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Brighter ideas: Free courses spawn tech startups
Brad Harper, Montgomery Advertiser
May 31, 2015
Evan Brand and Mark Clayton's tech startup is based in Montgomery, but they don't think of it as a local company.
They're thinking bigger.
"We try to compare ourselves to Silicon Valley," said the 21-year-old Clayton. "Most of the people who are friends or that we're trying to network with are there. There's not a lot of that in Montgomery, so we're trying to bring that mindset here."
That approach is gaining traction, in part because of a new training program. Since it started last fall, it has spawned about a dozen tech startups in the Montgomery area - including Clayton's. Most already have clients and revenue.
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Alabama Career Center satellite office set to open in Ozark
by Ebony Davis
Business Reporter
May 29, 2015
Alabama's career centers are expected to have one more location by next Thursday.
Officials confirmed a career center satellite office will open in the Ozark Dale Technology Center on U.S. 231 from 1-4 p.m. each Thursday, beginning next week. Alabama Department of Labor communications director Tara Hutchison said the satellite office is a partnership with the Ozark Dale County Economic Development Corporation (ODEC) that will allow the career center to provide multiple programs to local residents, including resume assistance, interviewing skills, job searches and educational assistance.
Hutchison said the office will serve as a pilot program to determine the demand for a career center in the area. She said a full-time career center for Dale County closed in Ozark in 2005.
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