FAV Honored by UAB’s Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

FAV Honored by UAB’s Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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...
The Super League Debacle: What European Football Can Teach Us about Mission-Driven Investment and Social Capital

The Super League Debacle: What European Football Can Teach Us about Mission-Driven Investment and Social Capital

Last week, a group of 12 European soccer teams tried to form an exclusive league unto themselves only to see it crumble. The plan became the business mistake du jour and had even the most casual soccer fan engaged and enraged. Since I follow it only loosely, I didn’t...