By Dawn Azok
Made in Alabama
Birmingham’s entrepreneurial and innovation landscape is in the spotlight today as the city hosts a national tour of supporters of early-stage startups.
The Rise of the Rest bus tour passes through the Magic City, where it will make stops at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the makerspace MAKEbhm, downtown business incubator Innovation Depot and healthcare startup Pack Health.
The initiative is led by Steve Case, the founder of America Online and the chairman and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Revolution, which seeks to help build disruptive, innovative companies.In each city, the tour features a pitch competition and a $100,000 award to a promising startup. Since 2014, Case and his team have traveled more than 8,000 miles touring entrepreneurial communities in 33 cities.
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