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词条 Alex Smith (entrepreneur)
释义

  1. Biography

  2. Projects

     The MY CITY Project (HipHop4theCity) 

  3. Philanthropy

  4. References

{{Infobox person
| name = Alex Smith
| image = Alex Smith 40 under 40 Award Shoot.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|11|06}}
| birth_place = Fort Wayne, Indiana
| education = Indiana University
| death_place =
| nationality =
| other_names =
| occupation = Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
| known_for = *Co-founder of 3BG Supply Company
  • Co-founder of A Better Fort
  • Co-Founder of BAALS Music Festival
  • Creator: #HipHop4theCity Project
  • Music Manager: Nyzzy Nyce

| spouse = {{marriage|Michaela Smith|2013}}
}}Alex Smith (born November 6, 1986, Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American entrepreneur, community activist,[1] and philanthropist.[2] He is the co-founder & CEO of the venture backed 3BG Supply Co., an industrial automation and distribution company and the winner of Fort Wayne Business Weekly's "Emerging Company of the Year" award, Business Weekly's overall "Innovators of the Year" award[3] and named a nominee in TechPoint's 16th Annual Mira Awards which recognizes the best in technology in Indiana. Nominees are chosen by more than 40 subject matter experts, of which, 3BG was nominated Tech Innovation of the year.[4]

He is also the co-founder of A Better Fort,[5] co-founder of BAALS Music Festival,[6] creator of the #HipHop4theCity (MY CITY) music project,[7][8][9][10][11] and the business manager of Nyzzy Nyce, an American rapper and founder of the Hurricane Music Group. Smith is a recipient of the 2014 Fort Wayne Business Weekly "40 Under 40" award, Journal Gazette’s FOCUS: Rookie of the Year in 2014 [12] and a Bishop Dwenger Hall of Fame Inductee as Alumnus of the Year 2015.[13]

Biography

Alex Smith was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana where he attended Bishop Dwenger High School.[14] Following high school, Smith enrolled in Indiana University where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Public Financial Management prior to working as a financial planner at Galecki Financial Management. Smith left financial services and co-founded 3BG Supply Co.[15] In 2014, the company was awarded Emerging Company of the Year and overall Innovators of the Year by Fort Wayne Business Weekly.[16][17]

Smith is married to Michaela Smith.[18]

Projects

The MY CITY Project (HipHop4theCity)

In 2012, Smith facilitated a music project entitled,"HipHop4theCity" (aka The MY CITY Project). It was a community driven hip-hop project that involved the collaboration of many local musicians and most notably American rapper, Nyzzy Nyce.[19] This project showcased the region's undiscovered talent while simultaneously bringing awareness to community involvement, the arts, and what young people are able to do for a community's civic pride when they collaborate and work together. Coverage of the project sparked a newly renewed sense of civic pride within the young population of Fort Wayne that attracted the attention of national economic development publications[20] and blogs[21][22] and inspired other civic initiatives such as the annual MY CITY Summit.[23]

Philanthropy

Smith is involved in volunteerism, community activism and downtown development initiatives in Fort Wayne, and co-founded A Better Fort,

an organization with a focus on community empowerment and the retention of young talent through service opportunities, philanthropic endeavors, innovative projects, and cultural discovery.[24] The organization has also raised capital on behalf of other local nonprofits in need of funds.[25]

[26]

References

1. ^{{cite web|last1=Grade|first1=Up|title=A Better Fort PEE Factor: Alex Smith at TEDxFortWayne|url=http://up-grade.me/frame/viewonline.htm?onlineId=25i91776&term=TEDxFortWayne|website=up-grade.me}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20140607/LOCAL/306079976 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20141204114515/http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20140607/LOCAL/306079976 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=December 4, 2014 |title=Block Parties Embrace Former Mayor Baals |author=Dan Stockman |date=June 7, 2014 |publisher=The Journal Gazette |accessdate=December 9, 2014 }}
3. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.fwbusiness.com/site/2014_innovation_awards.html|title= 2014 Innovation Awards|date=November 6, 2014|publisher=Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly|accessdate=December 9, 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|url= http://techpoint.org/2015/02/2015-techpoint-mira-awards-nominees/|title= Nominees Announced for 16th Annual TechPoint Mira Awards Honoring ‘The Best of Tech in Indiana’|author=Joshua Hall|date=February 5, 2015|publisher=Techpoint.org|accessdate=December 9, 2015}}
5. ^{{cite web|url= http://lynchpincreative.co/2014/08/arts-weekly-better-fort/|title= Arts Weekly with A Better Fort|author= Kelly Lynch|date=April 8, 2014|publisher=Lynchpin Creative|accessdate=December 9, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140703/ENT/140709894 |title=A Better Fort Plans a Pair of Block Parties for Downtown Fort Wayne |author=Jaclyn Goldborough |date=July 29, 2014 |publisher=The News Sentinel |accessdate=December 9, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220031102/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20140703%2FENT%2F140709894 |archivedate=February 20, 2015 }}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130321/ENT/320132127 |title=‘My City’ message grows |date=March 21, 2013 |publisher=Fort Wayne.com |accessdate=January 8, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220023902/http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130321%2FENT%2F320132127 |archivedate=February 20, 2015 }}
8. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.citylab.com/design/2012/05/can-rap-video-make-fort-wayne-cool/2115/|title= Can a Rap Video Make Fort Wayne Cool?|author= Devon Haynie|date=May 31, 2012|publisher=City Lab|accessdate=December 9, 2014}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://fortwaynemonthly.fortwayne.com/?q=article/flying-high |title=A Call from BET Changed Everything |author=Melissa Rinehart |date=April 15, 2013 |publisher=Fort Wayne Monthly |accessdate=December 9, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220022357/http://fortwaynemonthly.fortwayne.com/?q=article%2Fflying-high |archivedate=February 20, 2015 }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://devonhaynie.com/clips/Can%20a%20Rap%20Video%20Make%20Fort%20Wayne%20Cool%20-%20Atlantic%20Cities%20-%205-31-2012.pdf |title=Can a Rap Video Make Fort Wayne Cool? |author=Devon Haynie |date=May 31, 2012 |publisher=Atlantic Cities |accessdate=December 9, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042859/http://devonhaynie.com/clips/Can%20a%20Rap%20Video%20Make%20Fort%20Wayne%20Cool%20-%20Atlantic%20Cities%20-%205-31-2012.pdf |archivedate=March 4, 2016 }}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.21alive.com/news/local/Hip-Hop-for-the-City-134995228.html|title=Building the Community Through Hip Hop|author=Katrina Helmer and Rachel Martin|date=December 4, 2011|publisher=21 Alive|accessdate=December 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108203602/http://www.21alive.com/news/local/Hip-Hop-for-the-City-134995228.html#|archive-date=2015-01-08|dead-url=yes|df=}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_LdkLmCSZ1CYTd6aTJfWUxkRHc/view?usp=sharing|title= Inspiration for a Better Fort|author= Kieara Carr|date=June 19, 2014|publisher=The Journal Gazette|accessdate=December 9, 2014}}
13. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.fwbusiness.com/events/40_under_40/article_81c82377-a8c0-5ea8-9ef2-1d99e699632d.html|title= 40 Under 40: Alex Smith|date= March 28, 2014|publisher=Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly|accessdate=December 9, 2014}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bishopdwenger.com/docs/Dwenger%20Times%20Spring%202012.pdf |title=Dwenger Times |date=2012 |publisher=Bishop Dwenger High School |accessdate=December 9, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111000444/http://www.bishopdwenger.com/docs/Dwenger%20Times%20Spring%202012.pdf |archivedate=January 11, 2015 }}
15. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.bbb.org/northernindiana/business-reviews/power-transmission-equipment/3bg-supply-in-fort-wayne-in-90086114|title= BBB Business Review| date=November 14, 2013|publisher= BBB|accessdate=December 9, 2014}}
16. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.kpcnews.com/business/latest/kpcnews/article_a20ba350-3877-5c4a-a577-a458da4c072d.html?mode=jqm|title= Innovative Companies Honored|date=November 2014|publisher= kpc News |accessdate=December 9, 2014}}
17. ^{{cite web|url= http://kpcmedia.com/2014-innovation-award-category-winners-announced/|title= 2014 Innovation Award Category Winners Announced|author=Claudia Johnson|date=September 26, 2014|publisher= kpc Media group Inc.|accessdate=December 9, 2014}}
18. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20140619/FOCUS/306199989|title= Inspiration for a Better Fort|author=Keiara Carr|date=June 19, 2014|publisher= Journal Gazette|accessdate=December 9, 2014}}{{Dead link|date=November 2016}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/HipHop4-135374023.html|title=HipHop4theCity|accessdate=November 5, 2012|publisher=Indiana News Center|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226072923/http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/HipHop4-135374023.html|archive-date=2012-02-26|dead-url=yes|df=}}
20. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/05/can-rap-video-make-fort-wayne-cool/2115/|title=Can a Rap Video Make Fort Wayne Cool?|accessdate=November 5, 2012|publisher=TheAtlanticCities.com}}
21. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.aboutdci.com/2012/02/hip-hop-music-video-shows-communitys-passion-for-fort-wayne/|title=Hip Hop Music Video Shows Community's Passion for Fort Wayne|accessdate=November 5, 2012|publisher=Indiana News Center}}
22. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_rH-ItPTy4|title=Hip Hop 4 the City|quote=Discover Downtown Episode 9 on Wane TV|accessdate=November 5, 2012|publisher=Wane TV}}
23. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140406/NEWS/320141603|title= City summit will inspire big ideas, challenge leaders|date= April 6, 2014|publisher= The Journal Gazette|accessdate= January 10, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150110202410/http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20140406%2FNEWS%2F320141603|archive-date= 2015-01-10|dead-url= yes|df= }}
24. ^{{cite web|url= http://wane.com/2014/07/11/baals-summer-block-party-promises-local-djs-drink-specials-and-more/|title= #BAALS summer block party promises local DJs, drink specials, and more|author=WANE Staff Reports|date=July 11, 2014|publisher=WANE.com|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}
25. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20140607/LOCAL/306079976 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20141204114515/http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20140607/LOCAL/306079976 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=December 4, 2014 |title=Block Parties Embrace Former Mayor Baals |author=Dan Stockman |date=June 7, 2014 |publisher=The Journal Gazette |accessdate=December 9, 2014 }}
26. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3344|title= Theme: RE THINK Fort Wayne|date=May 19, 2012|publisher= TED|accessdate=December 9, 2014}}
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