A small business incubator is celebrating three years of helping entrepreneurs in the Magic City. “Small businesses drive economic development, they drive innovation, they drive jobs,” said Daniel Hines. For the past three years, Hines has helped promote small businesses in Birmingham. The military veteran is CEO of Creed 63, which was founded in 2021 and celebrated three years of its important work in the heart of the space on Wednesday, nurturing this innovation on Fifth Avenue North. “The building is 100% occupancy with all tenants,” Hines said. “We have 100% occupancy for our virtual offices and we are currently producing six podcasts in the building.” Part of the offerings will include literacy classes for adults and children through Birmingham Jump Start. “No more running around the city of Birmingham looking for a safe and secure place to hold literacy classes,” said Stacey Lewis, executive director of Birmingham Jump Start. “We hold most of our classes right here in the Creed 63 building.” For Pulse Finders LLC, an organization that aims to educate the broader community on heart health and CPR certification, the space serves as a place for business owners to grow and contribute to the community. “This location has given us the location, layout and opportunity to hold CPR and first aid training classes and educational forums,” said Carolyn Etheridge, founder of Pulse Finders LLC. “It's also allowed us to expand our business.” And for people like chef and caterer Christopher Hicks, Creed 63 serves as a critical educational ground for running a business. “I don't know payroll, I don't know bookkeeping, I don't know law. Creed is an incubator, so they raise me from the ground up,” Hicks said. According to Hicks, these successes show the impact her creativity and ideas have had since they came to fruition three years ago. For her, it's also another lesson in keeping moving forward. “You never know who's going to be the next Amazon, the next Shipt, or the next Target,” Hines said. “We don't know what's going to come out of all 244 businesses, so we're just going to do our best to support them and help them achieve their dreams.” Wednesday's event took place in Creed 63's new event space.
A small business incubator is celebrating its third anniversary of supporting Magic City entrepreneurs.
“Small businesses drive economic development, they drive innovation and they drive jobs,” Daniel Hines said.
For the past three years, Hines has been helping develop small businesses in Birmingham.
The military veteran is CEO of Creed 63, which was founded in 2021 and is celebrating three years of important work at the heart of the space on Wednesday to foster this innovation on Fifth Avenue North.
“We're at 100% occupancy for all of our tenants in the building,” Hines said. “We're at 100% virtual office occupancy and we're currently producing six podcasts out of the building.”
Services offered include literacy classes for adults and children through Birmingham Jumpstart;
“We no longer have to run around Birmingham looking for a safe, secure place to hold literacy classes,” said Stacey Lewis, executive director of Birmingham Jumpstart. “We hold the majority of our classes right here in the Creed 63 building.”
For Pulse Finders LLC., an organization dedicated to educating the community about heart health and CPR certification, the space serves as a place for business owners to grow and give back to the community.
“This facility not only provided me with the space, layout and opportunity, but also the room to host CPR and first aid training classes and educational forums,” said Carolyn Etheridge, founder of Pulse Finders LLC. “It also allowed me to expand my business.”
And for people like chef and caterer Christopher Hicks, Creed 63 has served as an important teaching spot on how to run a business.
“I don't know payroll, I don't know bookkeeping, I don't know law. Creed is an incubator place, so they'll build you from the ground up,” Hicks said.
Hicks said these successes demonstrate the impact her creativity and idea has had since it was brought to fruition three years ago.
It's another reminder for her to keep going.
“We don't know who the next Amazon is going to be, who the next Shipt is going to be, who the next Target is going to be,” Hines said. “We don't know what's going to come out of all 244 companies, so we're just going to do our best to support them and help them achieve their dreams.”
Wednesday's event was held in Creed 63's new event space.
