Creating entrepreneurship in Birmingham

Posted in: Blog, Uncategorized by Brian Cauble on March 30, 2009

Well, this is my first blog post so I guess I am officially joining the world of bloggers.  Many of you know this, but we started a group called Birmingham Entrepreneur back in December of 2008.  The goal was to promote and encourage entrepreneurship in Birmingham, AL in any way we can.  While we are still young, we have already attracted the interest of many.  We currently have 100+ people in our LinkedIn group.  If you are at all interested in owning a business or currently own a small business, please consider joining us on LinkedIn.

What do we want to accomplish?  Good question.  We are still finding our path a bit, but like I said before, we want to promote startups in the area.  I think we can accomplish this in several ways.  First of all, we (the members) have to get to know each other.  I firmly believe that we have to understand the passions, motivations, and skills of each other.  In this way, we can find others with similar interests and passions and complimentary skills.  Second, we can (and should) be resources to each other.  If I need to know something about accounting for instance, I hope that someone can step up and point you in the right direction.  I really hope that many people will want to help each other to see where it leads and because it is the right thing to do.  Finally, why reinvent the wheel?  There are many successful entrepreneurs in Birmingham and we should learn from them.  I believe we can provide access to successful people who might be able to save you time and the pain of learning it the hard way.

So here’s to enjoying this journey together and creating something worthwhile for Birmingham.

Brian