Tag Archive for: small business

Location, Location, Location: Starting Your Small Business, Part 4

This is the fourth part of a multi-part series that will help prospective entrepreneurs to develop the tools they need for a successful business venture.  Now that you have your roadmap established for starting your new business, it’s time for the next step: pinning your future business’s location on the map. As any commercial real […]

Persistence Pays Off: Starting Your New Business, Part 3

This is the third part of a multi-part series that will help prospective entrepreneurs to develop the tools they need for a successful business venture.  In our last installment, we covered the need for a good business plan. Your business plan will help you figure out how much money you’ll need to start your new […]

Starting Your Small Business, Part 2: From Dreaming to Planning

This is the second of a multi-part series that will help prospective entrepreneurs to develop the tools they need for a successful business venture.  Now that you’ve completed your market research and determined that you have a solid concept with the potential for success, it’s time to move on to the next step of the […]

On Grief and Success: Huntsville Small Business Owner LaTasha Allison of HopeE Notary Gives Back

Born and raised in Huntsville, HopeE Notary founder LaTasha Allison provides an example of the blending of enterprise and community-mindedness found in the local community.  Allison found herself at a low point in her life following the death of her mother from kidney disease. “When you’re going through that type of grief you need something […]

H2L Solutions Cuts the Ribbon on New Office

Huntsville-based information and cybersecurity services firm H2L Solutions celebrated its move to a larger facility within the Brahan Spring Professional Village office complex on Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Mayor Tommy Battle and members of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce. Chief Operating Officer Irene Garcia-Goan explained that the move came about […]

Rocket City Veterinary Hospital Opens Its Doors

On Saturday, Jan. 8, Dr. Rene’ Holt and her team launched Madison’s newest veterinary practice, Rocket City Veterinary Hospital, adding an additional physical location to her existing Rocket City Mobile Vet practice.  Holt and her staff warmly welcomed guests to the new hospital’s open house and ribbon cutting, allowing them to explore the beautifully designed, […]

Getting Your Cookie Fix: Coming Soon to Huntsville

It’s the stuff childhood memories are made of. Fresh homemade cookies, straight from the oven. Those sweet sirens of chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, oatmeal, and peanut butter; their warm aroma wafting through the kitchen. They rarely sat on the cooling rack for long. When developing Cookie Fix, Founder and Chief Cookie Officer Amy Jason drew on […]

Madison County Welcomes New Community Focused Bank

Headquartered in Jasper, Tennessee, with several other locations in Nolensville, Franklin, Chattanooga, Tower Community Bank opened its first location in Madison County, and totes a list of community focused and relationship driven services that are hard to beat.  Central to the business is actually a part of their name. Their focus on community banking is […]

Fig Brew: Huntsville’s Coffee Alternative

Heads up, Coffee fiends! For those of you who love coffee, … but it doesn’t love you back, there’s a tasty new alternative, one that’s made with figs.  That’s right, figs. Fig Brew, located on Leeman Ferry in Huntsville has been producing a delightful coffee taste-alike, using roasted figs. Referring to it as “Coffee’s Mellow […]

Alabama Approves Innovation Legislation

The state of Alabama, near the bottom of the national rankings in its support of small business and entrepreneurship took a giant step to help solve that problem. The Alabama Senate this week unanimously passed HB 540 and HB 609, two bills geared toward the advancement of state’s economy. The passing of these bills serves […]