Oct 27, 2022 | 2022, Advising, Alabama, Birmingham, Economic Development, Entrepreneurialism, Life Science Fund, Start-Ups, Technology
First Avenue Ventures proudly received the 2022 Innovation Award for Community Partnership of the Year. The Innovation Awards, given by the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE), recognize UAB...
Dec 11, 2020 | 2020, Advising, Birmingham, Business Lessons, Entrepreneurialism, Financing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Ups
I came across an article recently that described the “entrepreneurial advisor complex.” While I unfortunately cannot find the article, it rightly bemoaned advisors who promise the moon but cannot deliver. Particularly egregious, according to the article, are...
May 29, 2020 | 2020, Birmingham, COVID-19, Entrepreneurialism, Financing, Start-Ups
I am still not sure how COVID-19 will ultimately effect start-up funding, but I do believe that we can safely assume that there will be less of it in the coming years. How exactly will this play out? I don’t know. But the question I have now is whether institutional...
