by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 29, 2015 | Happenings
Ready to raise capital for your growing startup? Come join Josh Dorfman, Managing Director of Asheville Angels, the Venture Asheville’s angel investor network, for a lunch ‘n’ learn conversation about raising capital from angel investors. Bring your...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 29, 2015 | Happenings
AVL-based farm-to-door produce delivery service Mother Earth Produce out-pitched four startups in a regional semifinals small business competition to win $20,000 at Atlanta’s Tap The Future event last week. After successfully pitching Shark Tank’s Daymond...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 29, 2015 | Happenings
Partner with top talent to launch our city’s next big startup at Asheville Startup Weekend August 28-30, a fast-paced, high-intensity initiation into venture creation. The organizers of Asheville Startup Weekend have been busy planning their epic late summer...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 29, 2015 | Happenings
A recent investment by the Asheville Angels, newborn health screening startup Baebies is preparing to scale. The 2-year-old Durham-based biotech company recently raised $13 million in financing. Baebies’ technology screens newborn babies for 200 genetic...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 29, 2015 | Happenings
A podcast by and about a podcast startup? In the hands of a lesser mortal it would certainly be un-listenable. But Alex Blumberg, co-host of NPR’s Planet Money and producer on This American Life, has just the knack for experiencing and sharing all kinds of...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 28, 2015 | Happenings
Brad Feld, legendary startup guru, writes a highly insightful blog. As the language of startups has become so pervasive, a recent post tackles the unfortunate compulsion of many would-be Zucks to use terms like “pivot” and “MVP” excessively....
