The Urban Community Newsletter is a monthly newsletter that features startup stories with Startup of the Month, massive professional development experiences with Humanoids of Huntsville, and a dynamic showcase of our greater impact in other hyper-local communities to reflect the innovation movement and startup growth ecosystem that fuels the Urban Engine economy.
The Urban Engine team loves this question.
We rarely hear the same answer twice.
After asking hundreds of people how they ended up at Urban Engine we began to realize the dynamic impact our work has on the communities we serve. So, we started to capture the stories of people in our networks and the unique ways our programs and resources have made a difference in their entrepreneurial journey. Thus, The Collective Ambition was born.
The Collective Ambition™ is Urban Engine’s central hub of impact stories. It is our collection of the notable people and ideas that inspire us to spark, fuel and ignite the next generation of visionaries through our community programming. You will find features of founders and their startup stories with a focus on how their professional developments make an impact in their local cities. Experience the waves of transformation these motivational influencers have stormed through their hard work.
Sarah Napier Bailey was visiting a friend when she realized she could help families from all around Huntsville by starting a boutique specializing in babywearing carriers and developmental toys. More than two years later, Acorn Treasures is thriving and Sarah says her store has the largest selection of baby carriers in town.
Read MoreMy purpose of coming to CoWorking Night is to expose myself to business leaders, whether in aviation, engineering, business, or technology, and take this back to my students in Huntsville City Schools in order to prepare them to build the local labor workforce. When you start to connect, you start to share knowledge, and when you do that you build community. Huntsville has the opportunity…
Read More“I have been trying to sate this burning desire and passion with logic and writing fiction, (but) what I really am passionate about is programming,” he says. “Making the digital world have a physical impact and presence in the physical one.”
Read More“It’s my philosophy now—you need to find people that complement you,” Matt says. “If you’re an engineer, find someone that’s good at business, good at marketing, maybe a UI designer. You’ll come up with better ideas, you’ll work on the stuff that matters, and you’re more likely to succeed.”
Read More“I have this thing: I want to give things to people for free,” Zach says. “I want to give you advice; I want to help you grow your business and I’m not interested in charging. When I do the right thing and act like a human being, life takes care of me.”
Read More“Since I was little, I’ve always wanted to start a business,” Shane says. “I’ve never had any sustainable idea. I was looking for an outlet to get out of the idea phase into the action phase.”
Read More"It’s a different way of looking at the world," says Raeley Kenney Stevenson, whose own unique viewpoint is shaped in part by the contours of a camera lens. A photography student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville Raeley took the road less traveled and launched a professional photography business before graduation.
Read MoreThe Collective Ambition is made possible through the talent and time of Urban Engine’s content team. Fire off your message to Emily, Dustin, and Michael by clicking the button below.
Urban Engine is a nonprofit organization that propels the growth of North Alabama’s economy and accelerate STEAM innovation by connecting aspiring entrepreneurs and established business leadership to educational resources, talent, and community.
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We aim to propel the growth of Alabama’s economy by connecting aspiring entrepreneurs and established business leadership to educational resources, talent, and community. Since 2015, Urban Engine has thrived with the collective ambition of more than 2,500 dynamic members of the community. We are people with big dreams and contagious energy who are dedicated to the development of building startup hubs through ideation acceleration. Urban Engine activates its mission by offering over 150 free innovation education events every year, including CoWorking Night™, 32/10 Business Leadership Series™, and OpenHuntsville™ — all of which are known as free community programs that focus on supporting high-growth technology startups, professional workforce development, and innovation competitions.
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