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The front door to entrepreneurship in Greater Birmingham

Movement is not the same as navigation.

Network Navigator routes founders to the right help at the right time. Start with a 10-minute evaluation of where your business actually stands.

Ryan Graham, Birmingham founder and Navigator C.O.R.E. graduate

A real founder. A real next step.

Ryan Graham is a Birmingham founder and Navigator C.O.R.E. graduate. Her story shows what navigation looks like when a founder gets a plan instead of a pamphlet.

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The C.O.R.E. Business Evaluation.

Ten minutes. Four dimensions of your business. One personal plan on the other side — built around where you actually are, not where a form assumes you should be.

CCapacity

Team, time, and the personal readiness to run a business.

OOperations

Systems, entity, banking, bookkeeping — the boring things that hold.

RResources

Capital, tools, and the network that actually returns your call.

EExecution

The next 90 days. What you'll ship, sell, or open.

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  • Chase logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Wells Fargo logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Auburn University logo - Network Navigator partner
  • PNC logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Tech Birmingham logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Amazon Hub logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Synovus logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Pinnacle Financial Partners logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Bradley logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Renaissance Community Loan Fund logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Max Credit Union logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Prosper logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Pauline's Fine Cakes & Desserts logo - Network Navigator partner
  • V94.9 logo - Network Navigator partner
  • CARA logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Birmingham Public Library logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Shots on 3 Photo Booth logo - Network Navigator partner
  • Alabama Office of Minority Affairs logo - Network Navigator partner

One next step

Stop searching. Start navigating.

The C.O.R.E. Business Evaluation is ten minutes. What comes back is a plan you can actually work — with the people in this ecosystem who can help you.

Take the C.O.R.E. Business Evaluation

Movement is not the same as navigation.