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 | Feb 3, 2023 | 2023, Alabama, Birmingham, Books and Resources, Economic Development, Entrepreneurialism, Founders, Start-Up News Round-Up, Start-Ups
The mission of First Avenue Ventures is to grow Birmingham organizations. We’re particularly passionate about Birmingham entrepreneurs and start-up businesses. As part of our mission, we’re dedicated to provided entrepreneurs with useful information and...
by First Avenue Ventures | 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...
by First Avenue Ventures | Aug 3, 2022 | 2022, Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham Funded Start-Ups List, Economic Development, Entrepreneurial Assessment, Entrepreneurialism, Start-Ups, World Games
The best analogy that I have for start-ups and early stage companies in this time of tumultuous public markets is one of a submarine. A start-up shares the key benefit of being able to float beneath the surface — unaware and, to an extent, untroubled by the...
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...
