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The Alabama Captive Insurance Association’s Annual Conference provides our members with valuable educational resources, industry updates and networking opportunities that you will not find anywhere else!
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The ALSHRM State Conference & Expo is the State of Alabama’s premier event for human resource professionals from all disciplines.
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Artificial Intelligence First Alabama is a Global Innovation Accelerator providing funding, mentoring, education, headquartering, innovation platforms, workforce education, tech and public-private partnerships to Artificial Intelligence and Automation Enterprise.
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The ASBC 504 Velocity Bridge Loan Program minimizes or eliminates risks for banks and third-party lenders who finance first lien loans (typically for 50% of project costs) for SBA 504 Loan Program participants.
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Leadership & Management Development courses are modular 2-hour sessions that can be delivered on-site.
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This program was designed to create a talent pipeline into employment opportunities with small diverse business enterprises (DBEs) in a way that allows them to build capacity and to succeed.
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State/County business privilege licenses are issued via the local county probate offices. The local county probate offices provide new licenses, renewals of licenses, transfers of licenses, copies of licenses, and any other changes to the license.
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All members of ALABAMA DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN, whether exhibiting or supporting, look to each other for inspiration and exchange of information to maintain high standards of design and craftsmanship.
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The Alabama MicroEnterprise Network, providing support and service to Alabama microbusiness service providers and the entrepreneurs and small business owners they represent.
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The purpose of the Direct Lending Program is to provide small businesses with a source of gap financing otherwise not available through conventional lending sources.
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Sales and property tax abatements are available to qualifying new industrial or commercial projects and expansions of such projects assuming their capital costs meet the lesser of either 30 percent of the original cost of existing industrial property or $2 million
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Alabama Women in Business (AWIB) provides women entrepreneurs in diverse sectors with opportunities to interact and develop strategic alliances.
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Recognizing the city’s industrial strength of the past and its genius creativity of the present, the ADDY nods only to the sharpest of creative minds among local advertising agencies and industry professionals.
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AAF Birmingham is about people — professionals just like you who are committed to their work. With professionals across all disciplines of the advertising community, you have the opportunity to both teach and learn. Plenty of business relationships can be traced back to AAF Birmingham, and staying connected to both potential clients and your competition promotes a healthy industry.
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Located in the loft district of downtown Birmingham, Asthetik Bham is a gem for photography and various events.
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Athena Collective strengthens Birmingham's business and entrepreneur communities by fostering an inclusive culture through education, dialogue and advocacy
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In collaboration with local colleges, universities, and industry professionals, the Birmingham Construction Industry Authority has developed a broad based curriculum to service some of the educational needs of MBE/DBE contractors in the Birmingham area.
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BE BHM is an ecosystem and capacity building program.
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The BGV Connect Incubator is dedicated to the Black Girl Ventures' mission to accelerate 100,000 Black/Brown women.
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Members of Alabama's bioscience community are invited to join this weekly video conference powered by BIO Alabama and designed to facilitate communication and collaboration among the #ALBioTech ecosystem during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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Whether you are an HR professional, a small business owner, or a manager seeking to maximize the talent on your team, BSHRM has the tools to help you.
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The Bessemer Business Incubation System (BBIS) is a full service business development organization providing space and services to those businesses participating in the service, light industrial/manufacturing and information technology industries.
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We work with local clients to share their unique messages with our growing audience.
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Black Tech Takeover is a 3-day digital conference presented by Birmingham Black Techies.
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We're pleased to have you visit the online version of the Birmingham Business Journal, where you'll find the latest breaking business news, updated throughout the day, this week's stories from the Birmingham Business Journal and other popular features from the print edition.
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The Birmingham Coworking Collective Passport gives you access to seven coworking spaces in the greater Birmingham area, allowing you to experience each community and find out which space is best for you before committing to a membership.
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Our objective is to assist in growing and maintaining a well-built, effective, and incorporated business community.
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Browse these tools and find resources to help you make decisions on starting or growing your enterprise.
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Browse mentor profiles to find your ideal expert or ask a question and let us pair you with the right expert.
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Learn from the experts with SCORE’s small business training workshops.
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In partnership with the City of Birmingham this emergency loan fund is for small businesses in Birmingham to stabilize employment, stimulate economic vitality and offset losses related to the coronavirus.
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The week will highlight Birmingham’s burgeoning Tech Scene and focus on a number of innovative topics.
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The Venture Club’s Annual Meeting is the state’s largest gathering of venture capitalists—as well as their related network of entrepreneurs, professional services firms and others—in Alabama.
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We provide regular programming for women working in technology fields or interested in technology careers, opportunities for mentoring, education, and career development.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema and The Law Firm of Stacey A. Davis have partnered to create the Black Lens Filmmaker Grant with a goal to support Black voices in film.
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New businesses may purchase a business license anytime during the year by filling out a business license application and delivering it in person to the Courthouse or Hayden Probate Office. Blount County does not require a county business license.The probate office issues license on behalf of the State of Alabama. If your business is located in one of the county’s municipalities, you may also need to purchase a license from the town.
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Find available commercial properties in Blount County here.
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Business and industry wanting to locate in Blount County are welcomed by the existing business community.
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Blount County, Alabama has a highly skilled workforce drawn from several local career tech, and surrounding two and four year colleges.
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Breakin’ Bread, Alabama’s premier food, wine and beer festival, is an incredible way to reach a burgeoning and vibrant segment of the Birmingham community.
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Build In SE’s Ecosystem Curator Program is designed for Southeast-based startup community builders to take the next step in their entrepreneur-supporting journey, by becoming immersed in the world of venture capital and startups.
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Business Alabama covers business, large and small, in all sectors of the Alabama economy.
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The COVID-19 Response Fund has been established by the Community Foundation in partnership with our donors to deploy flexible resources to community organizations that are on the front lines of the Greater Birmingham area coronavirus outbreak.
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As the IT industry sector continues to rapidly grow in our region, the Birmingham Tech Council is working to address the labor shortage along with the skills gaps.
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A weekly meeting, hosted by Create’s Director of Programs, Jessica Moody, via Zoom, helps local artists, small businesses, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs start the week off with coffee and brainstorming.
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Come percolate with us virtually on Facebook Live and our website. It's our Homebrew edition of Coffee & Collisions.
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CreativeMornings™, a global breakfast lecture series for the creative community, is pleased to announce the launch of its Birmingham chapter.
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Join TechBirmingham, the InfraGard Birmingham Member Alliance, and Central Alabama ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) for a three-day event that brings together the region’s cybersecurity professionals for training, networking, business development, and engaging content.
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DIY Birmingham is a grassroots collective that exists to promote alternative expression in alternative spaces in the city of Birmingham, AL.
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EGK Starters is a design-led, accelerator-like program for BIPOC-led startups based in Birmingham, Alabama.
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The Jefferson County Commission is dedicated to ensuring the success of its communities and businesses, especially during the unprecedented upheaval caused by COVID-19. We want to help small businesses recover by providing funding assistance.
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Elevate incubation is our largest program and provides entrepreneurs with shared resources, flexibility, and scalability as their business grows .
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Equipping Birmingham’s fastest-growing, highest potential entrepreneurs with the resources and confidence to take their business to the next level.
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Endeavor Catalyst is an innovative co-investment vehicle designed to support Endeavor Entrepreneurs with their equity financing rounds and contribute to the long-term sustainability of Endeavor.
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The Existing Industry Training Program is a partnership with the Workforce Development Councils of Alabama designed to provide assistance to Alabama employers for expenses associated with skills upgrade training of their full-time, permanent company employees.
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We can assist you in creating, evaluating, and executing a capital strategy that is optimal for you and your company.
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Co-Working office space available, nestled in the Grandview / Blue Lake / Colonnade area of Birmingham. Private office suites and open working space available.
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The Alabama SBDC Network provides no-cost confidential business counseling at 10 locations throughout the state, including a convenient location at the Innovation Depot on 1st Avenue North, in Birmingham's Entrepreneurial District.
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From financial literacy to business planning and development, the Community Economic Development Program provides the critical and necessary information for Latino and immigrant families to build financial stability for the future.
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HMC’s Discovery strategy seeks to generate long-term capital growth primarily through investments in small and microcap stocks in the U.S. and Canada.
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Stoneview is an opportunistic credit strategy which seeks to generate attractive, absolute returns across the credit cycle.
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Hardware Park is a two city-block business campus in downtown Birmingham, Alabama with capacity for any size firm, plus space available for co-working.
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The Birmingham Chapter established the Chapter Sponsorship Program to allow organizations to support the chapter and IT professions, which allows the Birmingham Chapter to provide more services and higher quality events to our members.
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Our Ignite coworking space offers budding entrepreneurs the space and resources to turn dreams into reality.
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Keep up with Ignite and our upcoming events for 2021!
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Ignite! Counting Us
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A Statewide Coordinated Count of Alabama Minority Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, and Nonprofit Leaders.
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The Incumbent Worker Training Program is designed to grant funding assistance to qualifying Alabama for-profit businesses to provide skills training to full-time, permanent, company employees, who have been employed at the company for a minimum of six months.
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The Alabama Innovation Commission, known as Innovate Alabama, is a platform for innovators to engage policymakers, exchange ideas and identify policies that promote innovation.
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Innovate Birmingham meets the talent needs of regional employers by harnessing the potential of local talent. We do this by providing holistic support and career development for aspiring tech professionals, and producing programs that align with local industry standards.
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We provide equipment financing to small-mid size companies.
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Jefferson County is currently administering business licenses levied under the provisions of Title 40, Chapter 12 and Title 34, Chapter 35 of the 1975 Code of Alabama, as amended. Jefferson County is also currently administering licenses required under Act No. 1957-314, Act No. 1966-431, Act No. 1991-170, and Act No. 2011-662 (Jefferson County Entity Business License Tax) and Jefferson County Ordinance No. 1801 .
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Jefferson County Center for Workforce Development provides the opportunity for anyone looking for a career to learn their options and find a path to their goal.
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Who built Birmingham? In this quarterly series, some of the city's best and brightest leaders share their stories of building a legacy.
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The purpose of this initiative, Keep It Local, is to gain commitment from local companies to consider local technology suppliers as a resource when possible; and local suppliers to understand buyer needs and find ways to grow their capabilities to match.
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Help local businesses survive the COVID-19 Pandemic. Support Birmingham's local businesses while keeping your distance.
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Main Street Alabama offers full-day workshops on revitalization trends, tools and best practices from around the country.
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It's a shared office space for people that do clean creative work: we’ve had designers, writers, journalists, architects, even an arts lawyer.
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We have dedicated studio space for artists and makers who have loud stuff, heavy stuff, messy stuff, or just a lot of stuff.
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Mōmentum provides working capital to business owners with fast, smart financial solutions. Receive immediate funding based on your potential for growth rather than your current financial circumstance.
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Founders’ Multi-Unit Summit is an exclusive gathering of select multi-unit company leaders company leaders – registration is limited to 40 multi-unit CEOs, thought leaders, and a few of the top private equity players focused on scaling entertainment, restaurant, fitness, retail, education, franchise, and related companies.
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Network After Work Birmingham
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Network After Work is a professional community consisting of Entrepreneurs, Professionals, Executives and thought leaders who understand the importance of building meaningful connections.
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New Capital Partners is dedicated to building great companies by creating true partnerships with management teams and serving customers' needs better than anyone else.
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OnBoard Birmingham is a five-month leadership development program for young professionals – participants are either new or returning to the Birmingham seven-county region and are between the ages of 24 and 35.
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The intensive course, anchored by entrepreneurship training, allows participants to master business basics and gain access to funding to support a strong launch and the ongoing growth of their businesses.
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PMI Central Alabama Monthly Chapter Meeting
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This presentation will break out the current trends in the software development industry and where BA is seen as skill and were it is being built out as a role.
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To better assist entrepreneurs, creatives, and micro businesses, the Penny Foundation has established Future Forward – a grant fund that provides relief to black-owned businesses throughout greater Birmingham.
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The Penny Foundation’s mission is threefold: to collect and disseminate important information, elevate and support critical work in the Black community and provide the best resources for the Black community. The one-day Smart Town conference will help the community integrate technology into its everyday life.
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The Penny Foundation’s mission is threefold: to collect and disseminate important information, elevate and support critical work in the Black community and provide the best resources for the Black community. The Virtual Town Square, an online information hub, accomplishes this by connecting the resources serving the Black community into a central inventory of civic, professional, fraternal, social and nonprofit organizations.
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A business line of credit is a convenient tool for meeting short term financing needs.
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Term loans are used for major financial investments, like financing major equipment, plant, or building expansion projects.
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Practice Works provides space and support to build the business of your dreams.
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REV Business Growth Workshops
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Birmingham’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is collaborating to rapidly create and implement programs to support small businesses like yours that are the fabric of a vibrant economy.
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Rebound Bham
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Rebound Bham is the product of collective passion for small businesses and the people who start them and grow them.
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We all find ourselves working very differently than we were two months ago. Whether it’s rethinking our daily routine to maximize our time and focus, reframing the products, programs, and services we offer, or reconnecting with our customers and patrons, there is a lot to work through.
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Our Mission is to provide a collaborative environment that promotes discovery, creativity, and exploration of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Mathematics)
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At Redhawk we believe the future of entrepreneurship, innovation and investing lies in the underserved markets outside of the traditional hubs of Silicon Valley, Boston and New York. Our mission is to aggressively seek the opportunities the large coastal funds ignore.
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PRIVATE DEBT FOCUSED ON HIGH GROWTH COMPANIES IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND THE CENTRAL SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES
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Make a home for your business with a Regus private office.
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Reignite Alabama
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The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama is retooling its “Alabama Launchpad” pitch competition to spur innovation.
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This workshop is an opportunity to establish goals with corresponding tasks and assess current needs for your growing business.
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Established by Congress in 1986, the SBA 504 Loan Program provides healthy, expanding businesses with long-term, below-market, fixed-rate financing for the acquisition of land and building, machinery and equipment, and construction and renovation.
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In 2016 Congress passed legislation changing the 504 program to allow for the refinancing of commercial debt!
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Financial Support For Creatives, Entrepreneur, Innovators & Manufacturers
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Shelby Co. Business Licensing
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The State of Alabama requires persons, firms, or corporations that engage in or transact any trade, business, commerce, occupation, vocation, or profession for gain or profit to pay a license fee. You may also need a license from the city that you will be operating the business in. You should obtain a business license prior to opening your business.
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58 Inc. strives to serve as a one-stop shop for commercial real estate developers, tenant representatives, brokers and retailers in their search for quality development sites throughout the County.
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Shelby County Talent Development Guide
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In an increasingly complex economy, the skills and talent of a community's people will determine its economic future. That’s why we’re committed to a robust workforce development strategy that supports the recruitment, training and retention of highly skilled individuals to serve our employers’ needs.
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Sidewalk Salon is a FREE monthly networking and educational event aimed at filmmakers and film fans alike.
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Sloss Tech
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Born out of the growth in the local technology and innovation ecosystem in Alabama, they came to us with the goal of increasing brand awareness and growing their B2B business.
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SocialVenture
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SocialVenture is a co-working space, meeting space and change-making space in the heart of Woodlawn.
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Southern Social Summit
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SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING CONFERENCE
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Available for industrial and commercial projects with at least 50 new jobs paying an average wage of $14 per hour.
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TCP Startup Program
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TCP is working to identify technologies, (up to 5) in TCP’s core areas of interest, that are two to three years away from being used in a commercially viable product or service.
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Talent Recruitment Project
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 | 
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Several times a year, the Birmingham Business Alliance invites more than one hundred students from colleges and universities from around the state to join its “Talent Recruitment Project,” a workforce development initiative designed to give college juniors and seniors the opportunity to meet with major corporations for prospective internships and jobs in Birmingham.
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TechTuesday
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TechTuesday is our monthly speaker series program.
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The AG Gaston Conference
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The A.G. Gaston Conference is a two-day event for business owners, educators, community leaders, elected officials, and anyone passionate about African American economic empowerment.
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The Annex Culinary Incubator
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The Annex is a shared use commercial commissary kitchen for food trucks, caterers, bakers, and makers.
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The Hub Coworking
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The Hub is a collaborative coworking space in Birmingham, Alabama.
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The Invest Local Podcast
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Hear insights from small, growing businesses across the south. These are their stories.
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The Jemison Award Program
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Now in its 31st year, the Jemison Award is Alabama’s most prestigious honor recognizing high quality, fast-growth companies based in the Birmingham area.
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The Lindsey Building
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Named after Keith Lindsey, the Lindsey Building serves as a community of professional offices.
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The Lion's Den
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The 7th annual event features 3 businesses presenting to hundreds and a Panel of Lions in a pitch competition similar to a “Shark Tank” type experience with a twist.
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The LocAL Project
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We’re here to help the region’s best startups and most innovative corporates work together better and achieve meaningful goals.
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The Switch*
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The Switch is an innovation district with no hard lines, a district centered at Innovation Depot with more innovation and opportunity rippling out from there.
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Timberline Holdings
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We are an investment firm that assists our partners in seeking financial stability and growth over a long term investment horizon.
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Two Ravens Third Thursday
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Come talk to us about your dreams.
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Vestavia Hills Library Makerspace
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Makerspaces
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Makerspaces are creative, DIY spaces that are purposefully-planned and designed for use by community members.
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