Endeavor is the leading global community for high-impact entrepreneurs. We exist to inspire the world’s fastest-growing entrepreneurs to dream big, scale up, and pay it forward.

Since 2020 we've been selecting and supporting Birmingham's most promising founders based on their potential for job creation, revenue generation, and personal growth. These entrepreneurs receive access to customized services that help them scale their businesses and make a lasting impact.

Their success is our success, and their future is our future: the future of Birmingham.

Connecting local potential with global resources

Starting and scaling a business is hard in any environment. But it’s even harder in emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems like the Magic City. Young companies in our market face a lack of mentors, limited access to smart capital, and a high cost of failure. Yet high-growth companies are critical to the long-term economic success of any region, accounting for the most net new jobs created.

Endeavor’s unique pay-it-forward model enables a multiplier effect in local ecosystems as entrepreneurs inspire, mentor, and invest in the next generation of founders as well as support Endeavor.

“There’s no better thing to invest in than organizations that are supporting the startup ecosystem. I think Endeavor is the right organization to support, that’s why I’m putting my time and resources behind it.”
— Dave Gray, Endeavor Board Member
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How Does Endeavor Work?

Endeavor provides selected entrepreneurs customized support for life through local account managers, focused on several key categories:

  • Mentorship - 6,000+ functional/industry experts provide advice through one-on-one mentoring, advisory boards, and intimate group discussions.

  • Capital - The Endeavor Investor Network facilitates access to capital for our entrepreneurs through roadshow preparation, mentoring, and curated introductions to best-in-class investors. We also co-invest through our rules-based Catalyst fund.

  • Leadership Development - Endeavor’s Executive Education offers Entrepreneurs uniquely designed programs at Harvard, Stanford, and INSEAD.

  • Global Markets Endeavor offers local support, mentors, and connections across 40 Global offices, including 8 here in the US.

“Part of my own journey as an entrepreneur and as a leader of a high growth business is getting exposure and access to mentors and people running companies that I aspire for Fleetio to become. While the local Birmingham community has been amazing, being able to tap into the broader global Endeavor network to get exposure and really understand how companies are able to achieve amazing things in a rapid way has [helped] Fleetio really accelerate on a number of different fronts.”

Endeavor’s Birmingham Advisory Board

Endeavor’s Birmingham Supporters

Birmingham Entreprenuers Supported by Endeavor

Join Endeavor in catalyzing the growth of Birmingham entrepreneurs who are dreaming bigger, scaling faster, and multiplying their impact.

Invest in the future of Birmingham.