Successful startups — say Alabama’s small business experts — begin with concise planning and investment in yourself. TEXT BY DAVE HELMS Roughly half of all Americans get their paycheck from a small business, and in Alabama the number is closer to two-thirds. Bill Cummins, director of the
Read more →Small businesses taking center stage soon, and plenty more Mobile happenings in next two weeks Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com By Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com MOBILE, Alabama – So much ground to cover this week, I had to add an extra column to get it all in! Later today, I’ll take
Read more →Innovation Depot Getting International Attention The Birmingham Business Alliance and Alabama Small Business Development Center want to work with Alabama companies t0 build relationships with foreign countries. BIRMINGHAM – AL – Recently, no major job announcements have come to the Birmingham area. But there’s a game changer-
Read more →Thanks to a cooperative venture with the Alabama Small Business Development Center Network, the Coastal Alabama Business Chamber will be hosting Small Business Counseling opportunities for business needing assistance in a variety of topics, including Business Plans Loans & Financing Marketing & Research Strategy E-Commerce Minority, Women’s &
Read more →Eight Alabama companies were recognized on March 5, 2014, for excellence in international trade by Gov. Robert Bentley during the Trade Excellence Awards in Montgomery. Coordinated by the state Department of Commerce and Export Alabama Alliance, the nine-year-old Governor’s Trade Excellence Awards Program highlights small, medium, large
Read more →Heritage Barber and Style Shop has been a client of the SBDC at Alabama State University since its inception. Over the years the business has flourished and the SBDC has been there along the way. Heritage is a minority black-owned business that was founded in 1995 by
Read more →As retirement neared for Robbie Medders, and the actual moment arrived, she found it difficult to believe that she would be leaving an institution that she had been a part of for 32 years. At the time of her recent retirement, Robbie was Acting Director of the
Read more →Ken Grissom, Procurement Counselor with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Jacksonville State University (JSU), has been selected as the 2013 Alabama State Star. State Stars are exemplary performers who have made significant contributions to their state programs and have demonstrated a strong commitment to small business. Grissom will be recognized,
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (May 17, 2013) – The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is something of a hidden gem. Most outside of the small business community are not aware of the valuable services it provides to start-ups both locally and across
Read more →Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has released the second-annual Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey showing that Alabama earned top-5 rankings from small businesses for the state’s regulatory systems and the ease of hiring additional employees in Alabama. The Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey
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