says. "An entrepreneur is a person with a unique distaste for being manipulated or controlled." He laughs and adds, "Once I heard that, I...
5 tips to make the most of conference attendance
Deciding to take advantage of conference opportunities often starts with questions for new businesses: Is it worth the money? How many employees do we send? We caught up with Birmingham-based startup Pack Health's associate director of strategic partnerships, Uma...
“We intend to create change”: A conversation with Bronze Valley Executive Director Neill Wright
Bronze Valley’s Neill Wright brings 25 years of finance and banking experience to his new role as the organization’s executive director. He shares his insight on challenges, mission and why diversity matters. For starters, how would you summarize Bronze Valley? Bronze...
AchieveAlabama.org makes college possible for students statewide
How can technology make a difference? It’s a question we ask daily. For one Birmingham young professionals organization, looking to tech to help solve one of the state’s workforce hurdles was just the beginning. Part of Rotary International, The Rotaract Club of...
What is Bronze Valley?
Innovation. Diversity. Growth. These are the cornerstones of the next generation of great American cities. Together, they are the engine that will propel civic success in the evolving economic and social landscape in which we live. They provide a rallying point for...
