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Coffee Chats: Founder Stories with Kathleen Hale

May 15 @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am

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Coffee Chats

Founder Stories with Kathleen Hale

At Innovation Portal, we meet business founders every day whose stories need to be heard. Every founder story is unique because every founder is unique and everyone deserves to tell their story.
Our 2024 coffee chats are highly focused on telling the stories of our founders here in our region. Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of our organization and we are only as successful as they are. Join us every third Wednesday at Innovation Portal and be a part of the entrepreneurial journey that impacts the stories of the incredible founders we have right here in our region.

Meet this month’s Founder: Kathleen Hale

Kathleen is an entrepreneur, venture capital fund manager and investor focused on helping to find, incubate, and grow ideas for solving our greatest challenges. In addition to her role with Builders and Backers, She also serves as the Director of Operations for 1776 Ventures, overseeing the fund’s day-to-day activities and portfolio investments.
 
She actively mentors early-stage entrepreneurs around the world, particularly in children’s consumer goods.Previously Kathleen has founded, grown and sold multiple consumer products companies, including one of the earliest treadmill and standing desks companies in the US. She helped to take these companies from idea to manufacturing, e-commerce and retail success, and licenses with international brands such as Hasbro and Mattel. Prior to launching her first consumer products company, Kathleen was a trial attorney and founder of a law firm.

Details

Date:
May 15
Time:
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Series:
Cost:
Free
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Website:
innovation-portal.com

Organizer

Innovation Portal
Phone
251.202.7165
Email
programs@innovation-portal.com
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Venue

Innovation Portal
358 Saint Louis St
Mobile, AL 36602 United States
Phone
251.202.7165
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