by First Avenue Ventures | May 12, 2023 | 2023, Alabama, Birmingham, Economic Development, Entrepreneurialism, Founders, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups
First Avenue Ventures is pleased to provide a monthly round-up of news about the Birmingham entrepreneurial ecosystem. Below, please find the latest in Birmingham start-up news. Birmingham-based Teamworks exec unveils $65M funding round (Birmingham Business Journal)...
by First Avenue Ventures | Apr 7, 2023 | 2023, Alabama, Birmingham, Entrepreneurialism, Founders, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups
As part of our mission to support the local entrepreneurial ecosystem, First Avenue Ventures seeks to provide resources to help Birmingham entrepreneurs and their businesses succeed. Below, you’ll find our monthly round-up of recent Birmingham start-up news. 4...
by First Avenue Ventures | Mar 10, 2023 | 2023, Alabama, Birmingham, Books and Resources, Entrepreneurialism, Founders, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups
Here at First Avenue Ventures, we’re passionate about our mission: supporting the local entrepreneurial ecosystem. As part of that mission, we’re devoted to providing resources to help Birmingham entrepreneurs and their businesses succeed. In that spirit,...
by First Avenue Ventures | Jul 19, 2022 | 2022, Birmingham, Business Lessons, Competition, Entrepreneurialism, Founders, Marketing, Podcast, Sales, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Ups, The Structured Start-Up Podcast
The fifth and final episode of The Structured Start-Up Podcast is all about the competitive landscape. For this episode, we turned to Lee Ross, the CEO of SlateXP, a Birmingham-based student safety software company. Ross has successfully launched two companies in...
by First Avenue Ventures | Jun 28, 2022 | 2022, Birmingham, Business Lessons, Entrepreneurialism, Football, Founders, Marketing, Podcast, Sales, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Ups, The Structured Start-Up Podcast
The fourth episode of The Structured Start-Up podcast focuses on the importance of finding your entrepreneurial story. As Mike Goodrich, the principal of First Avenue Ventures, says, “If you don’t have a compelling narrative that people will buy into, your...
by First Avenue Ventures | Jun 23, 2022 | 2022, Alabama, Birmingham, Business Lessons, COVID-19, Entrepreneurialism, Founders, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Ups, World Games
“And you may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?'”– The Talking Heads, “Once in a Lifetime” As Randall Woodfin and Protective Stadium get ready to welcome the world to Birmingham, we need to to remember that the journey towards...