Harbert Magazine Spring 2025

New Venture Accelerator

Every year the TigerCage Competition awards over $100,000 to start-ups.

Here, Mark Forchette presents winner Holli Michaels of AbGlo with the First Place award.

The Digital Marketing Bootcamp is a three-hour training program that guides attendees through setting measurable marketing goals for their businesses and demonstrates how SEO, social media, and technology can help them achieve these goals. The expanded offerings build on a successful pilot program launched in 2023. During the pandemic, the ASBDC observed that companies with a stronger digital marketing presence were better positioned to serve their customers. The Digital Marketing Bootcamp will help small businesses

learn how to connect with a wider audience, ultimately fostering business growth. Larkin Jones, a business advisor at the Alabama SBDC at Auburn University, is one of the program's facilitators. For more information please visit the SBDC at aub.ie/SBDC or scan this QR code.

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER Lindsay Bridges. Director

In Fall 2024, the Alabama SBDC at Auburn University focused on bringing the Digital Marketing Bootcamp program to rural communities in Alabama. The training is offered by the ASBDC through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Portable Assistance program, which provides funds to support business education in rural areas impacted by weather- related disasters.

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