What you missed at Mixtroz’s Rooster and Butch watch party
Mixtroz packed Innovation Depot on Wednesday for their debut on Rooster & Butch. Read more about the fun screening party they had here.
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Birmingham lands a spot on 2018 Steve Case Revolution Rise of the Rest Tour
Today at the Power of Leadership luncheon sponsored by Alabama Power, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin announced America Online (AOL) co-founder Steve Case chose the Magic City as one of the cities on his upcoming Rise of the Rest 7.0…
One Degree MMM, just one of Forge coworking companies making it happen
Sponsored Jacqueline Jones predicts her marketing firm, One Degree MMM, will have significant growth in 2018. Part of her success might be due to the dynamic coworking space she shares with other professionals at Forge in downtown Birmingham.
Army veteran to open The Preservery, international soul food concept in Pizitz food hall
In early February, The Preservery Bham will open in REV Birmingham’s Reveal Kitchen space in the Pizitz food hall. The Reveal Kitchen space presents an opportunity for culinary graduates of the REV and Create Birmingham’s CO.STARTERS program a chance to open…
TechBirmingham new board chairman discusses bright 2018 forecast
New Board Officers have been named to TechBirmingham for 2018. TechBirmingham is the city’s pivotal organization dedicated to strengthening and promoting the technology environment, while supporting existing, and start-up technology companies in the region.
Guide to Birmingham food delivery service; stay warm and stress free this winter
Sometimes you just want to curl up on the couch, watch a movie and order- in for dinner. Here are a few of Birmingham’s delivery services that can bring your favorite food right to you.
Target buys Birmingham based Shipt for $550M in war against Amazon and Whole Foods
Birmingham based grocery delivery company acquired Target announced Wednesday morning that they are acquiring Shipt for $550M. Shipt is a national grocery delivery company, founded and based right here in Birmingham, Alabama.
REV Birmingham The Big Pitch announced 2018 winners at exciting finale
It’s the stuff of fairy tales…or the reality show Shark Tank. Saturday, Nov. 18, 10 finalist pitched their business start-up ideas to a panel of judges in REV Birmingham’s Fourth Annual Big Pitch by PNC.
Birmingham Venture Club’s annual meeting will feature John S. Jemison Venture Award and the 2017 Spark Match Competition
Partner The Venture Club’s 32 Annual Meeting will give attendees a huge opportunity to network with high profile entrepreneurs, corporate and community leaders as well as with economic development leaders at the Sheraton Birmingham on Dec. 7 at 10:30 am…
Birmingham furniture maker Alabama Sawyer wins Garden & Gun Made in the South prize
Alabama Sawyer, a Birmingham furniture company wins Garden & Gun’s 2017 Made in the South Award. Alabama Sawyer received the “Home” category award and also the “Overall” category award, which carries a $10,000 prize.
Lucky Cat Rolled Creams co-founder Hannah Slamen has advice for startups
A while back, I reviewed Lucky Cat Rolled Creams. Spoiler: it’s amazing. This weekend, I interviewed Hannah Slamen – one half of the founding couple. She spoke to me about franchising, being spontaneous, starting a small business and more! Let’s…
Black-Owned Birmingham | 5 startups you NEED to know about
With Birmingham making noteworthy growth, you can only imagine how many new startup companies are popping up. Today we’re highlighting five of our very own African American-owned startups in the city.
Cash injection: UAB and Innovation Depot among RIS 2017 grant winners, for a total of half a million dollars!
UAB and Innovation Depot have caught the federal government’s eye in the best way! On September 22, UAB revealed that the US Department of Commerce awarded the university nearly half a million dollars. Innovation Depot and UAB represent 2 of 42…
Birmingham’s Big Pitch
Rev Birmingham, also instrumental in Zyp’s bikeshare program and the Woodlawn street market, will host its 4th annual Big Pitch this November. But don’t worry, you still have time to enter! I interviewed Deon Gordon and Brian Bucher to find…
In-depth with Quantalytix, the Birmingham startup looking to upstage a giant
I don’t think I have ever heard of someone who thinks that reducing lending risk shouldn’t happen – certainly not since the 2009 subprime lending crisis. I met with Will Bryant and Chris Aliotta to talk about their Velocity accelerator…