Jennifer Skjellum: Tech Birmingham, Tech Entrepreneurship & More
Release Date: 07/07/2015
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info_outlineEpisode 12 of Birmingham Shines features Jennifer Skjellum, president of Tech Birmingham, a nonprofit that provies education, professional development and networking opportunities for tech professionals, entrepreneurs and companies with IT departments.
Jennifer is the executive director of Central Alabama chapter of Angel Investor Management Group, a network for angel investors who focus on companies in the southeastern US.
Jennifer is also owner of Run-Time Computing, one of several computer businesses she's been a part of starting during her professional life.
We talk about the state of entrepreneurship in Alabama, the geographic and workforce challenges of starting a tech company in the deep South, the positive attributes of the Birmingham metro area for anyone who's considering a move to the area to start or work for a tech company.
The intro and closing comments are different, but the conversation/interview segment is the same as episode 3 of the Ignite Alabama podcast.
Show notes related to the Birmingham topics in this episode are available at http://birminghamshines.com.