(Photo above courtesy of amazing.com)
A two-year-old Austin startup focused on helping people start their own businesses by offering online training, tools and active business communities is now helping its employees do the same. Recently Amazing.com launched Startup Fridays which offers employees time and resources to work on their own entrepreneurial goals.
As entrepreneurship is exploding around the United States, Amazing.com is doing its part to get people into working for themselves and their own businesses, instead of working for someone else. Amazing.com believes so strongly in this mission that they are not only encouraging every employee to start their own business, they are also putting way more than just their money where their mouth is.
Matt Clark, CEO and co-founder of Amazing.com, said, “Helping our employees start their own businesses accomplishes several things. It helps them truly understand what we do for our customers every day, they better learn our course products and they get to live the customer experience. It truly makes them a part of the company mission of helping people start their own business.”
Amazing.com is letting any employee take one of their business-starting courses, giving them every Friday free to work on growing their business while still getting paid to do their regular job. The founders of the company are going way beyond that and even offering to mentor the employees to help them get their businesses off the ground and running. And to make sure the employees can give this a real go, Amazing.com is even offering angel funding for each employee to invest in inventory or marketing to help grow their businesses.
Jason Katzenback, president and co-founder said, “Not only do I believe that this unique opportunity will help foster employee engagement and productivity, but I believe we’ll also discover more opportunities to improve our courses and platform.”
Amazing.com made the announcement to employees a few weeks ago and officially kicked it off in their downtown Austin office with the inaugural Startup Friday.
About Amazing.com
Founded in 2013, Amazing.com is redefining entrepreneurship by helping people build their own businesses. Offering results-focused training, exceptional business tools, and a strong, supportive online community, the company empowers people from all walks of life to become successful business owners.
Amazing.com offers a variety of courses to help every level of entrepreneur, from beginner to veteran, build or boost their business. They achieve this by partnering with proven, entrepreneurial business leaders to develop and teach their courses.
Amazing.com is headquartered in Austin, Texas, where an abundance of technical talent, a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem, and access to the world’s best barbecue combine for the perfect conditions to drive company growth.
www.Amazing.com.
