by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 22, 2015 | Happenings
Asheville’s startup community is on the rise. While many ventures still fly under the radar, they’re making headway and collectively building our high-growth future. We feature 50 of them, from high-tech to innovative, such as Cloud for Good, The Cheat...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 22, 2015 | Happenings
Former team leader of Disruptive Market Innovations at Proctor & Gamble, George Glackin developed a breakthrough innovation playbook. Now he’s sharing those insights with Asheville startups in his new hometown. In this recent 1 Million Cups presentation,...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 22, 2015 | Happenings
Top 100 U.S. media site The Cheat Sheet continues to evolve since its founding in 2008. With a sleek redesigned website and a massive push into online video, co-founders Derek and Damien Hoffman have this media venture primed for future growth. Check out this totally...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 22, 2015 | Happenings
After launching six companies focused on everything from craft beer to clean energy, AVL’s Tom Ryan is leveraging his experiences with startup success and failure to mentor founders of early-stage, high-growth ventures in WNC. Failure, for the most part, he...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 15, 2015 | FEATURED VENTURES, Ventures
Founder: Tal Frankfurt Site: Cloud for Good The Lowdown: Salesforce and cloud consulting for non-profits Awesomeness: A 3-time Inc. 500/5000 fastest growing company (2014-16) Cloud for Good provides best-in-class implementation and product development with Salesforce...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 15, 2015 | Ventures
Co-Founders: Sarah Mullins & Jeannine BuscherSite: FedUp Foods | BuchiThe Lowdown: Makers of Delicious Functional Fermented BeveragesAwesomeness: FedUp Foods, a women-founded, values-driven, benefit corporation, is one of the leading fermented beverage...
