Tag: business
‘Find a Need and Fill It’: One of A.G. Gaston’s Prominent...
By Roy L. Williams
Although the 2021 A.G. Gaston Conference will be held virtually February 23-24 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it could not come...
Meet Mike and James Kemp: Father and son; software platform innovators
By Doug Segrest
doingmoretoday.com
Necessity is the mother of invention. But in Birmingham, a father-and-son team has devised an innovative app to help businesses effortlessly manage ongoing...
10 Birmingham businesses report $663M in spending with minority vendors
birminghambusinessalliance.com
Responding to a challenge issued last year by Mayor Randall L. Woodfin, 10 Birmingham companies and institutions on Friday released a report that discloses...
Miles College, Birmingham Join $130M Partnership to Help Small Businesses Hurt...
By Alabama Newscenter Staff
Hope Enterprise Corp., with a $130 million commitment from Goldman Sachs, has partnered with seven cities and nine historically Black colleges and...
What Millennials Can Learn from Business Icon A.G. Gaston
By Jasmine Phillips
“Find a need and fill it.” One of my personal favorite maxims stated by the legendary Birmingham businessman A.G. Gaston.
There are plenty...
Giving A.G. Gaston the Recognition He Deserves
By Bob Dickerson
If there has ever been anyone that I consider myself privileged to have met, anyone who greatly inspired me by his unique...
Birmingham releases VITAL report on $24M spending with minority businesses
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020, the City of Birmingham spent more than $24 million with minority-owned...
Annual A.G. Gaston Conference Will Be Virtual This Year
bbrc.biz
The coronavirus caused uncertainty in many institutions and wreaked havoc on gatherings for the past year. Last year’s 16th A.G. Gaston Conference was held...
New Paycheck Protection Program Funding Starts with Focus on Minority Businesses
By Jeffrey McKinney
Black Enterprise
Armed with $284 billion in new funding, the Payment Protection Program (PPP) resumed this week to give small businesses fresh arsenal to help...
Mayor Randall Woodfin Names Cornell Wesley New Director of Office of...
City of Birmingham
Mayor Randall L. Woodfin has appointed Cornell Wesley to serve as the new director of the Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity...