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Fast Company features the faces of Bessemer in a new article
If you’ve turned on a TV or opened up Twitter lately, you’ve seen a national spotlight on Bessemer, Alabama. Recently, Bessemer received another country-wide accolade as Fast Company ran a photo essay of just a few of the workers that…
Learn how to make your own shoes with The Shoe School at Hardware Park
Birmingham’s Hardware Park is getting a new tenant—a training facility for fashion and design students called The Shoe School at Hardware Park. Keep reading to learn more about Birmingham’s newest design business that will have you walking a mile in…
Birmingham’s new dating app will set you up with your next first date
Finding your next date is hard enough, and current dating apps with their constant stream of pointless conversations don’t make it any easier. Now, the Birmingham-based app Set Me Up is changing the dating game and making first dates fun.
Meet the 5 early seed-stage startups competing in Alabama Launchpad on May 13
Last week, the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama announced the finalists for its upcoming Alabama Launchpad Finale event on May 13th. With tens of thousands of dollars in early-stage seed funding up for grabs, these finalists will take to the…
Birmingham’s Simpeo and GoodJob are transforming the hiring process
Two local startups, Simpeo and Goodjob, have partnered to provide small businesses the ideal PEO (Professional Employer Organization) experience. See how the new Simpeo On Demand Talent, powered by GoodJob will optimize your next talent search.
7 winners & judges weigh in on updates to the Alabama Launchpad program
Over its 15-year history, the Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition has helped promising Alabama startups launch their vision with their best foot forward. In fact, Alabama Launchpad is the most active early-stage seed fund investor in the entire state—awarding $5.6 million to 100 Alabama startups…
Got glass? Kinetic offers on demand curbside glass recycling service
I have a confession to make. Since recycling glass has been nearly non-existent in the Birmingham metro area for sometime now, all of my beer and wine bottles and pasta sauce jars end up in the garbage can. As a…
2 Birmingham-based startups, Immediate and Simpeo, announce new partnership
Today, November 18th, Birmingham-based startups Immediate and Simpeo announced a new partnership to better serve their clients. Here’s how it works, and why it matters for Birmingham.
Pick-up for compost in Birmingham? Yeah—we have that now + it’s the first in the state
It’s no secret that Alabama isn’t at the top when it comes to recycling and composting, but that’s soon about to change. Field Culture Compost is serving the Birmingham community and our environment by taking our scraps and turning into…
Birmingham’s booming startup scene attracts 23 Venture for America fellows + meet 6 of them
Birmingham is no stranger to startups and fresh job opportunities. Not to toot our own horn, but the Magic City is the fastest-growing market in the Venture for America network. That’s why Birmingham attracted twenty-three new Venture for America fellows…
A look into Birmingham’s game developer community: key players, projects + how to get involved
You know Birmingham’s food scene, and tech scene, and bar scene. One group you may not know? Game developers. These innovative individuals are pushing our Magic City forward in more ways than one. I caught up with six of them…