A Collaborative Partnership Among:• Shoals Entrepreneurial Center• University of North Alabama• Shoals Chamber of Commerce• Florence/Lauderdale Public Library

Funded in part through the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Partnerships and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative

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Shoals Shift: Building a regional Digital Technology Cluster

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Shoals Idea Audition

-----Shoals Spark

--------Smart Start Weekend

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Broadband Bootcamp

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Launchpad

Alabama Launchpad

Mane Angel Capital Fund

Institute Fellows

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• Match students to real world business projects

• Student application is a letter of interest and qualifications

• Student can apply the funds to tuition or take as income

• 18 Fellows to date

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Stimulating students to take steps to innovation and entrepreneurship

Broadband Boot Camp Mastermind

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• 10 companies enrolled• 24 week program• Meet monthly• Onsite weekly instruction• Social Media training to create results• Using the tools effectively for SEO

GrowthWheel Certified Organization

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• A visual toolbox and online platform for decision making and action planning for startup and growth companies.

• Help entrepreneurs build their businesses

• A simple action oriented process that stays true to the way most entrepreneurs think and work.

Shoals Entrepreneurial Center Receives $997,150 POWER Grant for Shoals Shift InitiativeAugust 2016

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The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

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The $100,000 award, given once per biennium, recognizes one institution of higher learning for achievement in finding powerful answers to important local, regional, national or global challenges.

Selected as one of the three 2018 finalist institutions

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