Cindy Martin’s career took her far from Birmingham for 13 years. When she returned, she wanted to do something to highlight the city’s progress and the people and businesses behind the innovation. That led her to create a digital media company, keeping her finger on the pulse of Alabama’s largest metro areas.
Martin founded Bham Now seven years ago. “We launched in the summer of 2016,” Martin said. “I had left a big corporation and I wanted to stay in Birmingham.
My dad was here. He was elderly and I couldn’t find the opportunity that I wanted. So, I decided to create one.
” Follow us on social: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube The headquarters of Bham Now, The Bama Buzz and the Hville Blast is in the Rail District. “Oh, I love creating. I love building new things, ” Martin said.
“And I also like creating jobs. I love creating good jobs for our area and jobs that I hope will be fun and also learning tools for individuals. ” What used to be someone’s home is now the hub of activity for three different online publications that highlight local businesses, coming attractions, and the city’s movers and shakers.
“We look for people who really do care about where we live,” she said. Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13 If you guessed Martin’s passion for digital media comes from a background in journalism, you would have guessed wrong. “I really have followed my interest throughout my career.
It was not clearly laid out,” Martin said. Led by her interest in math and science, she got a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Alabama. It would lay the groundwork for a future with plenty of options.
“I stayed and I got my master’s in business at Alabama, and I thought that combination would give me a lot of flexibility with what to do with my career and started out in a development job with AT&T,” Martin said. “I moved around the country some and lived in New Jersey for a while. And that’s where I got the internet bug, and I was bitten by it.
” WVTM 13 On The Go: Download our app for free Then, she really started to chew on the idea of digging into the world of digital media. “I found some inspiration in other parts of the country where there had been new media founders really focusing on the positive energy of the area. And I didn’t see anything like that in Birmingham,” she said.
“A lot of what we’re doing is creative media. So, it’s got a technological base. It has a business base.
It has an art and creative base. ” As the business has expanded, she’s never lost sight of what’s really important to her. “You know, one of those is being a woman in a technology business.
And media is all based on technology now,” she said. “And being in an environment that’s highly creative, where you can pull out some of those crazy, wild ideas and make something good out of it. ” And so far, the buzz is she and her team are making something good.
“To see our community grow and evolve and change mostly in positive ways has been very rewarding,” Martin said. “And to celebrate the excitement of where we live. ”.
From: wvtm13
URL: https://www.wvtm13.com/article/cindy-martin-bham-now-founder-alabama/46166005
