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How Startups Helped Birmingham Bounce Back
The most interesting place I visited in 2019 was Birmingham, Alabama. It wasn’t my first time. I spoke at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2015 and had a [...]
Story of Entrepreneurship Prevails Amongst Discouraging Voices – Ole Miss News
OXFORD, Miss. – Besides having a killer idea, perhaps the most critical factor in launching a new business is making sure you’re in the right location for your venture to [...]
How the Mother-Daughter Founders of Mixtroz Raised More Than $1 Million
Raising capital and growing a business is a daunting task. Throw in being first-time, non-technical entrepreneurs, women, minorities and a mother-daughter team, and that may seem even more difficult.
What Does It Take to Raise $1 Million? Ask One of the First Black Women to Do It
Kerry Schrader is woman, Black, and a Baby Boomer. She overcame the odds to make her tech company, Mixtroz, big news. Kerry Schrader was the 37th Black woman to raise [...]
Entrepreneur: Get to Know the Female Entrepreneurs Who Are Reshaping the Business World
Ashlee Ammons just wanted to connect. In November 2014, she was awkwardly roaming an industry networking event, looking for someone to chat with. Later that weekend, her mother, Kerri Schrader, [...]
Older Americans Are Starting More Businesses Than Ever
Wondering what to do next now that retirement looms? How about starting a business? Seriously. Read More...
Event Tech Spotlight: Mixtroz
Mixtroz is the one of the only ways to increase attendee engagement and collect custom data in real time at events. Mixtroz services events, meetings, trainings, orientations, weddings, you name [...]
Meet five members of the Birmingham Business Journal Leadership Trust
L-R: Karim Budhwani; April Benetollo; Kerry Schrader; Brooke Battle; Kenneth DeWitt It’s hard not to notice Birmingham’s growing culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. Long known for steel production, Birmingham [...]
Fueling the rise of Birmingham’s innovation ecosystem
Mixtroz is making waves. Last year, the Birmingham-based start-up’s founders—mother-daughter team Kerry Schrader and Ashlee Ammons—won the $100,000 Rise of the Rest pitch competition organized by investor and AOL cofounder Steve [...]