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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

The Sandbox is designed to accelerate the process of business creation through a 12-week experiential-based program, producing either investment-ready firms or ready-to-go, revenue-generating entities. Some of the i-lab’s long-term residents include mobile app ActivePepper, baby gear rental company Baby Buggle, and software developer Rover.

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March 3-6, Birmingham, AL: Alternative Investing Conference

David Teten

This conference is an evolution of the Alternative Investment Roundup that the executives at SSBC designed, developed and ran each February in Arizona from 1997 through 2008. Noteable speakers include: Dr. David Bronner, CEO, Retirement Systems of Alabama. Borg, Director, Alabama Securities Commission. Professor Edwin T.

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How and Why the NextView Everyday Economy Accelerator is Different

View from Seed

This initial wave of applicants resulted in the selection of six initial Accelerator participants – female & male founders at startups hailing from the Bay Area to Miami to Alabama to Boston, ranging from b2b SaaS offerings to consumer services… all transforming people’s everyday lives.

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Go Live With The Whales

YoungUpstarts

Those were fun, relaxing, and rejuvenating experiences, but they were designed to be comfortable and real vacations. These were illuminating moments he likely would not have had if he had stayed at his desk in Alabama. Being Uncomfortable. We hiked for days, doing 8- to 10-mile hikes that took between 7 and 9 hours each.

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It’s Back & Better Than Ever! Announcing NextView’s Everyday Economy Virtual Accelerator

View from Seed

We chatted with some NextView founders to get a sense of how this distilled design worked for their teams. Higher: Birmingham, Alabama . Here are a few unprompted quotes from accelerator alums to help better illustrate: . The journey of every startup is so different. See some alumni locations below: Lula: Miami, Florida.

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How Learning A Marketing Degree Can Help You In Business

YoungUpstarts

You can apply for the credit once you’ve decided to pursue a degree in marketing, like what the University of Alabama Birmingham offers. Degree in Marketing: Learn about quantitative marketing that can help you design and conduct your market research. Here are the things you’ll learn from taking a Ph.D.

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Lies Your Designer Told You (or Data vs Design)

ConversionXL

Designers versus data more than ever deserves its place in the pantheon of great conflicts: the Hatfields vs. McCoys, Android vs. iOS, Social Media Marketing vs. Results, Athens vs. Sparta, the Doctor vs. Daleks, Auburn vs. Alabama, and Fox News vs. reality. What is data and what is design? The Many Lies of Design.

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