First Avenue Ventures
  • Home
  • About
    • Our Team
    • Success Stories
  • Services
    • Pitch Decks
    • Strategy
    • Digital Marketing
    • Livestream
  • Courses
    • Build a Pitch Deck
    • The Structured Start-up
  • Funds
  • Social Capital
    • Introduction To Social Capital
    • Key Terms In Social Capital
    • Areas Of Focus
      • Affordable Housing
      • Bitcoin
      • Charter Schools
      • Food Recovery Hierarchy
      • Opportunity Zones
  • Resources
    • Annual Assessment
    • Birmingham Funded Start-up List
    • Initial Engagement Survey
    • Market Research Survey
    • Podcast
    • Recommended Reading
  • Blog
  • Schedule a Call
Select Page
Birmingham’s Journey to Hosting the World Games

Birmingham’s Journey to Hosting the World Games

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...
What the World Games Can Teach Us About Entrepreneurship

What the World Games Can Teach Us About Entrepreneurship

by Mike Goodrich | Apr 27, 2022 | 2022, Birmingham, Business Lessons, Entrepreneurialism, Start-Ups, World Games

If you follow this blog, you know I love an analogy: a story that helps provide context and, hopefully, clarity for those in, on, and around the entrepreneurial journey. You probably also know that I love Birmingham — all of it, the good, bad, and ugly – and...
Alabama’s HB 322 and Economic Development

Alabama’s HB 322 and Economic Development

by Mike Goodrich | Apr 13, 2022 | 2022, Alabama, Birmingham, Economic Development, Entrepreneurialism, Legislation

Business blogs and LinkedIn are places for business discussion, and I respect that. So without comment on the merits of HB 322 (Alabama’s version of the “Don’t Say Gay Bill”), which was recently signed into law by Governor Ivey, I ask: 1. ...
Our Two Red Flags

Our Two Red Flags

by Mike Goodrich | Apr 7, 2022 | 2022, Business Lessons, Entrepreneurialism, Financing, Founders, Start-Ups

Because we want to stay true to our mission – to help in creating and building Birmingham businesses — we don’t want to say no too often, put in place strict rules, or create hard-and-fast criteria. Early-stage businesses, by definition, are typically works in...
Waiting Tables Is Sales Training

Waiting Tables Is Sales Training

by laurelfain | Jul 16, 2021 | 2021, Business Lessons, Entrepreneurialism, Founders, Sales, Start-Ups

My middle son is in the midst of a passionate love affair with French fries, so I’ve done what any good mother would do – I’ve turned that love into a bargaining tool. He doesn’t like swim lessons? I’ll buy fries after. He hesitates to clean his room? I offer to make...
« Older Entries

Recent Posts

  • Finding Your Entrepreneurial Story: Advice from Jim Cavale on The Structured Start-Up Podcast
  • Birmingham’s Journey to Hosting the World Games
  • Marketing, Growth Hacking, and Other Sales Techniques: Advice from Jeff Gale on The Structured Start-Up Podcast
  • The One-Time Revenue of the World Games
  • What the World Games Can Teach Us About Entrepreneurship

Archives

  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • March 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017

Categories

  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • Advising
  • Alabama
  • Alabama Crimson Tide
  • Birmingham
  • Birmingham Funded Start-Ups List
  • Board Membership
  • Books and Resources
  • Business Lessons
  • Competition
  • COVID-19
  • Economic Development
  • Entrepreneurialism
  • Financing
  • Football
  • Founders
  • Legislation
  • Marketing
  • Mission-Driven Businesses
  • Podcast
  • Regional Cooperation
  • Revenue
  • Sales
  • Services
  • Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
  • Social Capital and Social Entrepreneurialism
  • Social Capital Series
  • Start-Ups
  • Technology
  • The Structured Start-Up Podcast
  • Uncategorized
  • Valuation
  • World Games
First Avenue Ventures Logo

A Private Business Incubator in Birmingham, Alabama

205.578.1005 | info@firstavenueventures.com

Terms And Conditions

© 2022 First Avenue Ventures | Site by Shawn Wright